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Hi, I’m Sam Obuobi, an Environment Artist based in Richardson, Texas, with six years of experience in game development. I specialize in building immersive environments, modular assets, and high-quality props for Unreal and Unity pipelines. I’m pursuing an MFA in Game Design at UT Dallas and am seeking mid-level Environment Artist or 3D Generalist roles where I can contribute creative visuals, efficient asset workflows, and strong lighting and composition to compelling game worlds.…Hi, I’m Sam Obuobi, an Environment Artist based in Richardson, Texas, with six years of experience in game development. I specialize in building immersive environments, modular assets, and high-quality props for Unreal and Unity pipelines. I’m pursuing an MFA in Game Design at UT Dallas and am seeking mid-level Environment Artist or 3D Generalist roles where I can contribute creative visuals, efficient asset workflows, and strong lighting and composition to compelling game worlds.

Sam Obuobi

3D Designer, Concept Artist, Character Designer, +2

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Hi, I’m Sam Obuobi, an Environment Artist based in Richardson, Texas, with six years of experience in game development. I specialize in building immersive environments, modular assets, and high-quality props for Unreal and Unity pipelines. I’m pursuing an MFA in Game Design at UT Dallas and am seeking mid-level Environment Artist or 3D Generalist roles where I can contribute creative visuals, efficient asset workflows, and strong lighting and composition to compelling game worlds.…Hi, I’m Sam Obuobi, an Environment Artist based in Richardson, Texas, with six years of experience in game development. I specialize in building immersive environments, modular assets, and high-quality props for Unreal and Unity pipelines. I’m pursuing an MFA in Game Design at UT Dallas and am seeking mid-level Environment Artist or 3D Generalist roles where I can contribute creative visuals, efficient asset workflows, and strong lighting and composition to compelling game worlds.

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Hi, I’m Sam Obuobi, an Environment Artist based in Richardson, Texas, with six years of experience in game development. I specialize in building immersive environments, modular assets, and high-quality props for Unreal and Unity pipelines.

I’m pursuing an MFA in Game Design at UT Dallas and am seeking mid-level Environment Artist or 3D Generalist roles where I can contribute creative visuals, efficient asset workflows, and strong lighting and composition to compelling game worlds.

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Work Experience

Gameplay Programmer / Level Designer at Bedroom Study

September 1, 2025 - Present

Created a 3D rendition of 2D concept art in Unreal Engine 5.5; responsible for creating and iterating on assets to reflect reference. Designed and created materials, seamless textures and shaders in Unreal Engine 5, utilizing Substance Painter and Designer. Re-iterated lighting and texturing to reflect the reference mood and enhanced imagery with post-processing effects.

Environment Artist at Aether Cave

March 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024

Created low-poly source models for baking details onto crystals (hero props); created master material to texture models and adjust material instances for case-by-case bases; conducted several detail lighting passes to refocus composition; adjusted and created post-processing effects to increase image fidelity.

Technical Art Instructor at The University of Texas at Dallas

August 1, 2023 - Present

Teaches virtual environment courses for undergraduate students using Unreal Engine; creates meta-verse experiences for multiple clients; supports environment art pipelines and asset integration.

3D Artist at Sharp Vision Software

March 1, 2022 - July 31, 2023

Worked with the development team to create 3D AR/VR experiences for defense and clinical training. The demos included environments based on photoreal references and locations such as a sonar bridge. Modeled, textured and integrated game-ready 3D assets into Unity, with prefabs, materials, and components. Used Peel3D to capture digital scans and retopologized meshes in ZBrush for game-ready assets.