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Alex Johnson

BA. (Hons) Computer Games Design

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Email: alex@aj-3d.com

Tel: +44(0)7793 540 807

A highly motivated and creative digital artist, with a decade professional experience. Sole creator of “Shred! Downhill Mountain Biking”, Alex is Art, music and media savvy, and is totally dedicated to creating outstanding 3D visuals and interactive experiences.
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Tools

3D Studio Max
Adobe Photoshop & Creative Suite
Zbrush
Vray/Mental Ray
Unity Engine
Pencil & paper
Good sense of humor

Skills

Hard surface & organic modeling
High/Low Poly Modeling
Expert knowledge of Unity
Advanced lighting & rendering
UV mapping
Multi-layer texturing & PBR workflow
Light &Texture baking
Excellent understanding of programming theory
Adept in visual scripting
Knowlege of architectural principles & practices
Game Design
Strong traditional art skills.

Education

2.1 BA. (Hons) Computer Games Design
University of Teesside 2002-2005

A Level -Art, Product Design &
Music

ABRSM Piano – Grade 8

Self Employed Indie Games Developer
ASBO Interactive – August 2014 – Present

Shred! Downhill Mountain Biking

  • Sole creator and game designer, published multi-platform game on Steam, Android, iOS and Windows Phone with 2 million downloads worldwide.
  • Designed, created and animated all visual assets including, characters, vehicles and over 30 levels and environments.
  • Developed all gameplay programming using visual scripting plugin “Playmaker”
  • UI design & programming
  • Monetisation design and in-app purchase implementation on each platform
  • Platform specific performance and controller optimisation
  • Composed and recorded original soundtrack

Other Apps & Games

  • Sole creator of several highly sucessfull novelty games/apps with over 5 million downloads on multiple platforms
  • Self produced all programming, audio, music, artwork and monetisation implementation across multiple platforms.

Senior Architectural Visualiser
SLR Consulting LTD – 2008 – August 2014

  • Responsible for creating real-time & pre rendered 3D visuals.
  • Managed and coordinated time, budget and asset production between team members.
  • Consistently streamlined production pipeline with track record in producing superb visual output within tight budgets & technical constraints.

Environment Artist
2006 – 2007 “Gameworld 7”
http://www.gw7.co.uk/
Project – “Juiced 2” – Xbox 360 / PS3
Project – “TT superbikes 2” – PS2
Racetrack environments and prop modeling, UVs and texturing

Lead Character Artist
2007 – 2008 – “Brain in a Jar”
http://www.braininajar.co.uk/
Project – “Indianapolis 500 Evolution” Xbox 360 / PS3

Environment Artist
2006 – 2007 – “Brain in a Jar”
“Raceway: Stock and Drag” – PS2
“Captain Scarlet” – PS2
“Alpha Teens on Machines” – PS2
Environment, weapons & prop design, modeling, UV layout and texturing.

Notable Contracts & Freelance Work

3D Generalist
March – April 2012 “Mere-Mortals
Project – “Dubai Airport Visualisation”
Project – “Pepsi TV Advert”
Project – “Elecktrack Visualisation”
Modeling/Texturing/Compositing / Rendering / Postproduction

November 08 – September 09
Everything Everything
http://www.everything-everything.co.uk/
Project – “My Keys, Your Boyfriend.”
Project – “Photoshop Handsome.”
3D Artist / Animator / Post production
Creating 3D animated content for music videos reciving airplay on MTV, MTV2 & NME TV.
Photoshop Handsome video was voted MTV “International Video of the week”.

Visualisation Consultant
March 08 – “BAE Systems
Produced animation illustrating proposed factory layouts & mechanical processes. I also got to see loads of cool looking tanks being made!