Kristin Sholler

Senior Lighting Artist @Evil Eye Pictures

Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset (2025)- Utilized Unreal Engine’s baked lighting system to optimize performance across VR and AR experiences while achieving the visual target of a Star Wars game- Collaborated with lookdev, environment, and tech art teams to achieve the iconic Star Wars visual style while adhering to perf requirements- Lit immersive VR environments and AR racing tracks to ensure visual consistency across platforms- Created skyboxes to support the atmosphere and storytelling in VR levels.What If? An Immersive Story | Winner of the 2024 Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming Emmy (2024)- Lighting Lead on What If? An Immersive Story- Utilized Unreal Engine’s path traced lighting, shader lighting, and a projection system to bring the show\'s iconic painted backgrounds and cel shaded characters to life- Collaborated closely with lookdev, engineering, and tech art teams to develop and refine shader-based cel-shaded lighting for characters- Partnered with the environment team to achieve an environment lighting target that worked well with the projection-and-painting process it would undergo- Worked with tech art to integrate lighting elements that responded dynamically to VFX- Utilized Unreal Engine\'s Sequencer to animate and optimize character lighting for narrative moments and gameplay.Unannounced Project- Co-lead on unannounced project- Utilized Unreal\'s Lumen lighting system- Authored global and local lighting and post-processing volumes- Lit a variety of interior and exterior spaces with a focus on visual storytelling, gameplay clarity, and performance requirements- Worked with tech art, vfx, environment, and other departments to meet perf requirements while hitting visual targets.