Devon Morrison
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
VFX Artist with strong visual effects background on diverse projects that have won 2 game of the year awards. Accomplished in creating effects in a wide array of styles from Stylized to Realistic with attention to detail and expert technical know-how. Advanced with the technical side of game engines and skilled at learning new tools, tricks, and technologies to keep designs fresh.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior VFX Artist
Meta
10.2022 - Current
- Responsible for creating large suites of gameplay effects that range from Combat, Environmental, and Cinematic across multiple art styles.
- Developed effects to establish a standard visual/shape language in R&D across multiple games for my team to work from
- Created high performance materials and particle systems with super tight budgets on new tech
- Worked off and match pre-established visual designs that have only existed in a 2D medium and translated them to 3D gameplay
- Implemented effects into Gameplay/Cinematics via in game systems like Blueprints and Sequencer
- Made simulations via Houdini and Embergen for VAT use
- Hand-drew and animated a large library of textures and flipbooks along with created a non-destructive workflow for texture creation via Substance Designer for team use
VFX Artist
Riot Games | BeyondFX Contract
11.2021 - 10.2022
- Concepted and designed effects to work in a highly competitive fast face gameplay environment while juggling gameplay clarity/Silhouette and player satisfaction feedback.
- Learned and mastered new in-house software for effect creation and implementation.
- High use of Perforce and Jira to keep cross team development on time.
- Cross team workflow and close relations with key areas such as Sound, Engineering, and 3D Art to get assets and tech for fast VFX feature iterations.
Education
Realtime VFX
VFX Apprentice
Bachelor - Game Production
The Digital Animation & Visual Effects School
Orlando, FL01-2018
Skills
- Unreal Engine 5
- Unity
- Houdini
- Embergen Suite
- Photoshop
- Maya
- Substance Designer
- Toonboom Harmony
- ZBrush
- Color theory
Timeline
Senior VFX Artist
Meta
10.2022 - Current
VFX Artist
Riot Games | BeyondFX Contract
11.2021 - 10.2022
Realtime VFX
VFX Apprentice
Bachelor - Game Production
The Digital Animation & Visual Effects School