3D Artist

About Me

I am a 3D Artist with a special interest for environments, lighting and automotive visualization, with a total of 12 years of expertise across film, TV, animation, commercials and real-time applications. Throughout my career, I’ve taken on a diverse range of roles and projects, showcasing my versatility and skills in the 3D world.

Contacts

[email protected]

Udine, Italy

davidebigotto.com

Skills

Technical Skills

Complete understanding of 3D principles and pipeline
Knowledge of animated series / real-time workflow
Understanding of spreadsheet and project management framework
Environment / Level Design in Unreal Engine
Materials and Lighting setup in Unreal Engine
Look-Dev and Lighting in Maya, Blender and Houdini with various render engines
PBR Texturing in Substance Painter
Basic sculpting in Blender
Procedural shading in Maya and Blender
Hard-surface modeling (High and Low poly)
UV mapping best practice and UDIM optimisation
Understanding of project management tools like Ftrack or Shotgun

Personal Skills

Ability to multi-task, organise work schedule and priorities
Flexible, adaptable and fast learner
Team player
Excellent understanding of the internal dynamics of a team
Ability to communicate and interact positively in a collaborative group environment
Excellent attention to details (artistic and technical)
Out-of-the-box thinker and problem solver
Strong emotional intelligence and active listening skills

Software Skills

Primary Software: Unreal Engine, Blender, Substance Painter, Photoshop
Secondary Software: 3dsMax, Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Unity, Substance Designer, Marvelous Designer, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Fusion360

Work Experience

2021 - Present

Senior 3D Artist

VI-grade

Conversion of levels from Unity to Unreal. Optimise and polish assets/materials/textures. Create and help outsource studios with new levels.

2019 - 2020

3D Generalist

Goodbye Kansas

Modeling, Layout, Texturing, Look-Dev and Lighting on various shows like 355, Behind Her Eyes, Vigil.

2019 - 2019

Senior Light/Comp

Blue-Zoo Animation

Lighting and Compositing on Go Jetters 3.

2018 - 2019

3D Generalist

Goodbye Kansas

Modeling, Layout, Texturing, Look-Dev and Lighting on various shows like Amundsen, Hellboy, Wounds, Outlander.

2015 - 2018

3D Generalist

One Of Us

Matchmove, Modeling, Layout, Texturing, Look-Dev and Lighting on various shows like 22 July, A Wrinkle In Time, Tolkien, The Crown, The Current War, Assassin's Creed, Terminator.

2012 - 2015

3D Artist

Nudesign Studio

Modeling, Layout, Animation, Texturing, Look-Dev, Lighting and Compositing on various projects.

2005 - 2010

IT Technician

Danieli Far East

Assistance users for HW/SW problems, software installations, printer configuration and troubleshooting, network maintenance and troubleshooting, network switch installation and basic configuration (Extreme Networks), basic servers maintenance (also VmWare), Blackberry configuration and troubleshooting, create/edit domain users/groups/permissions in active directory, create/edit shared folders in SAN/NAS systems (NetApp), control and maintenance of backup on tape (NetVault and HP libraries).