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Shyam Shankar

Senior Vehicle Artist
Krakow
Shyam Shankar

Summary

Hi, I'm Shyam Shankar, a Senior 3D Vehicle Artist with a passion for creating high-quality 3D vehicle content for games.

Originally from Chennai, India, I now live and work in Krakow, Poland.

My expertise includes working on major game titles, and I constantly strive to improve my skills and deliver top-notch work.

When I'm not working, I enjoy playing pool, snooker, table tennis, badminton, and squash.

Overview

10
years of professional experience
7

Years of experience working in High-Quality Assets Creation

3

Years of experience Leading or Supervising

Work History

Teyon Studios
Krakow, Poland

Senior Vehicle Artist
04.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Manage and lead a team of skilled vehicle artists,
    consistently delivering high-quality vehicles on time.
  • Mentor and supervise team members, fostering their
    growth and development in vehicle art creation.
  • Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to
    improve workflows and identify areas for process
    enhancement in the art pipeline.
  • Conduct thorough reviews of vehicle art assets, providing
    constructive feedback to ensure the highest level of detail
    and visual quality for the game.
  • Projects: Rennsport

Lakshya Digital, Keywords Studios
Gurgaon, India

Senior Vehicle Artist
10.2020 - 02.2022

Job overview

  • Internally promoted to the role of Vehicle Lead and
    Reviewer, where I successfully managed and supervised a
    team of artists to deliver high-quality vehicle assets that
    met and often exceeded client expectations.
  • Established and enforced a standard level of quality for
    asset creation while ensuring efficiency.
  • Mentored and shared knowledge with team members,
    supporting their development and growth in the field of
    vehicle art creation.
  • Provided timely feedback and guidance to team members,
    effectively managing roadblocks in production and
    ensuring timely delivery of assets.
  • Played an active role in team-building capabilities,
    resource requirements, recruitment, and training,
    contributing to a cohesive and high-performing team.
  • Participated in planning, scheduling, and monitoring of
    resources and time, resulting in efficient project.
  • Projects: Forza Horizon 5, Forza Motorsport 8

LemonSky Studios
Selangor, Malaysia

Senior 3D Artist
02.2020 - 07.2020

Job overview

  • Created high-end 3D hard surface and organic models
    based on concept designs within tight deadlines.
    Collaborated with the modeling team to ensure technical
    requirements were met and models were optimized for
    performance.
    Worked closely with animators to design and implement
    motion controls for seamless integration.
    Shared new tools and techniques with team members to
    promote continuous improvement.
    Coordinated with management to prioritize tasks and
    meet project milestones on time and within budget.
  • Projects: : Exoprimal, The King of Fighters XV

Codemasters Studios
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Experienced Vehicle Artist
07.2017 - 06.2019

Job overview

  • Worked closely with team members to ensure consistent
    high-quality output and adherence to project schedules.
  • Played a key role in planning and enhancing pipelines to
    improve overall quality and efficiency using new methods.
  • Identified and reported additional tasks to aid project
    schedules and quality, while setting and sharing best
    practices and workflows within the team.
  • Collaborated with International Teams to introduce new
    Substance Painter Texturing Pipeline, resulting in
    improved texturing quality and efficiency.
  • Trained, mentored and managed Junior 3D Artists, leading
    to their growth and development within the company.
  • Assisted in fixing bugs across projects.
  • R&D new tools, processes and techniques to push
    innovation.
  • Worked collaboratively with other team members to
    resolve issues and ensure timely delivery of projects
  • Projects: Dirt 4; ONRUSH; F1 2018; Dirt Rally 2; Grid 2019

Dhruva Interactive (ROCKSTAR GAMES)
Bangalore, India

3D Game Artist
04.2013 - 06.2017

Job overview

  • Proficient in producing high quality and efficient stylized
    art, digital sculpts, environments/props, vehicles, etc.
  • Skilled in hand sculpting and painting high quality texture
    assets, as well as modeling, digital sculpting, retopology,
    baking and texturing.
  • Experienced in modular asset design and construction, as
    well as creating/modifying existing hard surface and
    organic assets from scratch to final in-game.
  • Maintains production and quality standards by regularly
    communicating with the onsite art QA team.
  • Introduced Marvelous Designer for cloth/organic
    simulation, which was later used across many projects.
  • Showcased an asset in GDC 2014 for usage of Marvelous
    Designer to simulate clothes.
  • Worked on multiple projects.
  • Projects:
    Environment/Props Artist: Project Spark; Alien Isolation; Quantum Break; Forza Horizon 2; Payday 2, Prey: Mooncrash
    Vehicle Artist: Forza Motorsport 5; Forza Motorsport 6; Forza Horizon 3; Spider-Man

Education

Asian Institute of Gaming And Animation
Bangalore, India

Professional Diploma in Game Art from Game Art
04.2011 - 04.2012

University Overview

IMAGE Multimedia Institution
Chennai, India

Diploma in Graphic, Web And Visual Design from Graphics, Web and Visual Design
01.2010 - 04.2011

University Overview

SIT
Coimbatore, India

Diploma in Computer Engineering from Computer Engineering
01.2007 - 04.2010

University Overview

Skills

Blender

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Timeline

Senior Vehicle Artist
Teyon Studios
04.2022 - Current
Senior Vehicle Artist
Lakshya Digital, Keywords Studios
10.2020 - 02.2022
Senior 3D Artist
LemonSky Studios
02.2020 - 07.2020
Experienced Vehicle Artist
Codemasters Studios
07.2017 - 06.2019
3D Game Artist
Dhruva Interactive (ROCKSTAR GAMES)
04.2013 - 06.2017
Asian Institute of Gaming And Animation
Professional Diploma in Game Art from Game Art
04.2011 - 04.2012
IMAGE Multimedia Institution
Diploma in Graphic, Web And Visual Design from Graphics, Web and Visual Design
01.2010 - 04.2011
SIT
Diploma in Computer Engineering from Computer Engineering
01.2007 - 04.2010

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