Contact
Address:
Joe Bush
6400 Ohio Dr.
Apt 1424
Plano, TX 75024
Email:
Arcandio AT gmail DOT com
Phone:
(469) 358-6204
Industry Experience
So Far, So Good - Starshade Valley
Lead Artist
June 2009 - October 2009
Responsible for managing a small team of artists
Creation of complex assets
Crafting asset-specific shaders
Check in of team member's assets
Package Organization and team workflow in Unreal 3.
Experiment Zero - Devour
Associate Producer and Game Designer
February 2009 - May 2009
Responsible for designing the game Devour, all of the art assets, integrating the art into the Torque Builder X engine, and organizing and managing the team. Product Shipped.
Devour was awarded Best Enemies at the Exhibition.
Devour was also picked to be produced on Xbox Live Arcade.
Work
LeBouton Photography
Backdrop Painter
2008
Large scale photographic backgrounds for portrait and full photography, mainly abstract acrylic scenes and designs.
Dollar Tree
Seasonal Associate
October 2008 - December 2008
Seasonal work to build up savings to pursue my dream of being a Game Artist.
Integrated Communications Ltd.
Internship
June 2006 - July 2006
Responsible for ground level graphic design and image manipulation, and helped Mr. Horton set up his Mac lab in his new office.
Skills
2d
- Thorough Thumbnailing and Silhouette Studies
- Concept Generation
- Image Polishing
- UI Mockup
- Rapid Texture Generation in several workflows
- Texture Generation
- Normal map generation and compositing
3d
- Rapid Lowpoly whiteboxing
- Capable Hardsurface Modeling
- Capable Organic Sclupting
- Attentive to concept detail
Organization and Design
- Workflow Streamlining
- Team Management
- Asset organization
- Highly Communicative
- Capable in team or solo capacites
Education
The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University
January 2009 - present
Earning a Masters in Interactive Technology with a specialization in Art Creation
Awarded the D3Publisher Shane Hensley Scholarship for Game Development Excellence
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
2003 - 2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Two Dimensional Art
Awarded a Grant for continuing study in Digital Art
Study Abroad in Greece
Internship at Integrated Communications Ltd. in London
Three years of Leadership in Gamers Anonymous of Stevens Point