Kurt Butler
I’m Kurt Butler, a Senior Character Artist and 3D Modeller with over 25 years of experience across games and film.
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I’m Kurt Butler, a Senior Character Artist and 3D Modeller with over 25 years of experience across games and film. I love building believable characters and creatures—from concept and sculpting through topology, UVs, baking, texturing, and final integration—so the final work feels emotional, grounded, and ready for real-time or production pipelines.
My career spans roles at studios such as A44 Games (Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn), Weta Digital, and Framestore, plus indie and collaborative projects where I’ve led character creation end-to-end. I’m especially drawn to high-end workflows using tools like ZBrush, Maya, Substance Painter, Unreal Engine, Houdini, and Mari, and I enjoy teaming up with artists to push quality and storytelling forward.
- 25 years' experience
- Joined November 2026
Industry experience
- Gaming
- Media & Entertainment
- Professional Services
Work experience· 12 roles
Worked on feature films after a hiatus from VFX, modelling digital doubles, horses, and armour, and texturing assets. Picked up and applied new tools including Houdini and Mari, collaborating with a talented and friendly team.
Led character art for indie project The Florist, covering design and development of all in-game characters, including the protagonist Jerssica and encountered creatures. Built on Unreal Engine’s Metahuman system with custom clothing, hair, and detailed character work; sculpted in ZBrush, created topology and UVs in Maya, baked maps in Marmoset Toolbag, textured in Substance Painter, and integrated assets into Unreal Engine 5 with final material setup contributions and art direction support.
Contributed to the Kyoryu game project for Games.com. Textured and created materials in Unreal Engine for the main character Kyoryu and the Raptors, including developing an iridescent/dynamic material effect for the Raptors to enhance their visual presence.
Education
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