01/12|Personal · 2026
Hurlock
A Dragon Age creature revisited on a current pipeline. Scaled hide, exposed teeth and sunken eyes — the anatomy has to hold up in close-up.
- ZBrush
- Substance 3D Painter
- Unreal Engine
Open to new opportunities
Experienced in AAA character production and outsourcing leadership, delivering high-quality content at scale.
- Quality control
- Vendor management
- Pipeline building
Principal Character Artist · Irvine, CA
01 — ABOUT
I'm a 3D character artist with over twenty years in games. I've worked at Nexon, EA Bioware, Capcom, EA Respawn, and most recently as Principal Character Artist at Light Speed LA (Tencent).
- 20+
- Years in games
- 5
- AAA studios
- 11
- Characters on one title
My work runs from high-poly sculpting in ZBrush and Marvelous Designer through to in-game assets, Unreal materials, and Groom hair and fur. I care about anatomy and silhouette first — the things that decide whether a character reads before any texture is applied.
Alongside my own work I've reviewed outsourced character assets and given art direction to external partners, including Red Hot and Lucid. That feedback runs through Jira boards, so notes, revisions and approvals stay traceable per asset from first pass to final delivery.
Sculpting & Modeling
- ZBrush
- Maya
- 3ds Max
- Blender
- Mudbox
- 3DCoat
- Plasticity
Texturing & Cloth
- Substance 3D Painter
- Marvelous Designer
- Photoshop
- R3DS Wrap
Engine, Hair & Fur
- Unreal Engine
- UE Materials
- UE Groom
- Maya Xgen
- Houdini
Outsourcing & Review
- Jira
- Lucid
- Art Direction & Feedback
- Vendor Review
Focus
- Character & Creature
- Human & Creature Anatomy
- Hard Surface
- Concept Art
02 — SELECTED WORK
Characters and creatures.
02/12|Personal · 2026
Man with a Camera
A realistic bust rendered in Unreal Engine, rebuilding skin, hair and cloth end-to-end on a current pipeline.
- ZBrush
- Maya
- Marvelous Designer
- Substance 3D Painter
- Unreal Engine
03/12|Personal / Fan Art · 2026
Street Fighter: Ibuki
A stylized character taken through Unreal Engine. The costume mixes Ibuki's Street Fighter outfit with Asuka's Ibuki swap costume from Street Fighter X Tekken.
- ZBrush
- Maya
- Blender
- Substance 3D Painter
- Unreal Engine
04/12|Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order · 2019
Cere Junda
A lead story character on a licensed title. Actor likeness and Lucasfilm approval standards had to be satisfied in the same asset.
- ZBrush
- Maya
- Marvelous Designer
- Substance 3D Painter
- 3DCoat
05/12|Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order · 2019
Saw Gerrera
An established film character moved into the game pipeline. I owned the head sculpt through to hair and costume.
- ZBrush
- Maya
- 3ds Max
- Hair Farm
- Marvelous Designer
06/12|Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order · 2019
Gorgara
A large flying boss creature. Translucent wing shading and in-game performance had to land together.
- ZBrush
- Maya
- Substance 3D Painter
- 3DCoat
- Unreal Engine
07/12|Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order · 2019
Jotaz
A heavy brute creature, where silhouette and muscle volume carry the threat.
- ZBrush
- Maya
- 3DCoat
- Unreal Engine
08/12|Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order · 2019
Night Brothers
Refining scan data (R3DS Wrap) into game characters, including skin shading look development.
- R3DS Wrap
- ZBrush
- Maya
- Substance 3D Painter
- 3DCoat
09/12|Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order · 2019
Mykal
A flying creature. I owned the sculpt, low-poly and normal map; colour and roughness were completed by an outsourcing company.
- ZBrush
- Maya
- 3DCoat
- Unreal Engine
10/12|Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order · 2019
Purge Trooper · Clone Trooper
Hard-surface armour sets. Established canon design held exactly, then fitted to game spec.
- Marvelous Designer
- Maya
- Substance 3D Painter
- 3DCoat
- Unreal Engine
11/12|Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order · 2019
Wyyyschokk
A giant arachnid creature.
- ZBrush
- Maya
- Substance 3D Painter
- 3DCoat
- Unreal Engine
12/12|Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order · 2019
Background NPC
Characters that populate the world. Holding believability on a low budget — the asset type outsourcing handles most often.
- 3ds Max
- Hair Farm
- Marvelous Designer
- ZBrush
- Maya
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order © & ™ 2019 Lucasfilm Ltd. / Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts Inc. All rights reserved. Images show work I personally contributed; all rights remain with their respective owners.
Experience
Light Speed LA · Tencent
Principal Character Artist2021.07 — 2026.07
- Owned the character quality bar and technical standards on a UE5 AAA title
- Worked end to end, from high-poly sculpt through to in-engine implementation
EA Respawn Entertainment
Principal Character Artist2019.08 — 2021.06
- Characters and creatures for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Unreal materials and Groom hair and fur setups
EA Respawn Entertainment
Senior Character Artist2019.01 — 2019.07
- In-game character modeling and texturing
Capcom
Senior Character Artist2012.04 — 2014.09
- Console-title characters and creatures under a Japanese-parent approval structure
EA Bioware
Character Artist2007.03 — 2012.03
- Dragon Age creatures and boss characters
Nexon
Lead Character Artist2004.09 — 2006.06
- Led the character art team and set art direction
Nexon
Character Artist2003.03 — 2004.08
- Online game character production
Interested in working together?
If you have an opening or a question, get in touch — I reply quickly.
kmjaehyup@gmail.com