« ID

Name:	Leslie Van den Broeck
Date of Birth:	07/15/1988
Nationality:	Belgian
Residence:	Antwerp, Belgium
Languages:	Fluent Dutch & English
Degree:	Bachelor Digital Arts & Entertainment

« Studies

Feb - June 2011	Intern 3d Artist @ Larian Studios
2007-2011:	Digital Arts & Entertainment, PIH Kortrijk
Pre-University college:	Publicity, SISA Antwerp

« Experience

2008-2010	Microsoft Imaginecup: 3D, UI and marketing artist for the game SHIFT, We made it to the final 6 two years in a row and won the second place in the 2010 worldwide finals in Warsaw Poland.
summer 2006	Internship at Universal Communication Antwerp as a graphic designer

« Key Skills

» Low & highpoly modelling, both ingame objects as well as for highend rendering purposes.

» Texturing, Ability to create handpainted as well as next gen textures (specular, normalmap).

» Knowledge of lighting, Global Illumination and HDR usage for rendering.

» Ability to create realistic materials for rendering purposes and ability to create realtime shaders using Shaderfx.

» Ability to rig & skin character meshes for realtime & rendering application.

» Strong Traditional & digital drawing skills, ability to come up with original ideas & concepts and illustrate them.

» Graphic Design skills

» Video Compositing skills, Ability to take reallife footage and combine it with CG elements.

» C++ Programming knowledge (STL, coding standards).

» Scripting knowledge: Maxscript, Actionscript, Html/CSS.

» Excellent ability to communicate with programmers and software engineers due to my understanding of the technical aspects of gamedevelopment.

« Software

» Autodesk 3D Studio Max , Mudbox (basic), Matchmover

» Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign , Flash

» Pixologic Zbrush

» 3D Coat (Retopology, Texture Painting)

» Santiago Orgaz Xnormal

» Adobe Premiere, Aftereffects

» Eyeon Fusion

» Valve Hammer Editor

» Microsoft Visual Studio