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Mike Rodriguez

@mikerodriguez1

Senior Environment Artist at Highwire Games who created modular Unreal Engine environment kits for Six Days in Fallujah.

United States

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At Highwire Games, I worked on world building, level design, and asset creation for Six Days in Fallujah. I built modular environment kits in Unreal Engine and used a PBR workflow to create realistic game assets.

I also worked with AI technology and design teams to diagnose environment and AI interaction issues and improve tools and workflows. I mentored newer artists.

Across projects including Halo Infinite, ARK: Survival Evolved, The Lamplighters League, and The Elder Scrolls Online, I contributed environment art, lighting, look development, and materials and shaders. At Studio Wildcard, I led the environment art team for ARK: Survival Evolved – Extinction DLC, planning schedules and assigning tasks.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Environment Artist

Highwire Games

Jan 2021 - Jan 2025 (4 years)

Performed world building, level design, and asset creation in Unreal Engine for Six Days in Fallujah. Used a PBR workflow to create realistic game assets and raise visual quality.

Unreal Engine PBR Texture Workflow World Building Level Design Asset creation Environment Art Mentorship

Senior Environment Artist

Harebrained Schemes

Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year)

Improved visual fidelity and look development in Unity for The Lamplighters League. Created stylized environment art, modular kits, and hero props.

Unity Look Development Stylized Art Modular Kits Hero Icons PBR Texture Workflow Mentorship

Senior Environment Artist

343 Industries

Jan 2019 - Jan 2020 (1 year)

Took Halo Infinite locations from grey box to ship quality through world building, terrain sculpting, texture painting, and asset placement. Sculpted and prototyped rocks and collaborated with biome artists on the alpine biome.

World Building Terrain Sculpting Texturing Asset Placement Halo Infinite Collaboration

Lead Environment Artist

Studio Wildcard

Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year)

Defined the visual identity of environments for ARK: Survival Evolved – Extinction DLC, covering lighting, post-processing, atmospheric effects, and material and shader development. Led the environment art team, planning schedules and assigning tasks, and delivered on the planned release date.

Lighting Post Processing Cloud and Atmospheric Effects Materials Shaders Team Leadership Scheduling ARK

Senior Environment Artist

Studio Wildcard

Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year)

Contributed lighting, look development, post-processing, materials and shaders, and atmospheric effects to ARK: Survival Evolved and its Aberration DLC. Created environment assets and contributed to world building.

Lighting Look Development Post Processing Materials Shaders Cloud and Atmospheric Effects Environment Art World Building

Senior Environment Artist

Zenimax Online Studios

Jan 2011 - Jan 2017 (6 years)

Worked with programmers to design and implement detail shaders and fog plane technology for The Elder Scrolls Online DLCs. Helped define workflows for new art processes and built tools for Substance Designer.

Shaders Fog Planes Substance Designer Custom Tool Building Workflow Development Mentorship

Environment Artist

Visceral Games

Jan 2010 - Dec 2010 (11 months)

Modeled and UV mapped most of a large multiplayer level for Dead Space 2. Produced high-resolution sculpts, textures, and final-game environment assets.

Modeling UV Mapping Sculpting Texturing Environment Art Dead Space 2

Environment Artist

Vigil Games

Jan 2008 - Jan 2010 (2 years)

Built areas, vistas, and skyboxes for Darksiders, taking environments from grey-box designer geometry through final art. Modeled and textured environment assets.

Environment Art Grey Boxing Modeling Texturing Skybox Darksiders