Charles M. Conard - 3D Environment and Hard Surface artist.
Education:
BS: Game Art & Design
March 2015
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

Field Related Experience:

Company: Qbots LLC.
Projects: Qbots
Position: 3D Artist
February 2014 - Present

Responsibilities:
  • Worked with a concept artist to create modular pieces for futuristic ship interiors, player pickups and items for a Unity based game.

Accomplishments:
  • Promoted from intern to member of the Development Team.
 
Skills Used:
  • Modular Kit Creation worked well for cutting down asset usage and optimizing game performance.
Company: 7th Level Studios
Projects: Dragon Knight, Critter Caper
Position: 3D Artist
April 2014 - March 2015

Responsibilities:
  • Created sets of unique assets to be used in an various game engines such as Unreal 3 and Unity 3D. 
  • Created various interior and exterior assets using 3ds Max that would appear throughout each game level. 
  • Used concepts to create stylized objects for various art styles for each game. 

Accomplishments:
  • I was able to quickly block out what was needed for each level so that the level artists had a general idea of the size and shape of the objects. These placeholders were easily replaced later on by using organized naming conventions. 
  • I was able to take on other game models and textures though the use of a spreadsheet system. Any object or texture that was not being produced can be claimed with the system. 

Skills Used:
  • 3ds Max efficiency and proficiency. 
  • Photoshop was used to create stylized textures for game assets. 

Software:

Game Engines:
  • UDK (Unreal Engine 3)
  • Unreal Engine 4
  • Goldsource
  • Source
  • Unity
3D Software:
  • Autodesk 3D Studio Max
  • Autodesk Maya
  • Mental Ray (Renderer)
  • NVidia I-ray (Renderer)
  • Bitmap2Material
  • Milkshape 3D
  • Quixel Suite
  • Substance Painter
  • Substance Designer
  • xNormal
  • Zbrush
2D Software:
  • Adobe Photoshop (CS2 - CC)
  • Adobe Illustrator (CS2 - CC)
  • Adobe Premiere Pro (CS2 - CC)
  • Gimp
  • Paint.net

Skills:

  • High Poly Modeling
  • Low Poly Modeling
  • UV Mapping / Unwrapping
  • Texture Baking and Creation
  • Rendering in Mental Ray and I-Ray
  • Modular Kit Creation
  • Level Design
  • Environment Art

Experience:

Company: Toys"R"Us, Inc.
Position: Electronics Department
October 2015 - Present

Responsibilities:
  • Helping guests in the Electronics Department and general sales floor.
  • Running registers.
  • Picking items from Back of House.
  • Helping guests load their cars with large items.

Skills Used:
  • Customer service and satisfaction.
  • Product knowledge and recommendation.
  • Helpful and friendly attitude
Company: Toys"R"Us, Inc.
Position: Off Hours Stock Crew​
July 2015 - October 2015

Responsibilities:
  • Unloading trucks and sorting items on the floor.
  • Unpacking boxes and stocking shelves.

Skills Used:
  • Customer service and satisfaction.
  • Product knowledge and recommendation.
  • Helpful and friendly attitude.
Company: Cartridge World
Position: Sales Associate
February 2013 - March 2015

Responsibilities:
  • Refilled inkjet and laser cartridges for our stock. Delivered to local business that were downtown on foot. Answered calls, and ran orders.

Skills Used:
  • Computer Hardware including desktops and printers.
  • Customer Service including problem solving skills and customer support.