Matt Helsom
Objective
· Never stop making art and never grow up.
Education
Bachelor of fine arts | 2005 | Art Institute of fort lauderdale
Degree in classical animation | 2003 | sheridan college
Skills & Abilities
senior artist
· Building and staging environments from start to completion
· Texture painting and material building on the different renderers we’ve had (from forward to deferred)
· Modeling a wide range of needs from small props to full levels
· Educating myself and my peers on the latest technology advancements so that we may hone our building techniques to better suit the needs of those advancements
· Base knowledge of lighting and visual effects to fill gaps in production
art lead
· Art direction and execution
· Scheduling and milestone targeting/developing
· Effectively communicate the vision to the stakeholders as well as the team
Software
3DS Max, Maya, ZBrush, Topogun, xNormal, Crazybump, Substance: Designer and Painter, Photoshop, After Effects, Premier, Lab (proprietary game dev package to Vicarious Visions), Radiant, Speedtree
Experience
senior artist | vicarious visions |2007 - present
· In the ten years at the studio I moved from being a UI artist to an art lead on several projects to finally moving onto an environment artist.
project manager/ 2D & 3D artist | crescent moon games | 2010 - 2011
· I was project manager and 2D/ 3D artist
adjunct instructor | itt technical institute | 2004 - 2007
· I was responsible for educating students that had a desire to move into a career in multi-media. As well, it was my job to write curriculum and syllabus for the needs of the department.
Shipped Titles
Skylander’s SuperChargers: Senior Environment Artist
Skylander’s Swap Force: Senior Environment Artist
Skylander’s Battlegrounds: Lead Artist
Paper Monsters: Project Manager| 2D/3D Artist
Skylander’s Spyro’s Adventure: Environment Artist
Guitar Hero iPhone: Prototype Creator
Mixed Messages: Lead Artist
Guitar Hero 4: Lighting Artist
Guitar Hero DS: Lead Artist
Guitar Hero DS: Decades: Lead Artist
Spiderman 3: UI Artist
Spiderman 3 DS: Environment Artist
Skylander’s Swap Force: Senior Environment Artist
Skylander’s Battlegrounds: Lead Artist
Paper Monsters: Project Manager| 2D/3D Artist
Skylander’s Spyro’s Adventure: Environment Artist
Guitar Hero iPhone: Prototype Creator
Mixed Messages: Lead Artist
Guitar Hero 4: Lighting Artist
Guitar Hero DS: Lead Artist
Guitar Hero DS: Decades: Lead Artist
Spiderman 3: UI Artist
Spiderman 3 DS: Environment Artist
