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Lynne Startup

@lynnestartup

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3D game artist and Unity gameplay programmer focused on VR.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles that combine art and code—building interactive VR/AR games or therapeutic experiences—on collaborative teams valuing craft, technical excellence, and user-focused innovation.

I am a dynamic 3D Artist and Unity gameplay programmer with broad experience creating optimized assets, shaders, animation systems, and interactive features for real-time engines and mobile VR. I combine traditional art skills—modeling, texturing, rigging, cinematics—with programming in C# to deliver polished gameplay experiences.

At Virtual Therapeutics I authored shaders, particle effects, complex animation controllers, and programmed character and prop behavior in Unity, including building 90% of a meditation and cancer visualization experience. I have also produced thousands of animations, built optimized assets and levels in Unreal and Unity, and integrated art and audio across multiple VR/AR and mobile projects.

I collaborate effectively with engineers, lead small art teams, coordinate with external contractors, and apply Agile practices to manage multiple projects. I am passionate about leveraging both artistic and technical capabilities to elevate interactive projects in the gaming and immersive well-being spaces.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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3D Game Artist

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Virtual Therapeutics

Jan 2017 - Present (9 years)

Modeled, rigged, textured, and animated characters, props, and environments for VR/AR/mobile projects and programmed Unity C# gameplay and state machines, including 90% of a cancer visualization therapy experience; optimized assets for mobile VR and authored shaders and particle effects.

Animation C++Mobile VR Optimization Particle Systems 3D Modeling Rigging

Environment Artist

Nectar Game Studios

Jan 2014 - Jan 2017 (3 years)

Built low-poly environment models, produced optimized UVs and normal-map sculpts, created photo-sourced and hand-painted textures and PBR materials, rigged/animated environment assets, and integrated levels in Unreal Engine for an RPG project.

Unreal Engine Rigging Level Integration Optimization

Character Animator

Double Dutch Jump, Inc

Jan 2015 - Dec 2016 (1 year 11 months)

Developed UI, created environments, animated 3D characters and objects, and produced marketing and digital assets for a mobile title.

UI Design 3D Animation Mobile Game Art Adobe Suite After Effects

Character Animator

NCR Pearson, Inc

Jan 2015 - Dec 2016 (1 year 11 months)

Produced 50–70 human and animal animations weekly (≈2,000 total), developed an AR Unity app using Vuforia with rigging/animation and UI design, and created supporting illustrations for various projects.

Character Animation Lip Sync Unity Vuforia Rigging Illustration