About
My work can be viewed at:
www.hughtrombley.com
My primary creative focus is 3D environment artwork for games. I have extensive skills with creating and optimizing materials and shaders for maintaining physical correctness as well keeping within technical restrains and and budgets. Capable in development for AAA/PC/Console/Facebook/Mobile formats.
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Productions
- Video GameAsgard's Wrath
- Year2019
- RoleMaterial Artist
- CompanySanzaru Games
- Video GameMarvel Powers United: VR
- Year2018
- RoleMaterial Artist
- CompanySanzaru Games
- Video GameCall of Duty:WW2
- Year2017
- RoleAssociate Technical Artist
- CompanySledgehammer Games
- Video GameCall of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Year2016
- RoleAssociate Technical Artist
- CompanyInfinity Ward
Experience
Instructor for the new "Shading and Material Creation in Unreal Engine" course
-Create a New Syllabus and Course Content for the Class.
-Center Lessons around various Shaders and Techniques used in Game Production
-Host Weekly Q&A sessions to review and focus on Student Requested TopicsFremont, CA
-Model, Sculpt and UV prop assets used at interactable or static meshes in level.
-Interpret Concept and Art Styles on a level to level basis in regards to asset creation.
-Generate Textures for Pipeline Usage within Engine to then be passed off to Core Texture Team.
-Work closely with Design and Level Artists to integrate art for usage with Game Mechanics.
-Using Substance Suite, Generate textures used for various purposes within Game.
-Add metadata and collision data to models
-Optimize Assets for VR and Mobile VR platforms.Foster City, CA
-Create materials for 0-1 models as well as Tileable World Materials
-Create and adjust textures and models for use in Virtual Reality
-Generate Textures for Pipeline Usage within Engine.
-Using Substance Suite, Generate textures used for various purposes within Game.
-Maintain vast library of materials.
-Model, Sculpt and Texture various Hero assets.
-Create and adjust Shaders with UE4 Node Based Material Editor for use in Pipeline.-Create material and model variations of products based on furniture from Houzz Catelog
-Create and adjust textures and models for use in Augmented Reality
-Generate Textures for Pipeline Usage within Engine.
-Critique and edit Outsource Models and textures for accuracy as well as adjustments for pipeline usage.
-Maintain vast library of materials.
-Add metadata and collision data to models using Houzz proprietary tools-Optimize level performance without taking away from Art Direction.
-Work on creating better and efficient asset pipelines for production.
-Audit levels for material Physically-based correctness.
-Work on testing and fixing tools to help with automating asset correctness based on production guidelines.-Evaluate and improve game textures for PBR correctness.
-Assist with debugging and fixing lighting and shader issues.
-Assess and alter Textures and Materials for a final pass for the project.
-Optimize assets based on diskspace and number of assets per level.
-Test out Photogrammetry pipeline and ways to improve it-Created Hi-poly, Low-poly models.
-Baked down textures from models and placed them in the Quixel Suite for intial texturing pass.
- Create renders from Intial rendering software for intial okay from producer.
-Publish textures based on engine quality and necessary material requirements.
-Create renders within game engine for marketing use.-Developed and rendered design dimension plans for VR Cube design and also printing of interior and exterior cloth covering.
-Stylized PBR Texture development, optimization, and implementation
-High | Low poly modeling and texturing of environment buildings, landscapes, and props
-Process development, art direction, and visual standard establishment.