Full name
Phil McCabe
Title
Senior Games Artist
Location
UK
Biography
Specializing in Modelling and Texturing using a Hand painted style.
General 3D Artist with previous experience in 2D Illustration, Animation, Rigging, High poly sculpting and UI.
Currently at Tag Games, Dundee, working as a Senior Artist creating free to play mobile games.
I make mainly 3D content to display in real time game engines for mobile games platforms.
I have 12 years professional experience modelling, texturing and rigging and am very proficient in the high poly to low poly game asset work-flow.
This role has given me an opportunity to lead a small art team and has involved planning and managing sprints, imputing into the creative direction of the product, helping to define the art pipe line and interdisciplinary liaison with design and code. I have also have to communicate and manage outsource artists.
Experience
Senior Artist
Tag Games
As a Senior artist I’ve had an opportunity to work on various titles for Tag leading a small art team on mobile free to play games.
I’ve contributed to the hiring process for new artists and been involved in the pitching team for new project the highest profile success being Angry Birds Action.
Setting and driving forward the artist vision of the product
Leading a small team of artists.
Providing guidance and help to junior team members.
Interdisciplinary liaison with Design and Code
Sprint planning and providing critique of working carried out by art team.
Managing work from outsource artists
Creating 3D content and developing an art pipeline
Creating Concept Art
Titles:
Angry Birds: Action (Mobile: Android IOS)
Downton Abbey: Mysteries of the Manor (Mobile: Android IOS)
Non Stop Knight
3D Artist
Extra Mile Studios
Broken Sword : The Serpent’s Curse (iPad)
Winx Fairy School (iPad)
Tongue Tracer (iPad)
Working remotely for most of this project I helped rig, animate, 3D Model and texture on a variety of projects.
3D Artist
Cohort Studios
The Shoot (PS 3)
Buzz Junior: Dino Den (PS 3)
Buzz Junior: Monster Party (PS 3)
Buzz Junior: Robot Jam (PS 3)
Buzz Junior: Ace Racers (PS 2)
3D Modeling,
Texture Painting, Normal map Creation, Environment Art.
Animator
Full Fat Productions Ltd
The Sims: Castaways (NDS)
The Sims: Pets (NDS)
Biker Mice From Mars (NDS)
Animation.
Rigging.
3D Modelling.
Texture painting.
3D Match Mover
Double Negative Productions Ltd
Batman Begins
Chronicles of Riddick
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Animation, Particle Systems, Matchmoving.
Researcher - 3D Visualisation Lab
University of Dundee
Researching techniques for rapid environment generation.
Photogrammetry.
Education
BDes Animation and Electronic Media
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art.
3D Art, Animation, Drawing and Painting.
HND Ilustration
Dundee College
I learned a variety of non digital illustration techniques as well as attending life drawing classes.
Specialties
Texture Painting, Normal Map Creation, High Poly Sculpting, Low Poly modelling
Skills
Maya, Photoshop, 3DS Max, Xnormal, Zbrush, Topogun, Unity, Jira