About Me

Howdy, I'm Jesse! I'm a Junior 3D Technical Artist and part time lecturer at DMU, where I teach asset creation pipelines and technical art.

I love working on fun personal projects to keep learning new things!

Currently looking for my next role!

Skills & Software

Technical Work:

3D Work:

I am experienced in:

Part Time Lecturer – Game Art BA (Hons)
De Montfort University (March 2024 – Present)

Teach technical art and environment art workflows for Unreal Engine 5.
Deliver lectures on shaders, tools, procedural workflows, and engine setup.
Develop Python and Maxscript based tools for students, including texture processing and drag and drop mesh validation scripts.
Provide technical support and guidance for lighting, composition and asset authoring techniques for a variety of project styles.
Mentor students through feedback alongside support staff with assessment.
Created tools for staff to ensure assessment deadlines are met.

3D Technical Artist - Hooked (Soon to be released)

Part Time Freelancer (February 2025 – Present)

Developed technical art solutions including custom shaders, VFX, procedural model generators for a Unity horror project.
Authored a variety of hero and background assets from concept with LODS.
Built a procedural cut-out generation tool to streamline asset creation.
Provided playtesting support to help polish game feel and visuals.
Used Github Source Control to manage assets on modelling branch.

Awards:

Game Art BA (Hons), First Class Honours
De Montfort University (2020 – 2023)

Specialized in real-time Technical Art and game-ready asset pipelines for Unreal Engine.
Developed skills in 3D modelling, UV workflows, high-poly sculpting, PBR texturing, trim sheets, tileable materials, shaders, and Blueprinting.
Built game-ready assets using 3ds Max, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Substance Designer.
Utilised Perforce source control on group project.