Wesley G.
Lead Technical Art Director @Sucker Punch Productions
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WORK HISTORY
Lead Technical Art Director @Sucker Punch Productions
2025 “Ghost of Yotei” -(PS5)2021 -\"Ghost of Tsushima : Director’s Cut\"(PS4/PS5)• Responsibilities include design and implementation of new pipelines and workflows- Facial rigging and facial solving pipelines- Cinematic pipeline- Japanese lip-sync localization pipeline- Character rigging pipeline features and improvements - Open-world Environment authoring workflows• Manage technical art department• Supervise FACS scanning sessions
EDUCATION
Syracuse University
BFA, Computer Graphics, Illustration
ABOUT WESLEY G.
I\'m a game developer, artist and published author with decades of experience in the game industry. I attended Syracuse University where I graduated with Honors in Computer Graphics, then spent 9 years at Electronic Arts-Tiburon. While there, I held key roles, pioneered procedural modeling techniques for constructing NASCAR race tracks and the city of Metropolis and developed efficient solutions for improving in-game lighting for football stadiums in Madden. In 2006 I co-founded The Dreamhive, an animation studio in Florida. In addition to day-to-day business, I was responsible for designing and implementing the studio\'s core technologies, including a hybrid real-time/software rendering pipeline. I also designed and programmed the studio\'s first iPhone game,\"Squish Squash\". Client list included EA, Mythic, Sony, Bottlerocket/Namco, Ready At Dawn and Madonna. In 2009 I joined Microsoft and helped launch Kinect. In 2011, I joined the team at 343 Industries to help ship Halo 4. In 2013 I became the lead of the Technical Art Department at 343 and over the next 2.5 years, my team and I helped ensure the successful launch of Halo 5: Guardians.In 2015, I joined Sony’s Sucker Punch Productions as Lead Technical Art Director designing and implementing cinematic, facial and environment pipelines for Ghost of Tsushima (2020) and Ghost of Yotei (2025).I have been a guest lecturer at BGSU and UCF-FIEA graduate program, lectured at the \'05 Game Developer\'s Conference, served as an adjunct professor for UCF\'s School of Film and Digital Media, was a Maya Masterclass presenter at SIGGRAPH \'08 and was a speaker at the GDC 2012 and 2014 Technical Artist Bootcamps. In addition to my game development background. I am the author of the urban-fantasy series, Emerald City Dragons. Recent Work:Games:(2025) Ghost of Yotei (PS5)(2020) Ghost of Tsushima (PS4/PS5)(2015) Halo 5 (Xbox)Books: The Obsidian AscentART: concept,compositing,modeling,materials,rigs,animation,fx,rendering. CODE: Python,Maya API,C++,HLSL,Vex,Applied ML,UE5 BlueprintsAPPS: Maya,Houdini,Blender,Zbrush,Photoshop,Substance Designer/Painter,UE5,Unity
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