Kurt Klockau

About Kurt Klockau

I have over 22 years of experience in the video games industry as an Artist, Lead and Manager on numerous titles for PS2, Xbox, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One, PC, iPhone, and iPad.Portfolio Site: http://kurtklockauart.com/Titles Worked On:Materials Artist:Jedi: Survivor - Consoles, PCEvolve - Consoles, PCLead Artist:Bioshock 4 - Consoles, PCSystem Shock (2021)- PCJett: The Far Shore - PCDefiance - Consoles, PCCash Guns Chaos - PS3, PSPUntold Legends: Warrior\'s Code - PSPEnvironment Artist:RIFT - PCFreerealms - PCMortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks - PS2Forgotten Realms: Demonstone - PS2Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - PS2Mobile Games Artist:Koi Pond (#1 selling iPhone app of 2008)Koi Pond HDName in LightsElephant OdysseyDistant Shore

Experience

1. Sr Lead Material Artist

   Certain Affinity

   Jan 2026 — Present · OR, US

Education

• California State University, Northridge

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), Art and Animation

  1999 — 2002

• Animation Academy

  Visual Development, Character Design

• KCAI

  Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Illustration

  1995 — 1998

Skills

• Photoshop
• Zbrush
• Substance Painter
• Substance Designer
• Xbox 360
• Quixel Suite
• Maya
• Texturing
• Unity3d
• Ps3
• Mmo
• Ps4
• Xbox One
• 3d Studio Max
• Storyboarding
• Environment Art
• Video Games
• Level Design
• Game Development
• Xbox
• World Building
• Low Poly Modeling
• Cinematics
• Gameplay
• Character Animation
• Art Direction
• Mobile Games
• Concept Design
• Animation
• Characters
• Uv Mapping
• Terrain Sculpting
• Team Leadership
• Outsourcing Management
• Scheduling
• Hansoft
• Lighting
• World Machine
• Scrum
• Pc