To the hiring team at OMG Studios:
My name is Creath Carter; I'm a veteran digital artist for interactive media and I'm interested in your 3D Generalist role. My broad skill set and technical understanding of our medium has spanned AAA and independent studios, and has given me production experience in most positions of a game art team, most applicable to this role being as a Technical, Environment, Character, and VFX Artist.
I have created multiple asset libraries, studio workflows, animation suites, and full small-scale projects, and I have fluency in almost all common game engines and authoring software. My balance of disciplines allows me to bridge the gaps between art, design, and engineering.
Please explore the samples of my work on this page, and I hope my skills and experience are worth consideration for this role.
ENVIRONMENT ART
Environment and atmosphere were my first love in games, and I have been an Environment Artist, Level Designer, and MMO Worldbuilder at different points in my career. I have comprehensive knowledge of the full environment art pipeline, from concepts and look development, preproduction estimates, asset organization, sculpting, modeling, texturing, on through to engine implementation, with optimization, lighting and collision passes. I have worked with hand-crafted modeling, terrain engine heightmaps, voxel-based engines, modular 3D, and have extensive experience with most supporting systems like world-streaming, geometry LODs, procedural generation, lighting and atmospheric systems.
CHARACTER ART, ANIMATION, RIGGING
I began my professional career processing mocap data as a Cinematic Artist on EA's Godfather game, but bringing characters, creatures, and objects to life through unique designs and colorful hand animation is another aspect of creativity I could pursue exclusively. While I can author rigs in Maya, 3dsMax, and Blender, 3ds Max's CAT system has been my primary partner for rigging and animation for 15 years.
TECH ART, VFX, ENGINEERING
On larger teams I have most often found myself acting as the cross-disciplinary liaison between art, engineering, and design. When I am not hands-on as an artist, tech-artist, or generalist, I am managing art assets, external content provider schedules, developing pipelines and tools, and maintaining best practices for teams.
As with most of us, I still love to get my hands dirty and would happily live in the trenches for as long as I am allowed.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ROLES
Game Engines
Unity
Unreal
Godot
Cocos
Software Fluency
3DS Max
Maya
Blender
Photoshop
Zbrush
Gaea
Substance
Collaboration
Atlassian
Notion
Figma
Tech-Art
Game development is my favorite game; it offers me the most organic, unique, and challenging puzzles of any interactive experience. I gravitated toward the intersection of the technical and visual roles early on, wanting to create my own projects within the medium, but I also thrive off of problem-solving.
Character Design and Creation
I have sound knowledge of anatomy, strong animation principles, can author character rigs, facial rigs, and blendshapes. I've studied character design extensively through my own work, online lectures, and every game and film I absorb. While environments are my first love, characters are the most interesting to bring to life.
Software Proficiency
For the last 15 years, beginning with v5.6, I've worked with Unity to develop projects for entertainment, academic, and independent releases under my own labels or as a contractor.
For 5 years I have re-immersed myself into the Unreal Engine (4.x
and 5.x), exploring changes in the technology since v3.x, with focus on
the Material Editor, Niagara particle systems, PCG graphs, character pipelines, and open world optimizations.
A Note About AI
While none of the material on this page uses Generative AI, understanding industry trends and the evolution of technology, I have experimented with many generative pipelines for our work over the last 5 years. I have extensively covered everything between online and self-hosted model use for LLM coding interfaces, generative 2D and 3D Art, and many other tools with the specific goal of supporting traditional workflows and leveraging human artists.
GAME JAMS, COMMUNITY, AND ORGANIZATIONS
Boston Unity Group
While not involved in organization, I worked with and gave presentations for the Boston Unity group from 2013 to 2023, primarily on the use of the Finite-State Machine editor PlayMaker.
Unreal
With two colleagues, I helped restart the Boston Game Developers monthly Unreal meetup. We organize speaking events, social gatherings, and professional networking events for other developers using and interested in the engine.
Global Game Jam
For 13 years I have participated in, and then hosted the Global Game Jam in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, USA, contributing to multiple projects every year while maintaining food and caffeine supplies, guidance, and encouragement.
PVGD, StudioArtician, and More
For nearly 10 years I have co-organized and hosted monthly game developer meetups, game jams, lectures, demo nights, and social events for my areas professionals, students, and independents (pvgd.org).
Additionally, I founded the studio StudioArtician, a work for hire studio in Massachusetts focused on bespoke technology installations for museums, academia, and experimental media.
I have an extensive amount of experience that I think is a solid fit for your team, and I enjoy Cozy games like Stardew Valley, Bear and Breakfast, Cities Skylines, and many other classic titles in the "Cozy" and "Sim" genres. Thank you for taking the time to review my materials, and I hope you find the best candidate for the role.
Please see the links below for more examples of my work. You can see my current resume here; a full CV can be provided on request.
Regards,
Creath Carter
contact@creathcarter.com
Additional Project Credits for Work Shown
WithMe Environment Art
Art Director: Jem Gaylani
Lead Artist: Lulu Neel
Tech Art: Eric Iwasaki
Additional 3D Art: Casey Billadeaux
Lord of the Rings Online
Lead Worldbuilder: Ross Glover
Additional 3D Art: Mark Lizotte
Additional 3D Art: Brandon Bateman
Additional 3D Art: Tara Rueping
HitPoint Studios Games
2D Art/3D Art Support: Steve Forde
PGS Games
Art Direction: Nate Meltzer
2D Art: Dan Dussault
2D Art: David McCormack
Animation: Ryan Brown
Additional Tech Art: Wayne Darby