Brian patenaude | environment artist | digital portfolio

resume | environment art p1 | environment art p2 | cg modeling  | concepts | traditional | bio

Brianpatenaude[at]gmail.com, 1014 4th Street West, Kirkland, WA 98033

To continue pushing the boundaries of what players experience in games visually while striving to create the most fun & original environments possible.

• Maya 2010
• 3DS Max 2010
• Photoshop CS2
• Various proprietary level editing + debugging software
• Lightwave 7.5
• Id tech. 3, & 4
• Mudbox 2010
• Zbrush [minimal]

[TBA]...

"Tornado Outbreak", Wii, PS3, & X-Box 360

• Object modeling with multiple break states, bounding splines, & lite FX rigging
• Background layout + ground mesh construction & UV layout
• Coordinated with design, programming, concept, animation, texturing, FX, etc. to deliver levels under memory & within frame rate target
• Experience with asset development and delivery for 3-console simultaneous development
• Worked with Lua code to call in custom weather systems & collision per level area + rig destruction dependencies

"UNCHARTED: DRAKE'S FORTUNE", PS3

• Worked with designers to layout and construct ground geometry
• Background object modeling, preliminary UV layout, and placement in levels
• Assisted in development of asset construction and management tools for environment artists
• Responsible for managing frame rate, memory, playability [and fun] of the level
• Coordinated with those working on different elements of the levels [fx, enemy, AI, cinematics, and attached streaming levels to make sure that the levels were playable [& fun] + within frame rate and memory constraints

"JAK X", PS2

• Modeled background elements within engine LOD constraints
• Modeled ground mesh, collision, and placed background referenced geometry for all arenas
• Coordinated with those working on the different elements of the level [fx, enemy, AI, cinematics, and attached streaming levels] to deliver it within frame rate and memory constraints in addition to being beautiful and fun!

"JAK 3", PS2

• Modeled and placed background objects within the constraints of proprietary LODing engine in addition to modeling referenced and custom collision geometry
• Coordinated with those working on the different elements of the level [fx, enemy, AI, cinematics, and attached streaming levels]

"Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil", PC

• Experience with Id tech. 4
• Preliminary modeling and level design
• Preliminary Concept & game design

"RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN: TIDES OF WAR", X-Box

• Level design [layout, construction, lighting]
• Misc. entity placement and scripting preparation
• Level optimization

"RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN" [multi-play mode], PC

• Level design [layout, construction, lighting]
• Misc. entity placement and scripting preparation

"AMERICAN MCGEE'S ALICE", PC

• Designed, modeled, texture mapped, and lit levels
• Misc. technical level tasks [i.e. placing path nodes, script object rigging, entity placement, etc...]

"ANACHRONOX", PC

• Conceptual design and modeling of low-poly characters
• Laid out, built, textured, and lit levels in heavily modified id tech. 2 engine
• Modeled, animated, and textured world objects
• Various and numerous amounts of asset delivery

"RETURN TO KRONDOR", PC

• Modeled, textured, and lit numerous backgrounds
• Worked with lead game designer and programmers to design & create game interface
• Modeled, textured, and animated low-poly models
• Various asset delivery

"DOMINION: STORM OVER GIFT 3", PC

• Worked with motion capture equipment
• Lead one of the cinematic teams
• Designed, modeled, and animated high-poly mech.

"G-NOME", PC

• Designed, modeled, textured, and animated low-poly mech.

08/1993- 03/1995- Associate of Applied Arts…  The Art Institute of Dallas

• Computer Animation and Multimedia

 

Brian patenaude | environment artist | digital portfolio