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Karl Collins-Marsh

@karlcollins-marsh

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3D character artist specializing in production-ready game characters and workflows.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles creating production-ready, real-time characters in collaborative game teams where I can apply anatomy-focused sculpting, optimization and iterative feedback.

I am a conscientious, driven 3D character artist with strong drawing, modelling and sculpting skills, awarded a Distinction in a BA 3D Animation and Games degree. I produce production-ready characters and modular assets from pre-production through to game engines.

My toolset includes Blender, Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Marvelous Designer, Photoshop, Unity and Unreal, and I focus on anatomy, facial likeness and clean topology to create optimized, reusable character assets.

I work well both collaboratively and independently, respond constructively to feedback, and have delivered optimized runtime characters for studios and competitions, with university projects and an ArtStation portfolio showcasing my work.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

3D Character Artist

Signloom Studio

Aug 2024 - Dec 2024 (4 months)

Produced four runtime-optimized low-poly characters by sculpting high-res detail in ZBrush, baking PBR textures in Substance Painter, UV unwrapping and exporting assets into Unreal Engine to meet production requirements.

Zbrush Maya UV Unwrapping Substance Painter Unreal Engine Character Optimization

3D Character Artist

Grads in Games

Sep 2023 - Dec 2023 (3 months)

Sculpted and retopologised a realistic character with accurate human anatomy, performed UV layout and PBR texture baking in Substance Painter, rigged the character in Maya and validated appearance in Unreal Engine.

Zbrush Maya Substance Painter Rigging Unreal Engine Hard Surface Detailing

3D Character Artist

Danveria.com

Jan 2021 - Feb 2022 (1 year 1 month)

Collaborated on multiple game projects to produce low-poly character models in Blender from blueprints, applied anatomy-driven modelling and worked with team briefs to deliver game-ready assets.

Blender Photoshop Anatomy Collaboration