Resume
👤 About
🧑 I’m Ryan Dunne, a Senior/Lead Technical Artist & Tech enthusiast based in the UK. I’m currently leading a team at PixelToys and also working on tools in my free time.
👷♂️ Previously I have worked at Yippee Entertainment and Team17 where I’ve directed on many projects such as; Overcooked, Golf With Your Friends, and Worms Rumble, which were released on all current and last generation platforms.
🔥 My passion is helping art departments realize it’s full potential by: Relieving stress from artists, maximizing art creation time, creating clear workflows and pipelines, and hitting targets.
🧠 Research and guide teams through pipelines, solutions and methodologies to accomplish and accelerate goals.
👨🏫 Support my team in all their endeavours and curiosity so they can be the best they can be, and guide them through the challenges faced as a Technical Artist.
🤝 Bridge the gap between all departments including Engineers and Design to identify, evaluate, and develop features required for an incredible product.
📈 Produce realistic roadmaps with long-term vision of the needs of the project, Art Department, and Technical Art Department.
💪 More Details:
- Department & team management
- Research, evaluations, investigations, and implementation
- Workflow, pipelines, and solutions
- Project management, agile methodologies, time management, and project vision
- Rendering, lighting, VFX, 3d art, shaders, and optimization
- Automation, procedural generation, and tool creation
Experienced in: C#, Python, MayaPy, PyMEL, JavaScript, HLSL, Cg, Blueprints, Unity, Unreal Engine, Source Engine, CryEngine, Maya, 3DSMax, Substance, Quixel, Zbrush, Houdini, Photoshop, 3DCoat, Git, Perforce, PlasticSCM
💪 Experience
1 year +
Lead Technical Artist
Full-time
Nov 2021 – Present
Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom
About
Senior Technical Artist
Full-time
Mar 2021 – Nov 2021 – 9 mos
Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom
– Lead a team Technical Artists
– Work with Directors and Stakeholders to deliver on a tight budget
– Roadmap, planning, scheduling
– Responsible for optimization and performance of projects
– Responsible for tools and pipelines
– Lighting and rendering
4.5 years
Head of Technical Art
Full-time
Jun 2020 – Mar 2021
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
– Lead a team of technical art
– Managing roadmaps, deadlines, and scheduling
– Responsible for performance/optimization on multiple simultaneous products
– Responsible for rendering/lighting on multiple simultaneous products
– Responsible for tools/pipelines on multiple simultaneous products
Lead Technical Artist
Full-time
Jun 2019 – Jun 2020 – 1 yr 1 mo
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
– Lead Technical Artist on multiple projects
– Optimization / Budgeting
– Shaders
– Automation tooling
Senior Technical Artist & Lead Artist
Full-time
Sep 2017 – Jun 2019 – 1 yr 10 mos
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
– Supporting artists with tools, solving problems, and helping understand software packages
– Tools for Unity, Unreal, and Maya (C#, Blueprints, Mel, Python)
– Shaders and FX
– Technical Documentation & Workflows and Pipelines
Technical Artist & Lead Artist
Full-time
Dec 2016 – Sep 2017 – 10 mos
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
– Gameplay programming in Unity and Unreal
– AR & VR
– Mobile, PC, Consoles
2 years +
Environment Artist
Full-time
Jan 2015 – Dec 2017 – 2 yrs
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
– Worked on multiple games as an Environment Artist at Yippee Entertainment which were released on multiple platforms.
– I had to fulfil multiple job roles which included Level Design and QA.
~3 years
Freelance Programmer & Artist
Self-Employed – Freelance
Mar 2014 – Dec 2016 – 2 yrs 10 mos
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
– Worked on multiple projects from video games to websites
– Frontend and backend of websites
– Created tools for a client studio
– AR virtual tour for estate agency
~ 3 years
Technical Artist
Founder & Full Time
Mar 2014 – Dec 2016 – 2 yrs 10 mos
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
🎮 Titles
- Unannounced Mobile Game [coming soon] – Lead Technical Artist
- Unannounced Top Down RPG [coming soon] – Head Technical Artist
- 🔫 Worms Rumble – Head Technical Artist
- 🥗 Overcooked 2 – Head Technical Artist
- 🥝 Overcooked All You Can Eat – Head Technical Artist
- 🌍 Hokko Life – Head Technical Artist
- ⛳ Golf With Friends – Lead Technical Artist
- 🌋 Golf With Friends Volcano – Lead Technical Artist
- 👮♂️ Golf With Friends Escapists – Lead Technical Artist
- 🍔 Overcooked 2 Sun’s Out Buns Out – Lead Technical Artist / Lead Artist
- 🍰 Overcooked 2 Moon Harvest Festival – Lead Technical Artist / Lead Artist
- 🔥 The Survivalists – Lead Technical Artist
- 🩸 Commandos 2 HD Remastered – Lead Technical Artist
- 🎿 Ski Jumping Pro Mobile – Senior Technical Artist / Lead Artist
- 🎿 Ski Jumping Pro PSVR – Senior Technical Artist / Lead Artist / Programmer
- 🎿 Ski Jumping Pro VR – Senior Technical Artist / Lead Artist / Programmer
- 🚗 Chimpact World Rally – Senior Technical Artist / Lead Artist
- 🐶 Paw Patrol AR App – Lead Programmer / Lead Artist
- 🪓 Hellion Towers (unreleased) – Lead Programmer / Environment Artist
- 🏃♂️ Chimpact Run – Environment Artist
- 🎈 Chimpact Pop – Artist
- 🎈 Chimpact Pop 2 – Artist
- 🍉 Chimpact Squash – Artist
- 🐭 Jetpack Disco Mouse – Artist
- 🌈 Rainbow Ruckus The Amazing World of Gumball – Artist / QA
- 🔶 Flatliners (unreleased) – Technical Artist / Environment Artist