Ben Perkins | 3D Generalist

Technical Art | Environment Art | FX

Games

A Story of Jesus
UE Generalist

While focusing on pre-production and proof of concept for the animated feature film portion of this ambitious project, we aimed to create assets and environments usable across various media, including games and VR/AR experiences with Unreal Engine. Using UE for scene assembly and rendering was liberating, though it came with its own quirks.
I led tool development for the animation pipeline, developed mesh processing tools, conducted R&D on cloth and hair simulation, and contributed to lighting and character art and grooms,. Additionally, I implemented all non-crowd character animation and many cached cloth and hair simulations in UE for multiple sequences, and led experimentation on a pose space deformation workflow.

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Senior 3D Artist - Props|Environments|Lighting

I worked with a talented team creating layout, modeling, texturing, shading, prop/environment rigging, and lighting for this mobile game set in a classic universe.

Celestina Changing Room
Design/layout, model, texture, lighting of changing room env
Celestina Changing Room 2
hogsmead
Ramadan Plate
Dragon Dung Cart
Toy Biplane
Green Hourglass
Green Party Decos
Ice Potions
Toy Blimpi
Bowl of Fish Stew
Bowl of Dates
DR Amulet
Handbag
low poly creature model/texture

A dorm room furniture set I modeled/textured
Vineyard Valley
Senior 3D Artist - Props|Environments|Lighting

Worked from concept to release and a couple years of live support on this game, I was responsible for layout and design, modeling, texturing, shading, rigging, lighting, I helped supervise outsourcing, helped define and establish the workflow and worked on Unity implementation/shading/debugging.
(I did not work on this video, included for context/has some of my in-game work featured. No game content after first 26 seconds.)

Full map – mostly unlocked. I contributed to design and layout, modeling, texturing, workflow and Unity implementation on the project from start to finish.
Early FTUE backdrop I made
In-game estate exterior I created to fit the existing floorplan
Early isometric style test
Early isometric style test
Puzzle power-ups for collapse game mode reskin
Chest for UI animations
Lighting many of the rooms and most of the exterior was a fun challenge
Each room has between 12 and 24 individual upgrades – and at least 3 complete variations of upgrades per room
Wait for it…gif of a few Lounge variations
Gray’s anatomy Operating room Art test
Senior 3D Artist - Props|Environments|Unity Shading/Lighting

Layout and design, modeling, texturing, Unity shading, lighting and implementation – optimized for mobile devices

NARS SWEET RUSH – ROBLOX EXPERIENCE
Lead 3D Artist - Environments|Props

A small team and fast turnaround – I ramped up on the Roblox platform and executed on our clients vision for this experience that was live for 1 month and hit 9.3 million play sessions and an 83% like rating. Game-jam style production process meant fast, constant art production.
We created four Mario Party style game boards along with a dozen different mini-game environments and assets.
(I did not work on this video, included for context/has some of my in-game work featured)

Garden board
Cake board
Patisserie board
Theme-park board
Early test scene
View from the windows on the Patisserie board
Mini-game obstacle course
Game art tests/Prototypes
game level style test
character look test
isometric map deco

Panda World Proof of Concept: 2.5D projected texture environment and buildings with 3D characters
Panda World Proof of Concept: Quick and simple water shader to go along with the above 2.5D environment test
Panda World Proof of Concept: character pipeline test – Maya-to-Unity with a character I modeled, textured and rigged – animated by Minyoung Cho