Brandon Orden
Senior Environment Artist at Intercept Games- Claim this Profile
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Steve Snoey
I have the unique perspective of both reporting directly to Brandon and, at other times, him reporting directly to me. Our careers aligned in such a way we seemed to take turns. Turns out its a win/win either way. First reporting to: Brandon works wonderfully with his team. He asks you the right questions, provides the right answers and helps you, help him, help each other, help the project. He knows every art program on Earth and if he doesn't give him a few hours. And if it's something you should know he will hook you up with where to look, what tutorials to watch or even throw himself into skillfully and patiently teaching you what you need to know. He can draw, model, texture, humans, monsters, environments, vehicles. Doesn't matter. Brandon can carry your vision! Brandon reporting to you: Brandon gets it done in a way so magical that I'm still not sure how he does it. You can approach him with a portion of an idea, style, concept, sketch and he somehow knows what you were imagining before even you did. His knowledge of shaders in immense and if you are looking for a certain look or feel he will tune said shaders to fit your needs. As said above he can concept and model just about anything you might need. Flat out he's one of the best people I've ever worked with and I look forward to being able to work with him again from either side of the equation.
Steven Thompson
Brandon is a superstar. He takes initiative, learns quickly, and creates amazing artwork. Brandon is adaptable, fast, and works well under tight deadlines. We hired Brandon as an environment artist, but he quickly embraced other areas of art production, including character modeling and texturing, cinematics production, terrain features, marketing materials, and high-res modeling for 3D printing. He became the point-man for our custom commander pipeline, and was a key player on our cinematics team. Brandon is also very personable and professional. He always maintains a courteous disposition, even during high-pressure situations. He responds well to feedback, and often identifies production issues and makes recommendations to improve processes. Brandon is a top-notch 3D artist, a total pro, and if he comes knocking on your door, just hire him.
Steve Snoey
I have the unique perspective of both reporting directly to Brandon and, at other times, him reporting directly to me. Our careers aligned in such a way we seemed to take turns. Turns out its a win/win either way. First reporting to: Brandon works wonderfully with his team. He asks you the right questions, provides the right answers and helps you, help him, help each other, help the project. He knows every art program on Earth and if he doesn't give him a few hours. And if it's something you should know he will hook you up with where to look, what tutorials to watch or even throw himself into skillfully and patiently teaching you what you need to know. He can draw, model, texture, humans, monsters, environments, vehicles. Doesn't matter. Brandon can carry your vision! Brandon reporting to you: Brandon gets it done in a way so magical that I'm still not sure how he does it. You can approach him with a portion of an idea, style, concept, sketch and he somehow knows what you were imagining before even you did. His knowledge of shaders in immense and if you are looking for a certain look or feel he will tune said shaders to fit your needs. As said above he can concept and model just about anything you might need. Flat out he's one of the best people I've ever worked with and I look forward to being able to work with him again from either side of the equation.
Steven Thompson
Brandon is a superstar. He takes initiative, learns quickly, and creates amazing artwork. Brandon is adaptable, fast, and works well under tight deadlines. We hired Brandon as an environment artist, but he quickly embraced other areas of art production, including character modeling and texturing, cinematics production, terrain features, marketing materials, and high-res modeling for 3D printing. He became the point-man for our custom commander pipeline, and was a key player on our cinematics team. Brandon is also very personable and professional. He always maintains a courteous disposition, even during high-pressure situations. He responds well to feedback, and often identifies production issues and makes recommendations to improve processes. Brandon is a top-notch 3D artist, a total pro, and if he comes knocking on your door, just hire him.
Steve Snoey
I have the unique perspective of both reporting directly to Brandon and, at other times, him reporting directly to me. Our careers aligned in such a way we seemed to take turns. Turns out its a win/win either way. First reporting to: Brandon works wonderfully with his team. He asks you the right questions, provides the right answers and helps you, help him, help each other, help the project. He knows every art program on Earth and if he doesn't give him a few hours. And if it's something you should know he will hook you up with where to look, what tutorials to watch or even throw himself into skillfully and patiently teaching you what you need to know. He can draw, model, texture, humans, monsters, environments, vehicles. Doesn't matter. Brandon can carry your vision! Brandon reporting to you: Brandon gets it done in a way so magical that I'm still not sure how he does it. You can approach him with a portion of an idea, style, concept, sketch and he somehow knows what you were imagining before even you did. His knowledge of shaders in immense and if you are looking for a certain look or feel he will tune said shaders to fit your needs. As said above he can concept and model just about anything you might need. Flat out he's one of the best people I've ever worked with and I look forward to being able to work with him again from either side of the equation.
Steven Thompson
Brandon is a superstar. He takes initiative, learns quickly, and creates amazing artwork. Brandon is adaptable, fast, and works well under tight deadlines. We hired Brandon as an environment artist, but he quickly embraced other areas of art production, including character modeling and texturing, cinematics production, terrain features, marketing materials, and high-res modeling for 3D printing. He became the point-man for our custom commander pipeline, and was a key player on our cinematics team. Brandon is also very personable and professional. He always maintains a courteous disposition, even during high-pressure situations. He responds well to feedback, and often identifies production issues and makes recommendations to improve processes. Brandon is a top-notch 3D artist, a total pro, and if he comes knocking on your door, just hire him.
Steve Snoey
I have the unique perspective of both reporting directly to Brandon and, at other times, him reporting directly to me. Our careers aligned in such a way we seemed to take turns. Turns out its a win/win either way. First reporting to: Brandon works wonderfully with his team. He asks you the right questions, provides the right answers and helps you, help him, help each other, help the project. He knows every art program on Earth and if he doesn't give him a few hours. And if it's something you should know he will hook you up with where to look, what tutorials to watch or even throw himself into skillfully and patiently teaching you what you need to know. He can draw, model, texture, humans, monsters, environments, vehicles. Doesn't matter. Brandon can carry your vision! Brandon reporting to you: Brandon gets it done in a way so magical that I'm still not sure how he does it. You can approach him with a portion of an idea, style, concept, sketch and he somehow knows what you were imagining before even you did. His knowledge of shaders in immense and if you are looking for a certain look or feel he will tune said shaders to fit your needs. As said above he can concept and model just about anything you might need. Flat out he's one of the best people I've ever worked with and I look forward to being able to work with him again from either side of the equation.
Steven Thompson
Brandon is a superstar. He takes initiative, learns quickly, and creates amazing artwork. Brandon is adaptable, fast, and works well under tight deadlines. We hired Brandon as an environment artist, but he quickly embraced other areas of art production, including character modeling and texturing, cinematics production, terrain features, marketing materials, and high-res modeling for 3D printing. He became the point-man for our custom commander pipeline, and was a key player on our cinematics team. Brandon is also very personable and professional. He always maintains a courteous disposition, even during high-pressure situations. He responds well to feedback, and often identifies production issues and makes recommendations to improve processes. Brandon is a top-notch 3D artist, a total pro, and if he comes knocking on your door, just hire him.
Experience
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Intercept Games
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Environment Artist
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Apr 2020 - Present
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Star Theory Games
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Artist
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May 2019 - Dec 2019
Manager and support for all on-site artists for "Kerbal Space Program 2". Led art team and spearheaded overall direction and planning for art tasks. Served as the main point of contact for the art team. Owned and further developed planet/terrain creation pipeline, and served as chief creator for environments.
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3D Environment Artist
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Jan 2018 - May 2019
Planet and environment artist for space simulation game "Kerbal Space Program 2". Established and designed planet and terrain creation authoring pipeline alongside graphics engineers. Sculpted, modeled, and textured planets and various environment related assets. Served as go-to liason for any technical need relating to the art team for the project.
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3D Artist
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Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
3D modeler, concept artist, pixel artist and VFX artist for mobile point and click arcade VR title "Down There". Established art process for voxel environments, created the majority of 3D scenes, made various VFX, and created the majority of the pixel art illustrations and pixel UI icons. Supervised and directed art intern during last months of the project.
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3D Artist
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Oct 2016 - Aug 2017
3D modeler and concept artist for VR town management game "Dino Frontier". Modeled stylized low-poly human and dinosaur characters. Responsible for concept, layout, and modeling for all game environment related assets.
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3D Artist
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Sep 2015 - Oct 2016
Primary 3D modeler for launch PS4 VR point and click adventure game "Wayward Sky". Sculpted and modeled characters and was responsible for the majority of environment modeling pipeline: concept, Unity whitebox layout, modeling, texturing and lighting. Specialized in art optimization for PSVR.
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3D Artist
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May 2015 - Aug 2015
3D unit modeler for "Planetary Annihilation: Titans". Designed, modeled and textured hero models for in game Titan units.
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3D Artist
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May 2013 - May 2015
3D environment and unit modeler for PC strategy game "Planetary Annihilation". Developed stylized planet environment artwork for planet props, planet surface textures, and lighting. Concepted and created custom game units based on Kickstarter backer requests.
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DigiPen Institute of Technology
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United States
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Higher Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Teacher's Assistant
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May 2012 - Dec 2012
This Teacher's Assistant position is for the CG300 Intro to Maya and Environment Modeling class at Digipen. Common tasks involve:-Teaching Maya's modeling tools and environment modeling workflow-Demonstrating other functions of Maya: UV Unwrapping, Lighting, Rendering-Troubleshooting file issues and modeling problems-Meeting students one-on-one for critique, troubleshooting, and for Maya lessons
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Art Tutor
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May 2012 - Aug 2012
This position involves giving assistance to students needing help with anything to do with 3D art in either Max, Maya, Zbrush or Mudbox. Common tasks include:-Providing critique and troubleshooting for 3D projects, as well as 3D techniques and processes to help address the critique-Common assistance with topics such as: Character Modeling, Environment/Prop Modeling, UV Layout, Texturing, Lighting, Rendering
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Education
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2009 - 2013
Digipen Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Digitial Art and Animation -
2007 - 2009
Tacoma Community College
Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS)
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