I am very enthusiastic with the opportunity to find a job in the field of Games Art/ Digital art preferably remote, if not, I am fine for Hybrid/in person depending on the distance for commuting.

In addition to my skills in Games Art, I have a bachelor's degree in psychology (abroad) which makes me friendly, flexible and compassionate in a professional manner. I have a master in International Business and Banking (London) however, at the time, due to personal circumstances I couldn’t work with it after it's conclusion.

After a while and as my kids are getting older, I decided to retrain myself in order to go back to work therefore I started a master in Games Art (2022), which I finished last September(2024) with merit at Manchester Metropolitan University – MMU.

I have a great knowledge in Houdini and able to apply hair and fur realistically on 3D models, please see my showreel. I made a 3D model horse and 3D model dragon, which I textured in Substance Painter brought into Maya then in Houdini to work on FX and grooming (hair and Fur). Please note that everything on my reel and all my videos are made from me, end-to-end content. At the moment, I am working/practicing making an environment in Houdini and will bring it into unreal 5 to apply FX and render it cinematic. Next, I am planning to rig and animate my horse and dragon in unreal 5. I am also improving my showreel with 3D simulations/animation for 3D visualisation and production designer as I like to keep developing myself and learning more.

I sculpted/ modelled a 3D Horse, a Dragon, a cartoony skeleton character and some other 3D models - hard surface and organic. For that I used Nomad, Maya, ZBrush and Substance Painter. I brought the 3D horse and 3D dragon into Houdini and worked with particles and grooming. I made the anatomy realistic in muscles and body. I can model or do anything, just name it and I will make it as required.

As a Generalist I have excellent knowledge on the following:

• Zbrush – sculpted a 3D Dragon and 3D Horse

• Maya - 3D modelling, rig , animation & bridge between Zbrush & Subst. Painter;

• Photoshop to generate texture/mesh assets. Also, Photoshop for 2D concept art, planning the models prior start modelling.

• pipeline - creating characters for games/film. I made my creatures/characters using Nomad, ZBrush(the most), Maya & Substance Painter.

• Houdini for FX, Grooming, camera animation, simulations and more

• NUKE for composition, I use for all my videos

• Premiere Pro - video editing.

• Great ability to work in collaboration with all people involved in the project and different teams

• Great communication and problem-solving skills. Very persistent to overcome problems and finding creative solutions. Able to break down existing effects in games and films.

• Great passion for sculpting, great attention to detail and able to help with pipeline in general.Creative problem-solving ability and multitasking, hardworking and enthusiastic, self-motivated individual.

I have great passion for sculpting using Digital arts and enjoy exceeding my own expectations while working on a new project. I like challenges and I am always learning different ways to meet results and great achievements.

I started using NUKE (compositing) and Premiere Pro (video editing) three years ago and I have great experience on it achieving amazing results on all projects I work on.

I also use After Effects, Photoshop, Media Encoder, Houdini, Redshift and more when working on my personal projects and developing my portfolio.

I have expertise in Unreal Engine 5, I made a VR project; the environment, the houses, applied glass materials and porcelain, blue prints, open and closing doors, collision on windows for interaction on the activity, sun animation, option to change floor colour and texture (appearance) and more. I could work on building any environment, 3D modelling VFX and much more using Unreal Engine 5.

Demo below link : https://youtu.be/gN9QaQbrn7U?si=I9KPX77OpwxpqyBT

I finished my master’s in Games Art with merit showing a great knowledge and able to carry on and go beyond. I commuted from north Wales to Manchester 2x per week and working from home the other days which improved my skills on self-problem solving.

My skills:

• Grooming artist 3D (Realistic Hair and fur - Houdini, lighting Redshift);

• 3D Artist, modelling , sculpting, texturing, rendering , lighting (Maya, Nomad, Zbrush, Arnold, Substance Painter);

• 2D Artist Photorealism, cartoony, logos, fine art (Photoshop, Procreate, fine art);

• VFX Artist/ Generalist (Houdini - Unreal 5); Virtual Reality VR (Unreal Engine 5);

• Compositing Artist (NUKE);

• Editing Artist (Premiere Pro).

I appreciate your time reading this cover letter. I would be delighted to hear from you and work together.

I can work in any field of the 3D industry: as a visualiser/ VFX artist, Unreal Virtual Reality Artist/ Digital Sculptor Artist, Production Designer, Motion Designer or another position for a Digital Arts.

Sincerely,

LVida

portfolio: https://linktr.ee/lilvida

showreel: https://vimeo.com/1085655834?share=copy

Zbrush reel: https://youtu.be/wKaMMMv2oew?si=mLdlE-bG1CwPyzJW

Independent Project: https://youtu.be/UiMjNuqEmyg?si=WvIPiHEFbO3xLvyc

Please watch more on my YouTube channel: @lild4473 ( it can be also found on my portfolio -YouTube session).

emails:

leonidilveneto@yahoo.it

LVidavfx@yahoo.com

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