Game Asset and Texture Artist

Aidan
Stokes

aidanstokes39@gmail.com

Projects

Forge Mascot

Alien

Kindergarten Classroom

Coffee Container

Forge Office

VR Classroom

4IR Classroom

Pizza Container

Forge Office Wireframe

VR Classroom Wireframe

The Game Development World Championship

Skills & Expertise

3D Game Assets and Environment Design

Proficient with Blender, 3DS Max, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, Unity, Adobe Suite.

Able to optimize game assets, design environments and texture assets.

Coding Languages

C#, Unreal Engine, Unity, Zbrush, C++, Java, Android Studios.

Work Experience

2022 - Present

VR Designer and Developer

Forge Academy & Labs

  • I am an all-round in-house 3D asset and environmental graphic designer, motion graphics artist and Unity VR developer for the company helping with any and all creative work.

2022 - 2022

Game Asset Creator - Contract

The Boiler Room

  • Worked as a short-term contract game asset creator, making optimized assets for mining companies and industry in Unity for VR induction and Safety games. The respective companies I made assets for include:
  • SibanyeStillwater, AngloGold, Ashanti Limited, Harmony Gold, Wood Chemicals SA (Pty) Ltd

2021 - 2022

Junior 3D Game Designer

Mortimer Harvey - The House of Resonance

  • Worked as a 3D game asset artist and multi-media designer. The jobs and companies I worked with:
  • Old Mutual (Bank), Tekonomica, Everyday Gr8s Campaign, Saving Sofia

Education

2024 - 2024

Certificate of UI and UX

UX Design Institute - Dublin

A UX and UI certificate online with the UX Design Institute based in Dublin as a part of my upskilling.

2020 - 2020

Certificate of Fine Arts

Vega Bordeaux - International Institute of Education

  • As part of my bachelor’s, we had a separate module in my degree that issued a certificate in Fine Arts upon completion.

2017 - 2020

Bachelor of Computer Science (BCIS)

Vega Bordeaux - International Institute of Education

  • 2D animation, 3D animation, Unity Engine work, Principles of Game Design, Marketing, Research, AI machine learning, Backend engine development with Vukan api, Fine arts
  • Studied at the International Institute of Education (I.I.E.), focused on game design and development, where we learnt both the coding and design side of games. Subjects include Programming.