Dave Dawson

About Dave Dawson

Senior Artist Generalist that blends cutting-edge technology with creative artistry. leveraging a toolkit that includes advanced skills in 3D modeling, texturing, animation, shader creation, hard surface, and AI tools. Leading projects that harness both the Unreal Engine and Unity, developing immersive experiences for HoloLens, VR, Digital Twins, Gaming and Training Simulations. My super power is the ability to both learn new skills and teach others. My collaborative effort has culminated in projects that have been showcased globally by Microsoft.

Experience

1. Senior Artist Generalist

   Microsoft

   Feb 2020 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Manage all art related to projects• Participate in Workshops to assist the customer in planning out their project.• Direct creative team to execute the vision of the project for the customer. • Create art pipelines and train other artist.• Model and texture environments, props and other assets in a variety of styles from realistic to stylized/cartoony• Create high and low poly 3D art• Create textures for both high end and low end shaders• Assist with the creative process such as story boarding• Implement assets into the Unity game engine• Create a variety of content for use with HoloLens• Participate in the hiring process of new team members

Education

• Brown College

  Associates

• Art Institute of Pittsburgh

  BA

Skills

• Texture Artist
• Gameplay
• E-Learning
• Texture Painting
• Mmorpg
• Captivate
• Zbrush
• Hard Surface Modeling
• 3d Studio Max
• 3d
• Animation
• Powerpoint
• Instructional Design
• 3d Modeling
• Pc Games
• Digital Sculpting
• Normal Mapping
• Unity Game Engine
• Perforce
• Mmo
• Virtual Reality
• User Interface Design
• Video Games
• Substance Painter
• Project Management
• Max
• Multiplayer
• Xbox
• Video Game Production
• Console
• After Effects
• Elearning
• Uv Mapping
• Character Animation
• Photoshop
• Interface Design
• Low Poly Modeling
• Game Development
• Computer Games
• High Poly Modeling