Olha Karahoz

WORK EXPERIENCE

3D Artist / Gameloft (Jul 2015 – Present)

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• Dragon Mania Legends (3D Artist/Generalist, May 2023 - Present)

  • Character sculpting and rigging.

• Idle Siege (3D Artist/Generalist, May 2022 - May 2023)

  • Character and environment model creation, game model optimization.

  • Creating high-poly models for marketing purposes.

• MinionRush (3D Generalist, Feb 2017 – May 2022)

  • Environment asset creation, full cycle of creating props, characters, and new game environments.

  • Implementing assets in the game engine.

• Asphalt 8 (Vehicle/Environment Artist, Jul 2015 - Feb 2017)

  • Vehicle asset creation, hard surface modeling, and texturing.

  • Setup vehicle rigs in 3DsMax and implementing assets in the game engine.

  • High-poly and Low-poly environment asset creation, texturing, and material setup for game levels.

  • Implementing environments in the game engine, optimizing asset production pipelines.

3D Designer / Freelance (Jan 2015 – Jul 2015)

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• Private architectural projects:

  • Design, construction documents, making interior visualizations (lighting setup, rendering).

  • Furniture asset creation (modeling and texturing).

Architect / AROF (Jul 2013 – Jan 2015)

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• Several architectural and urban design projects

  • Architectural projects development: schematic design, production of construction drawings, construction administration (all design phases of architectural services).

  • Making interior and exterior visualizations.

 

CORE SKILLS:

• Creating high and low-poly 3D assets, characters, and environments using industry-standard software.

• Proficient in sculpting, modeling, texturing, unwrapping, and retopology processes.

• Basic rigging/skinning and animation skills to bring life to characters and assets.

• Experienced in working with commercial (UE) and custom game engines, maximizing the visual impact of each project.

• Quick learner, constantly staying up to date with the latest techniques in the field of 3D artistry.

• Detail-oriented with a keen "empathy" for the visual style of the project, ensuring consistency and coherence.

• General understanding of game development pipelines and the ability to optimize assets for better performance.

• Effective communication in multi-disciplinary teams, collaborating with programmers, 2D artists, animators, and designers.

• Strong sense of composition and lighting, along with an intuitive feeling of scale.

• In-depth knowledge of human and animal anatomy for realistic character design.