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I’m a technical artist with 10+ years in 3D workflows and VFX for motion graphics, working across realistic, stylized, and real-time contexts. I have a strong background in Houdini, Cinema 4D, and procedural pipelines, building efficient visual systems for production environments such as festivals, video mapping, and advertising. I’m currently transitioning into game development, bringing hands-on Unity and real-time VFX experience, gameplay systems, and pipeline development. I’m actively building tools and projects to establish a career as a Technical Artist for games and interactive experiences.…I’m a technical artist with 10+ years in 3D workflows and VFX for motion graphics, working across realistic, stylized, and real-time contexts. I have a strong background in Houdini, Cinema 4D, and procedural pipelines, building efficient visual systems for production environments such as festivals, video mapping, and advertising. I’m currently transitioning into game development, bringing hands-on Unity and real-time VFX experience, gameplay systems, and pipeline development. I’m actively building tools and projects to establish a career as a Technical Artist for games and interactive experiences.

Luis Almeida

Visual Effects Artist, Game Developer, 3D Modeler, +5

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I’m a technical artist with 10+ years in 3D workflows and VFX for motion graphics, working across realistic, stylized, and real-time contexts. I have a strong background in Houdini, Cinema 4D, and procedural pipelines, building efficient visual systems for production environments such as festivals, video mapping, and advertising. I’m currently transitioning into game development, bringing hands-on Unity and real-time VFX experience, gameplay systems, and pipeline development. I’m actively building tools and projects to establish a career as a Technical Artist for games and interactive experiences.…I’m a technical artist with 10+ years in 3D workflows and VFX for motion graphics, working across realistic, stylized, and real-time contexts. I have a strong background in Houdini, Cinema 4D, and procedural pipelines, building efficient visual systems for production environments such as festivals, video mapping, and advertising. I’m currently transitioning into game development, bringing hands-on Unity and real-time VFX experience, gameplay systems, and pipeline development. I’m actively building tools and projects to establish a career as a Technical Artist for games and interactive experiences.

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I’m a technical artist with 10+ years in 3D workflows and VFX for motion graphics, working across realistic, stylized, and real-time contexts. I have a strong background in Houdini, Cinema 4D, and procedural pipelines, building efficient visual systems for production environments such as festivals, video mapping, and advertising. I’m currently transitioning into game development, bringing hands-on Unity and real-time VFX experience, gameplay systems, and pipeline development. I’m actively building tools and projects to establish a career as a Technical Artist for games and interactive experiences.

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Work Experience

Technical Artist & Game Developer at Upfox Labs

January 1, 2022 - Present

Co-founded an indie studio and led technical development of Folly of the Wizards; designed and implemented game play systems, tools, and real-time VFX using Unity; built pipelines and workflows to integrate 2D art and animation into the engine; enabled efficient collaboration with a non-technical artist through to tooling and structured workflows; worked across gameplay, UI systems, and technical implementation from concept to release

Content Creator — Technical Art & VFX at Doxia Studio

January 1, 2019 - Present

Created tutorials on Houdini for Motion Graphics and VFX, procedural workflows, and real-time VFX; currently producing content covering Unity pipeline development, real-time VFX implementation, and node-based workflows for game production; built and managed an online learning platform across YouTube and Patreon

Technical Artist & 3D/VFX Artist at Doxia Studio

January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2020

Delivered 3D motion graphics and VFX for music festivals, video mapping, and advertising; produced both real-time and pre-rendered content across multiple visual styles; developed procedural workflows in Houdini to improve asset creation efficiency and iteration; built visual systems for large-scale projection and live environments; collaborated with creative teams across design, animation, and technical production

Instructor at FLAG – Coimbra

January 1, 2016 - Present

Drove 3D & Technical Art training in professional and academic contexts (Cinema 4D, Houdini, Unity workflows)

Instructor at Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra

January 1, 2018 - Present

Delivered 3D & Technical Art training in professional and academic contexts

Content Creator — Technical Artist & VFX at Doxia Studio

January 1, 2019 - Present

Created Houdini tutorials for Motion Graphics and VFX, established procedural workflows. Currently producing content covering Unity pipeline development, real-time VFX implementation, and node-based workflows for game production. Managing an online learning platform across YouTube and Patreon.

Technical Artist & 3D/VFX Artist at Freelance

January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2020

Delivered 3D motion graphics and VFX for music festivals, videomapping projects, and advertising; produced both real-time and pre-rendered content across multiple visual styles; developed procedural workflows in Houdini to improve asset creation efficiency; built visual systems for large-scale projection and live environments; collaborated with creative teams across design, animation, and technical production.

Instructor – 3D & Technical Art at FLAG (Coimbra, Portugal)

January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016

Delivere Cinema 4D training in professional and academic environments.

Instructor – 3D & Technical Art at Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)

January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

Delivered Cinema 4D training in professional and academic environments.