Accomplishments

• Implemented Zscript for the tool based on the specifications from Francis-Xavier Martins (PolyJunky)
• Allows you to get controllable, but not final topology, using polypaint, masking or slicing.
• Gives clean extractions without jagged edges.
• Easy to use UI and highly rated on Artstaion Marketplace.
• See it in action!
• Tools/Languages:ZBrush, Zscript

Accomplishments

My main concern on Detonation Racing was the tool chain in DCC (Max/Maya) and the import into Unity.

• Trimsheet tool
  • Allow for config sharing between artists + easier setup of UV's in Max/Maya
• Material Tool
  • Scrape data from Unity about material names/textures etc. into DCC so artists can have properly named materials applied to meshes. This made importing and having working materials automatic.
• Exporter/Importer
  • Make sure naming convention of exported fbx is adhered to for different models + large portion of setup on import automatically done
• Support Houdini Tech Art Team
  • Get pipeline working in Unity;
  • Tool usage adjustments for Quality of Life of users on the team and advise on best practices for user facing gui/workflow creation.
• Tools/Languages:
  Python, PyMxs, PySide2, C#(Unity), 3dsmax, Maya, Unity

Accomplishments

Vehicle creation pipeline that allows artists to recreate 3d vehicles as close as possible to their real-life counterparts. Players are able to scan a Hot Wheels vehicle and see the exact same thing in-game, ready to play with.

Pipeline for all vehicles in game
• Standalone Python
  • Scripts for folder structure/naming convention based on incoming vehicles from Mattel. This reduces human error when a brand new vehicle is to be made.
• Zbrush
  • Zscript that handles settings/button clicks etc. to produce a more "bake ready" high poly mesh. This gets artists 90% of the way there from the low poly meshes which in most cases are not suitable for baking purposes (even if subdivided).
• 3dsmax (2018)
  • Importing template meshes, exporting final vehicle for Unity (imports have 0 rotation values on import)
  • Import template wheels for scaling to size for each vehicle, used in conjunction with another script to "Drop Wheels to Ground", ensuring the bottom of the wheel is on 0.
  • Various quality of life utility scripts
• Substance Painter
  • Setup Painter templates.
  • Documentation on workflow for applying decals to vehicles for each variation of the vehicle (same mesh, different texture set).
• Shader work (Unity):
  • Wheel shader that allows for input of a channel packed texture to define different colour masks and text, as well as wheel shadowing for shadows due to wheelwell and ground shadowing.
  • Hologram shader that allows for customization of hologram images in-game with channel packed textures that allow for editor control of timing for fades and other effects.
• Unity Scripting
  • Import script that handles 95% of work related to importing and setting up a vehicle in engine from created assets. This trawls the source art folder to find any missing models or textures, imports and sets up folder structures, creates and applies materials with the correct naming convention with no needed input from the user.
  • Scripts to help aid work such as Quick Load/Unload of wheel assets on cars.
    Material Creation: if extra materials are needed, they are made and named correctly.
• Tools/Languages: Python, ZScript, Maxscript, HLSL, C#(Unity), 3dsmax, Zbush, Substance Painter, Photoshop

Accomplishments

• Atlas PSD/Texture Creation:
  • Using Python and Pytoshop, I was able to create atlas PSDs of 4k textures for 30 models (Albedo, Normal, Masks) and output the final atlassed texture in ~4 seconds - a task that previously took 15+ minutes using Photoshop scripting only.
• Various script improvements along with menu creation for Maya which put all in-house scripts in one easy to access place.
• Tools/Languages Python, PyMEL, Pymxs, Pyside2

Accomplishments

• Clarisse
  • Imported models into Clarisse for the lighting team. This would put models in groups depending on existing hierarchies as well as automatically place light sources and vfx without intervention.
  • Provided a way to pass information between lighters and automatically setup last used settings (this was not available as a built-in feature)
  • Automatically setup AOVs based on settings defined by Lighting Supervisors for team/shots.
• Maya scripts that link with in house validation checks.
• Validation of tooling updates from R&D department before release to Shows

Accomplishments

Boxer
• Tool to create polygon hit boxes for 2D games/characters.
• Improved usability by adding hotkeys and features to speed up hit box creation.
• Documentation for all improvements and general usage.

Bell
• Improvements that allowed for settings creation for spacial sound in 2D space.

Accomplishments

Lazy Save 2 has been released as a final version for Lazy Save.

NOTE: I no longer maintain this, so if it does not work I will not be doing work to make it work again

Lazy Save 2 is made to make saving out images from Photoshop more efficient by allowing you to have more control and save multiple images at once. Originally aimed at the Game and VFX Industry, Lazy Save has been used in several companies over the years but has been beloved by hobbiest artists as well.

Lazy Save allows you to:

• Pick a save folder for your images
• Define custom naming conventions
• Image Quality settings and resizing options
• Channel Pack images
• Define "Templates" for quickly setting your document up
• Save all layers in a group as one image or as one image per layer in a single click!
• What You See Is What You Get, where you don't need to define groups to quickly save out

Lazy Save was nominated for Best Tool of 2016 on PolyCount

Accomplishments NOTE: I no longer maintain this, so if it does not work I will not be doing work to make it work again

Layer Cake is an extension for Photoshop that I made in 2016 to help with offsetting multiple layers/groups of layers at once when trying to make tiling images.

Features:

• Offset selected layers and groups of layers
• "Rebake" - run the last used settings again
• Icing - See your image as a tiling 2 x 2 document (run again to get a 4 x 4 size etc.
• Spectacles - Smart Sharpen or Blur your selection to get correctly tiling blurred images as a layer in your original document