Luke Steichen - Character Artist

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Email: Luke@Anomaly-3D.com
Site:  www.anomaly-3d.com

  Luke M. Steichen
  Character Artist
     

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Experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Autodesk Maya
    • Modeling, UV unwrapping, resurfacing, rig creation, weighting, rendering
  • Autodesk 3DS Max
    • Modeling, UV unwrapping
  • Pixologic ZBrush
    • Sculpting for normal map creation, texturing
  • Adobe Photoshop
    • Texture creation/editing, photo-reference compositing
  • Corel Painter
    • Texture creation/editing, concept painting
  • Traditional Sculpting

 

Surreal Software/Warner Brothers Games

World Artist                                                                                    June 2010 to Current

  • Titles: “FEAR 3” and “Lord of the Rings: War in the North"
  • Responsible for the creation of environment assets and props from concept art and photo reference using 3DS Max, ZBrush and Photoshop

Character Artist                                                            October 2007 to December 2009

  • Titles: “This Is Vegas” (Xbox 360/PS3/PC) and “Lord of the Rings: War in the North" (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)
  • Responsible for full character creation, character head creation and clothing asset creation from photographic reference and concept art
  • Responsible for creating and managing over 100 characters and maintaining the style and level of quality of those characters over the duration of the project
  • Managed over 150 clothing assets to ensure high quality levels and proper interaction with a wardrobe of over 500 character clothing assets
  • Rigged and implemented existing character assets into the Unreal Engine
  • Responsible for creating and maintaining the character clothing bible and asset tracking documents to help maximize team productivity and minimize work overlap
  • Responsible for meeting production deadlines and producing assets in the creation of an open world title

U.S. Army, Active Duty

Tactical Intelligence Analyst                                       11 January 2001 to 17 June 2005

  • Responsible for over four million dollars in classified equipment
  • Responsible for the security clearance, security and intelligence training for over 500 soldiers and civilians
  • Developed security protocols for Ft. Lewis guard activities
  • Developed Standard Operating Procedures for Security Managers across Ft. Lewis

Awards

  • Army Achievement Medal
  • Good Conduct Medal

 

Education

January 2006 to March 2009: Art Institute of Seattle
Program: BFA Game Art and Design