Sam Fereday
Sam Fereday
Environment Artist
Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Summary

Skilled in creating 3D environments utilizing techniques such as modelling, texturing, baking, sculpting and UV mapping. Making heavy use of game engines such as Unreal Engine and Unity to create immersive worlds with a story to tell.

With a background as a senior developer I have extensive experience working within a team, learning and growing as part of my daily journey and delivering projects with the utmost care and attention.

Skills

3D ModelingDigital SculptingEnvironment ModelingLow-poly ModelingTexturingUV MappingHigh-poly ModelingUnityPBR TexturingTexture BakingUnreal EngineMid-poly ModelingBlueprints

Software proficiency

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

Productions

    • Video Game
      Shadowblade
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      3D Environment Artist, Level Design, Programming
    • Company
      Legally Distinct
    • Video Game
      Red Pluto
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      3D Prop Modeler, Concept Artist, UI Artist
    • Company
      Red Giant Games

Experience

  • Prop & Material Artist (Space Launch VR Project) at Falmouth Immersive Business
    Falmouth, United Kingdom
    February 2022 - July 2022

    - Prop modelling to design specifications using Maya

    - Material construction using Substance Designer

    - Use of Unity Engine to populate various areas

    - Team collaboration and planning

  • Senior Full Stack Developer at IMA
    Leeds
    August 2022 - Present

    - Extensive team collaboration, development and problem solving in an agile-based environment

    - Next.js application development

    - AR development

    - Game development (Unity C#)

    - Build pipeline expertise

    - Version control (Git)

  • React Developer at Woods & Walker
    Newcastle
    February 2019 - January 2020

    - Developing & delivering React apps to specifications

    - Collaboration with team members

    - Problem-solving for application functionality requirements

  • React Developer at Communicator
    Newcastle, United Kingdom
    October 2017 - October 2018

    - React development

    - Team work and coordination

    - Working with design and QA to increase product usability and stability