Jason Norman - 3D Environments and Hard Surface Modeling

Jason Norman

Hard Surface X-Dev Artist @ Insomniac Games

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Summary

Jason Norman is a 3D Hard Surface Artist specializing in weapon, vehicle and other prop modeling and texturing. His professional career started in 2018 and since, he has worked on seven released titles that include multiple installments of the Call of Duty franchise, Valorant, Marvel’s Spiderman: Miles Morales and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart. Currently, Jason works at Insomniac Games as their Hard Surface Outsource Artist, where he is helping to create the up and coming Marvel’s Spiderman 2.

Skills

Software proficiency

Maya

ZBrush

Photoshop

Substance 3D Painter

Quixel Suite

Marmoset Toolbag

Unity

Unreal Engine

Productions

- Video Game
  Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Hard Surface X-Dev Artist
- Company
  Insomniac Games
- Video Game
  Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Year
  2021
- Role
  3D Hard Surface Artist
- Company
  RYZIN Art
- Video Game
  Marvel's Spiderman: Miles Morales
- Year
  2020
- Role
  3D Hard Surface Artist
- Company
  RYZIN Art
- Video Game
  Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- Year
  2020
- Role
  3D Hard Surface Artist
- Company
  RYZIN Art
- Video Game
  Scavengers
- Year
  2020
- Role
  3D Hard Surface Artist
- Company
  RYZIN Art
- Video Game
  Valorant
- Year
  2020
- Role
  3D Hard Surface Artist
- Company
  RYZIN Art
- Video Game
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Year
  2019
- Role
  3D Hard Surface Artist
- Company
  RYZIN Art
- Video Game
  Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
- Year
  2018
- Role
  3D Hard Surface Artist
- Company
  RYZIN Art

Experience

Hard Surface X-Dev Artist at Insomniac Games
Burbank, CA, US
August 2021 - Present
3D Hard Surface Artist at RYZIN Art
Westlake Village, CA, US
February 2018 - August 2021
Creating high poly weapons and other hard surface models.

Creating low poly models with clean topology to meet client technical requirements.

UV Mapping and layout of models for material and other technical development.

Baking normal and other mesh maps for use in PBR texture development.

Creating realistic and stylized textures using the PBR workflow.

Creating LOD meshes to meet technical requirements for use in game.

Ensuring assets meet client aesthetic and technical requirements.

Integrating assets into various game engines.
Project Art Lead at Kestrel Concepts Design Studio
San Bernardino, CA, US
March 2014 - February 2018
Leading team of 4 members in 2D and 3D asset production.

Creating art aesthetic guidelines and production schedules.

Creating high poly environments and other prop models.

Creating low poly models with clean topology while maintaining technical requirements.

Creating realistic and stylized textures using the PBR workflow.

Ensuring teams' assets meet aesthetic and technical requirements.

Integrating teams’ assets into Unity game engine.