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Leon Li

@leonli

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I am a freelance 3D character artist specializing in game-ready models, textures, and real-time optimization.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek opportunities to create high-quality, optimized game characters and props for real-time platforms, collaborate with talented teams, and continue refining modeling, texturing, and optimization skills.

I am a freelance character artist with 6+ years of experience in the game and media industries, specializing in character modeling, texturing, and rendering. I enjoy bringing characters to life through expressive modeling, realistic textures, and cinematic-quality rendering.

I have developed high-quality next-gen 3D characters and props for mobile titles, modeled and textured stylized characters optimized for real-time performance, and implemented hand-painted and PBR workflows. My work includes designing 15+ characters, optimizing 20 models for 30% faster load times and reducing texture memory by 25%, and achieving 90% client satisfaction on 3D projects.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Freelance Character Artist

Current

Lilith Games

Jul 2022 - Present (3 years 11 months)

Developed high-quality next-gen 3D characters and props for Lilith's flagship mobile titles, optimizing game-ready assets for mobile platforms. Implemented hand-painted and PBR texturing workflows to improve visual fidelity across stylized and realistic styles.

Character Modeling Textures Hand Painted Texturing Optimization Maya Substance Painter Marmoset Toolbag

Freelance 3D Artist

Self Employed

Aug 2019 - May 2020 (9 months)

Delivered custom 3D character models, props, and textures for clients and assisted in optimizing assets for game engines to improve real-time performance. Managed end-to-end asset delivery for freelance projects across Unity and Unreal Engine pipelines.

Character Modeling Texture Optimization Unity Unreal Engine Zbrush Maya Substance Painter