Experience

• Advanced Lighting Artist at Rocksteady Studios

  December 2022 - Present

• Senior Lighting Artist at Rocksteady Studios

  London, United Kingdom

  December 2019 - December 2022

• Lighting Artist at Rocksteady Studios

  London, United Kingdom

  May 2018 - December 2019

• Lighting Artist at Splash Damage

  London, United Kingdom

  January 2017 - May 2018

  Gears of War 4 / Gears 5

  - Lighting at all stages of development
  
  - Post Processing/Colour Correction/Fog
  
  - Skydomes
  
  - Optimisation
  
  - Working with environment artists to balance materials
  
  - Blueprints
  
  - Colour Scripts
  
  - Suggesting ways that features/tools can be improved to push visuals for requirements of the project.
  
  - Doing in house learning/workshop sessions with senior lighting artist teaching lighting workflows to other departments

• Lighting Artist at Cloud Imperium Games

  Manchester, United Kingdom

  November 2015 - December 2016

  - Working with Art Directors to define lighting style of the game.
  
  - Contributing to Star Citizen and Squadron 42 single player campaign.
  
  - Implementing photo-realistic lighting for both interiors and exteriors
  
  - Working with engine and tech teams to discuss and suggest ways tools and features of the engine can be improved for the project requirements
  
  - Running in house lighting workshops in collaboration with Ship Art Director to help other artists on the team to understand the lighting pipeline.
  
  -Training and giving feedback to other lighting artists
  
  - Post Processing and Colour Grading.
  
  - Tweaking materials to either compliment lighting or to maintain correct PBR values
  
  - Working with environment artists both in-house and outsource to give feedback on ways environment and materials could be improved to help readability and lighting.
  
  - Collaborating with designers to ensure lighting requirements are also met in terms of a game-play perspective.

• Junior Lighting Artist at Rocksteady Studios

  London, United Kingdom

  December 2014 - November 2015

  -Interior lighting
  
  -City/Exterior lighting
  
  -Setting up and placement of reflections
  
  -Matinee and Kismet for dynamic events in the game in which lighting and materials would need to change for specific events
  
  -Lighting cinematics and sequences with characters
  
  -Character lighting
  
  -Optimisation and keeping the lighting within budget maintain a stable performance
  
  -Tweaking of materials and textures to get the best results with lighting
  
  -Setting up and placement of atmospheric fog and light shafts
  
  -Colour grading
  
  -Post processing

• Trainee Lighting Artist at Rocksteady Studios

  London

  November 2013 - December 2014

  -Interior lighting
  
  -City/Exterior lighting
  
  -Setting up and placement of reflections
  
  -Matinee and Kismet for dynamic events in the game in which lighting and materials would need to change for specific events
  
  -Lighting cinematics and sequences with characters
  
  -Character lighting
  
  -Optimisation and keeping the lighting within budget maintain a stable performance
  
  -Tweaking of materials and textures to get the best results with lighting
  
  -Setting up and placement of atmospheric fog and light shafts
  
  -Colour grading
  
  -Post processing