Nasser Elsamadisy

Technical and Environmental Artist

 

6820 Preston Rd Apt 625, Plano, TX 75024 

http://guildhall.smu.edu/portfolio/nsamadisy

     nelsamadis@smu.edu

214-604-6219

 

Tools


Skill in:

Working Knowledge:

Autodesk 3D Studio Max 2010

MAXScript

Autodesk Maya 2009

Unreal Tournament 3 Engine

Autodesk Mudbox 2009

Unreal Tournament 3 material Editor

Neversoft Silo 2.1

C++

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Unity Engine 2.5

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express Allegorithmic Substance Air

Microsoft Office

Pixologic Zbrush 3.5

Adobe InDesign CS3

 Adobe Premiere Pro

 


Game Experience, Guildhall at SMU

 

NewToy – Undisclosed Project                                          October – Present 2009

·        Environment Assets for undisclosed project

DreamFly Project                                                               October - Present 2009

·        1st Person Glock Pistol                                                        

Primae Noctis (Unreal Tournament 3 Total Conversion)          June-September 2009

Environmental Artist – Technical Artist                            

·        Concepted 10 asstets, modeled and textured 20 environmental assets

·        Scripted tools to speed up artists workflow

Amature Death Race (Unreal Tournament 3 Mod)                          March-May 2009

Environmental Artist – Technical Artist

·        Provided 10 environmental and 2 character concept designs

·        Modeled and textured 10 environmental assets

·        Created main game materials in UT3 Material editor

Leap of Fate (Torque XNA 2D game)                                 August-December 2008

·        Created 2D sprite animations for 3 characters including: jumping, running, shooting, idle, and death

·        Created environmental and HUD art

 

 

Related Experience

Fluent in both Arabic and English

Art Teacher                                                                                                                2004 – 2006

Alexandria, Egypt – Bristol, United Kingdom

Creative Partnerships coordinated by The British Council in Alexandria and Bristol

Taught high school students creative problem solving through art class.

Substitute Art Teacher                                                                                                2003 - 2006

Schutz American School in Alexandria, Egypt                                                        

Taught art class to grades K-12

Taught computer class 7-12

Education

The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University                 August 2008 – September 2009

Masters in Interactive Technology, specialization in Art Creation

Utah State University                                                                                                   May 2008

Bachelors of Fine Arts, Emphasis in Drawing and Painting

Alexandria Atelier, Alexandria, Egypt                                          October 1993 – June 1996

Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Egypt            September 1992 – June 1996

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