SIM SAHIN - ENVIRONMENT ARTIST
I am a former architect with a passion for creating fictional environments. Throughout my education, I always enjoyed the designing and the visualization processes more than anything else. After realizing that I was seeking to be an environmental storyteller rather than an architect, I decided to merge my enthusiasm about video games with my current skill set and become an Environment Artist.
After graduating from University, I studied in Vancouver Film School’s Game Design Program to learn more about game engines and game optimizations so that I could shape my 3D art experience towards the game industry and real time rendering.
I was granted the “Excellence in Art” award by VFS Instructors. Our final project BORKSPEL won the “Best Final Game” award and our game design document for another game called Judgement won the “Best Game Design Document” award.
After graduating from Vancouver Film School, I got the chance to work on a few AAA games such as FIFA and Minecraft. Even though, my role on these games wasn’t related to art, I gained lots of transferable knowledge. For example, I got to learn more about the production process for games, team dynamics, multitasking and managing time efficiently while following tight deadlines.
Furthermore, I kept practicing my art skills on the side. I participated in SkyBox Labs Game Jams and in Global Game Jam as the 3D Artist. Moreover, I kept working on my personal projects after work and my one of my latest artworks “Retro Night” got featured on ArtStation’s LinkedIn and Instagram pages. These eventually led me to get my current job which is “Environment Artist” on “Halo Forge” at SkyBox Labs.
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RESUME SUMMARY
•EDUCATION•
-BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE (HON), ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY, SEP 2011-JUN 2015 Graduated with honors as the highest-ranking student of the department
-MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN DIGITAL ARTS, DIGIPEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AUG 2016-MAY 2017
-DIPLOMA IN GAME DESIGN (HON), VANCOUVER FILM SCHOOL, OCT 2017-OCT 2018 Graduated with honors as the highest-ranking student of the program
-ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (HON), BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAN 2019-AUG 2019 Graduated with distinction as the highest-ranking student of the program
•EXPERIENCE•
-ENVIRONMENT ARTIST 1, @SKYBOX LABS – HALO FORGE, APR 2022-CURRENT
-DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, @SKYBOX LABS – MINECRAFT, JUL 2020-APR 2022
-DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, @ELECTRONIC ARTS – FIFA21, DEC 2019-JUL 2020
•TOOLS•
ART: Maya, Zbrush, Substance Painter, Photoshop, Marmoset Toolbag
GAME ENGINE: Unreal Engine, Unity
MANAGEMENT: Perforce, Jira, Azure DevOps, Pivotal Tracker, Trello, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Hansoft
HOBBIES:
Sculpting:
Material: Roma Plastilina
Model: Life Pose
Sculpture Size: 1:10
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Digital Drawing:
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Watercolor Painting:
Photography:
Furniture Design:
The furniture that my 2 team-mates and I designed and 1:1 manufactured for a course assignment in 2014. It is still on display at our University.