MIKE BETHAM
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
I'm an experienced Senior Environment Artist, excelling in asset creation and world building. I have a deep understanding of the many stages of development and truly enjoy the process. From the early concept phase to final polish, I strive to deliver visually stunning and narrative-rich environments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Environment Artist
Absurd Ventures
03.2025 - Current
- Heavily collaborate with other artists and designers to better serve our story.
- Rapid creation and iteration of full photoreal 3D environments for new AAA project in a wide range of visual styles using UE5
- Seamlessly blend custom assets with scanned assets to create environments that are both rich in storytelling and visually impressive
- Maintain performance issues quickly
- Evaluate artwork created by external vendors to ensure quality bar is maintained
Senior Environment Artist
Lost Boys Interactive
08.2022 - 09.2024
- Creating optimized assets in both stylized and photo realistic art styles
- Responsible for many full levels, from greybox to final polish
- World building full levels with rapid iteration and an emphasis on storytelling
- Working with designers to find artistically pleasing solutions to gameplay needs
- Shipped titles: New World: Aeternum, Rise of the Angry Earth
3D Artist
Niantic Labs
07.2018 - 07.2022
- Designed, modeled, textured, implemented game assets, hard surface and organic
- Prototyped various game ideas as part of small R/D team with rapid iteration
- Created stylized environments from greybox to final polish for Marvel project
3D Environment Artist
Seismic Games
01.2017 - 07.2018
- Created optimized 3D assets while maintaining our stylized look
- Greyboxed new environments in collaboration with game designers
- Added lighting to both interior and exterior scenes to reinforce the narrative
- Shipped Titles: Blade Runner: Revelations VR, Magic the Gathering: Spellslingers
3D Modeling/Texture Artist
Adventure Works
04.2016 - 12.2017
- Modeled/textured photo realistic assets for Disneyland ride based on ILM concepts
- Assisted with layout and lighting during pre-production of Star Wars ride
- Shipped Title: Smuggler's Run (Millennium Falcon ride at Disneyland)
Education
3 year certificate of Digital Production - undefined
Gnomon School of VFX
Skills
- Asset Creation (hard surface modeling/organic sculpting)
- PBR texturing and Material creation
- World Building
- Foliage Creation
- Landscape sculpting
- Terrain Painting
- Optimization in UE5
Timeline
Senior Environment Artist
Absurd Ventures
03.2025 - Current
Senior Environment Artist
Lost Boys Interactive
08.2022 - 09.2024
3D Artist
Niantic Labs
07.2018 - 07.2022
3D Environment Artist
Seismic Games
01.2017 - 07.2018
3D Modeling/Texture Artist
Adventure Works
04.2016 - 12.2017
3 year certificate of Digital Production - undefined
Gnomon School of VFX