I am a detail-oriented Environment Artist dedicated to crafting immersive and visually captivating game worlds. With expertise in Maya, 3DS Max, ZBrush, and Substance Designer/Painter, I focus on both stylized and realistic environment modeling. My experience includes building modular assets and optimizing them for performance, as well as collaborating effectively across disciplines. I am passionate about delivering high-quality, production-ready environments that enhance gameplay and player immersion. I have supported numerous projects by designing environments, creating textures, and coordinating with technical and animation teams to ensure seamless integration and performance.

Dima Alwad

I am a detail-oriented Environment Artist dedicated to crafting immersive and visually captivating game worlds. With expertise in Maya, 3DS Max, ZBrush, and Substance Designer/Painter, I focus on both stylized and realistic environment modeling. My experience includes building modular assets and optimizing them for performance, as well as collaborating effectively across disciplines. I am passionate about delivering high-quality, production-ready environments that enhance gameplay and player immersion. I have supported numerous projects by designing environments, creating textures, and coordinating with technical and animation teams to ensure seamless integration and performance.

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I am a detail-oriented Environment Artist dedicated to crafting immersive and visually captivating game worlds. With expertise in Maya, 3DS Max, ZBrush, and Substance Designer/Painter, I focus on both stylized and realistic environment modeling. My experience includes building modular assets and optimizing them for performance, as well as collaborating effectively across disciplines.

I am passionate about delivering high-quality, production-ready environments that enhance gameplay and player immersion. I have supported numerous projects by designing environments, creating textures, and coordinating with technical and animation teams to ensure seamless integration and performance.

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Language

English
Fluent
Arabic
Advanced

Work Experience

3D Environment Artist, Freelance at Freelance
January 1, 2021 - Present
Supported over 20 productions by designing 2D and 3D environment assets in Autodesk Maya to elevate visual storytelling and gameplay, increasing user engagement. Created photorealistic UV maps and high-quality textures using 3ds Max and Substance Painter for characters, props, and environmental elements, ensuring visual consistency and realism. Built detailed terrains, vegetation, and modular materials to enhance track environments in Unreal Engine 5, significantly improving player immersion and aesthetic appeal. Collaborated with cross-functional production teams to refine and optimize assets in Unity, ensuring technical performance, visual quality, and smooth pipeline integration. Developed style guides and reference materials, maintained asset documentation and specs, refined toolsets and practices, and shared best practices with project stakeholders. Designed high-impact environmental visuals and promotional art for digital platforms using Adobe Creative Cloud, contributing to a 70
Intermediate 3D Generalist at Tencent
December 31, 2022 - July 12, 2025
Supported over 15 creative projects and productions concurrently, creating and refining high-quality 3D models, characters, environments, and props using Maya, ZBrush, and 3ds Max. Leveraged Substance Painter to integrate advanced texturing, shading, and lighting, enhancing realism and creating dynamic visual effects within environments and characters. Improved aesthetic appeal and supported gameplay mechanics and narrative elements by simulating scenario-based environmental lighting in Unreal Engine. Coordinated closely with animation and technical art teams to ensure assets were fully integrated and met production standards.

Education

Bachelor's Degree at Los Angeles Film School
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2023

Qualifications

Game Design Course
January 1, 2022 - March 31, 2022

Industry Experience

Gaming, Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet