Current Skillset

Applications: Houdini Fx, Substance Designer, Unity, Unreal 4, Adobe Products, DaVinci

Coding Languages: VEX Houdini Script Language, HLSL and CG Shader Language, C# and Python

Experience

• since Oct. 2016 – Innogames, Hamburg – Senior FX Artist
• Nov. 2014 – Innogames, Hamburg – FX Artist
• Sept.  2013 – Innogames, Hamburg – 3D Artist
  
• Aug. – Sept.  2013 – Xyrality, Hamburg – Freelancer 3D Artist
• Mar. 2012 – VFX Artist – Music Clip „Communicate“ of Giantree
• Jan. 2008 – Oct. 2012 – Friendly Fire, Vienna – VFX/3D Artist
• Jan. 2003 – Sep. 2007 – VR Entertainment System, Hamburg –  3D Artist
• Jan. 2004 – Sep. 2007 – Hamburger Technischen Kunstschule (HTK Academy) – Degree in Design of Communications

Workshops in SAE Hamburg

• May 2015 – Feb. 2020 – VFX – Cascade & Niagara Particles in Unreal 4
• Jan. 2016 – Engine Fx – Mid. Fx creation in Unreal 4
  
• Mar. 2013 – Sept. 2017 – Principles of Design – Basics of Composition, Perspective, Shapes, Color Theory and Light
  
• Apr. 2013 – Z-Brush – Basic
  
• Mar. 2013 – Portfolio Workshop
  

Lectures

• Mar. 2022 – GDC, San Francisco  – Procedural FX on Mobile : „Lost Survivors“ From Vision to Production
• June 2016 – Innogames, Hamburg –  „BAAAM BOOOM BAAAM“  Volume II – Fx Production for Mobile
• June 2016 – Innogames, Hamburg –  „BAAAM BOOOM BAAAM“  Volume I – Principles of Fx
• Oct. 2016 – Gamecity Treff, Hamburg –  Panel Discussion  „What means creativity in studios?“
• Oct. 2016 – SAE Alumni Convention, Cologne –  Mobile Fx Production with Unreal 4
• June 2014 – Innogames, Hamburg –  Fx Production

Events and Organization

• Nov. 2014 –  „The Future is Pink“ Art Exhibition – Founder and Organizator
• since Oct. 2014 – „XP Game Artists Experience“ CG Talks – Founder and Organizator

Honors, Awards & Credits

• 2021 Innogames „Lost Survivors“ – FX Artist
• 2017 Innogames „Warlords of Aternum“ – FX Artist
• 2015 Innogames „Elvenar“ – 3D Artist
• 2014 Pixel 9 Vienna CG Conference Video – Modeling / Texturing Artist
• 2012 Austrian CG Award Winner in Best Stills – Personal Artwork „Farway City“
• 2011 Publishing in Exposé 9 – Personal Artwork „Farway City“
• 2011 Austrian Music Video „Communicate“ by Giantree – VFX Artist
• 2010 Austrian Feature Film „Wie man leben soll“ – CG Artist
• 2010 German Feature Film „Jud Süss – Film ohne Gewissen“ – VFX Artist
• 2009 Austrian Documentary Film „Udo Proksch – Out of Control“ – VFX Artist

Software Skills

Applications

• Houdini Fx
  Procedural Modeling, Modeling, Animation, Simulation, Workflow Optimization, Texturing
• DaVinci
  Cut
• 3Ds Max
  Modeling, Rigging, Texturing, Animation, Pflow, Light & Shading, Rendering
• Lightwave 3D
  Modeling, Texturing, Animation, Light & Shading, Rendering
• Modo
  Modeling, Texturing, Light & Shading, Rendering
• Z Brush
  Sculpting, Texturing, Light & Shading, Rendering
• VueXstream
  Landscape- Animation, Light & Shading, Rendering
• Fusion
  Compositing
• Adobe Package
  Texturing, Painting, Compositing, Cut
• Xnormals
  Texture Baking
  
• Substance Designer
  Texturing & Shading

Engines

• Unreal 4
  Particles, Light & Shading, Shader Creation
• Unity
  Particles, Light & Shading, Shader Coding
  
• Away Builder (Flash 3D)
  Light & Shading
• Sparticles (Flash 3D)
  Particles

 Plugins

• Pyrocluster for 3D Max
  Fire & Smoke
• Strumpy Shader
  free Shader Plugin for Unity
• The Foundry – Furnace
  Plugin for Compositing