Dark Alliance - Assistant AD Shots

I was the Assistant AD on this project, which meant that I worked on a lot of different pieces in the game - and generally moved around a lot between the maps trying to fill in the gaps environment art wise, and support the team as best I could. My responsibilities included:
● Vision and World-Building Strategy: Authored exhaustive art style guides and level-specific mood boards, defining emotional and narrative beats through curated color palettes and lighting transitions.
● Technical Art Ownership: Architected the project’s shading foundation by developing high-performance Master Materials for architecture, props, landscapes, and sky systems in UE4.
● Atmospheric Direction: Directed the visual mood through lighting, skybox creation, and
cinematic color-grading.
● Team Leadership & Pipelines: Maintained artistic consistency through high-level paint-overs and mentorship, while establishing technical naming standards and asset pipelines.
●Other various contributors:
https://www.artstation.com/sammoq
https://www.artstation.com/williamlabrie
https://www.artstation.com/solenekubler
https://www.artstation.com/olivierdesjardins
https://www.artstation.com/najimcg
https://www.artstation.com/markcarier
https://www.artstation.com/razvan_cojocaru
https://www.artstation.com/ldurand
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xBroW

Various shots from the maps that me and my team worked on at Invoke.

Mix of architecture blockout and modelling / level art / heavy perf optimization / prop, architecture, and landscape shader work / draw call optimization and HLOD management, Flag Blueprint Creation (Faction related customization parameters built in)

Mix of architecture blockout and modelling / level art / prop, architecture, and landscape shader work / draw call optimization and HLOD management

Mix of architecture design, blockout and partial modelling and texturing / some level art / heavy perf optimization / prop, architecture, and landscape shader work / draw call and memory optimization, and HLOD management

Cinematic Level Art, Dwarven Architecture Kit Design / Blockout / Partial Modelling and Texturing

Cinematic Level Art, Crystal Shader, Floor Asset Creation, Architecture Shader Creation and Material Pass, Goblin Decal Blueprint and Master Material Creation

Rock / Landscape shader and texture sets, grass mesh and foliage shader, Dwarven Architecture blockout and kit setup / partial texture set / architecture shader

World Machine RnD