Experience

• Artist / Co Owner at The Helios

  Snohomish, US

  March 2011 - April 2026

  Independent character artist focused on digital sculpting, character creation, and 3D asset development. Open to contract and collaborative work in game development, digital media, and creative projects.
  
  Owner and creative director of The Helios Event Venue, a community-focused creative space supporting artists, events, and collaborative projects.

• Advanced Character Artist at Monolith Productions

  Kirkland, US

  March 2011 - March 2025

  At Monolith Productions I contributed to multiple shipped titles within the Middle-earth franchise including:
  
  Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and
  
  Middle-earth: Shadow of War.
  
  (Art Lead) Guardians of Middle-earth (uncredited)

  My work focused on building characters from concept to final in-game assets, including high-resolution sculpting, production-ready topology, UV layouts, and physically based texturing workflows.
  
  My production experience includes:
  
  • High-resolution sculpting in ZBrush
  
  • Game-ready asset creation and optimization
  
  • Physically based rendering pipelines
  
  • Building assets for Cloth simulation and garment design using Marvelous Designer
  
  • Scan data integration and facial form development
  
  • Outsource asset review and production collaboration

  I have also contributed as a guest character artist during early development of
  
  Hogwarts Legacy, assisting with the creation of props and wardrobe assets.
  
  In addition to shipped titles, I worked on character production for internal projects including Wonder Woman and other unreleased productions.

• Lead Artist at Amaze Entertainment / Foundation 9

  Kirkland, US

  May 2003 - March 2011

  I worked at Amaze Entertainment, later part of Foundation 9 Entertainment, where I spent much of that time working as a Lead Artist across a variety of console and mobile titles. During that period I contributed to a myriad of projects including
  
  Where the Wild Things Are,
  
  Kung Fu Panda 2, titles within the
  
  Harry Potter and
  
  James Bond franchises, and projects related to
  
  The Sims.
  
  One of the highlights of my time there was leading a small team of artists in the creation of a game demo built to pitch directly to DreamWorks Animation while they were developing the film
  
  Kung Fu Panda 2.
  
  The demo helped secure the project for the studio, and it was incredibly rewarding to play a part in that success.