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Austin Hauger
Austin Hauger
3D Game Artist, Looking for Work!
Louisville, United States

Summary

Passionate and creative 3D Game Artist with 5+ years of experience creating high-quality props and environment assets. Highly flexible and loves addressing both creative and technical challenges. Committed to continuous learning and staying updated with emerging game art techniques and technologies.

Skills

3D ModelingDigital SculptingEnvironment ModelingHard Surface ModelingProp ModelingTexturingUV MappingRetopologyWeapon ModelingShadersPBR TexturingTexture BakingVfx

Software proficiency

Maya
Maya
Photoshop
Photoshop
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
ZBrush
ZBrush
Unity
Unity

Reel

Productions

    • Movie
      Frick
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Lead Modeling and Texturing Artist
    • Company
      Ball State University

Experience

  • 3D Artist at Akrew inc
    US
    August 2022 - July 2024

    • Contributed to and maintained a library of game-ready assets, including props, furniture, foliage, terrain, and clothing for a stylized, online multiplayer game built in Unity.

    • Modeled high-quality 3D assets utilizing both existing concept art and original designs in instances where no concept art was available or provided.

    • Collaborated closely with Lead 3D Artist to develop and maintain consistent artistic direction, receive feedback, and iterate tasks.

    • Developed a modular terrain kit used in creating game levels in-engine.

    • Optimized game performance by creating LODs, reducing texture sizes, and optimizing geometry in order to achieve and maintain a frame time of 16ms.

    • Implemented and edited shaders using Unity’s Shader Graph to accommodate the needs of the art team, uses for which include foliage, VFX, stylized characters, props, and terrain.

    • Produced stylized VFX for water, smoke, character trails, and environment details with particle systems and shaders.

    • Participated in play-testing and provided feedback to developers.