Freelance work

During my time as a freelancer from July 2018 to December 2021, I was creating 3D models in Blender and Blueprint logic in Unreal 4. My clients included:

Teaching

Codinglab

Blender beginner course
Xonotic level creation beginner course

Haus der Jugend

Talk about the development of video games

SAE Bochum

3ds Max beginner course
Unreal Engine 4 Blueprint FPS course

Spielbogenverein Dortmund

Blender beginner course

Employers

IFBG (February 2022 – August 2022)

In Unreal Engine 4, using Blueprints:
- Creation of VR game logic
- Automation and optimization of various manual editor tasks and workflows
Creation of game logic in the Godot Engine using GDScript
Performance optimization and revision of existing 3D environment assets
Creation of new 3D environment assets

Piranha Bytes (2012 – 2018)

Lead Environment Artist (May 2015 – June 2018)
Environment Artist (February 2015 – April 2015)
Apprenticeship as Digital Media Designer (August 2012 – January 2015)
Environment Artist Internship (April 2012 – July 2012)

Education

Apprenticeship as Digital Media Designer

Berufskolleg Essen Ost, August 2012 – January 2015

Abitur

Stadtgymnasium Dortmund, July 2011

Skills

Game engines

Unreal 2.5, Unreal 3, Unreal 4
idTech3, idTech4 (Quake 3, Doom 3)
Source, Source 2
Godot
Genome (Piranha Bytes inhouse engine)

Level design & environment art- paid projects

Elex
Risen 3

Level design & environment art- personal projects

Quake 3

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

3D applications

Currently: Blender
Previously: 3dsMax, zBrush, Mudbox

2D Applications

Substance Painter

Basic skills in:
Substance Designer, Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Gimp, Krita, Inkscape

Programming & Scripting

Advanced skills

Unreal Engine 4 Blueprints
GDscript (scripting language used by Godot, similar to Python)

Basic skills

C# for Unity

Version Control

Git, Mercurial, SVN, Fossil, Perforce

Operating systems

Windows XP, 7, 10
Linux (mainly Ubuntu based distributions)