Well, Ross, you’ve started quite the thing. There are more 30 people on the mailing list. After attending four meet-ups, I still haven’t talked with all of you.
Charles started an email thread for people to introduce themselves, but it seems like a forum is a better place to do this. Thanks to Rob for giving us our own little sandbox here on Tech-Artists.org.
Please post a picture of yourself along with a short bio, so that those of us with poor face-to-name memories can study up.
[FLOATLEFT][/FLOATLEFT]Bronwen Grimes
Technical Artist at Valve in Bellevue
Working on: Left 4 Dead 2
Personal website: bronwengrimes.com
Ask me about: HLSL Shaders, material pipeline, texturing
Languages: Maxscript, Python, Lua, Javascript, Actionscript, HLSL, some C++
Published games: Full Auto for Xbox 360, Full Auto 2 for PS3, Left 4 Dead for Xbox 360 and PC
Software: Max, Maya, Zbrush, Photoshop, Perforce, FX Composer, Flash
I used to work at: Pseudo Interactive in Toronto
Outside of work, I: play Clarinet in the Bellevue Community Band and paint landscapes in pastel
Jens Hauch
Technical Artist at ArenaNet
Working on: Guild Wars 2
Personal website: Don’t have one, but need to make one.
Ask me about: Shaders, Lighting, Maya, Python, Production pipelines
Languages: Python, PyMel, A little Mel, Batch scripts, .
Published games: Guild Wars: Factions, Guild Wars: Nightfall, Guild Wars: Eye of the North, Voodoo Vince (Xbox), Evil Dead: Regeneration (PC, Xbox, PS2), Total Annihilation: Kingdoms
Software: Maya, Mudbox, Photoshop, Perforce
I used to work at: Cranky Pants THQ, Beep Industries, Humongous Entertainment
Outside of work, I: Rock Climb, Brew Beer, Snowboard, Hike, Bike, Do Dad and family things
Ross Patel
Tech Art Lead @ Turn10 - Microsoft Games Studios
Working on: Forza 3 MotorSport
Ask me about: Interaction design, 101 ways to hate on MAXScript.
Languages: English…uhhh… MEL, MAXScript, C#, some python, and some SQL and just enough Javascript to sneer at photoshop.
Published Games: Some crappy walmart shooters, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, Doom3:ROE, Tomb Raider Legend, Tomb Raider Underworld.
I used to work at: Piranha Games, Ubisoft, Threewave Software, Crystal Dynamics, and Turn10.
Outside of work, I: kiss my new fiancee Erin, spin Hip-Hop, eat cheese, practice being a sushi snob.
[floatleft][/floatleft]James O’Donnell
Turn 10
Personal website: www.jamesodonnell.info
Ask me about: Maxscript, HLSL, C#, and WPF
Languages: Maxscript, C#, WPF, HLSL, some C++ and Python
Published games: Forza Motorsport 3, 4
Software: Max, zBrush, Photoshop, Notepad++
Outside of work, I: fight people in kendo and iaido and breakdance
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