Experience

• Technical Artist at Meta

  Los Angeles, US

  May 2024 - Present

  Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure that character assets for Meta's Avatars 2.0 update aligned with visual fidelity and performance standards. Provided technical support for art and animation tools as part of Reality Lab's Avatars team.

• Character Technical Artist at Studio Wildcard

  Los Angeles, US

  November 2023 - May 2024

  Responsible for rigging and physics simulations for character assets and props featured in ARK: Survival Ascended. These tasks additionally involves blueprint implementation and Python scripting in Unreal Engine 5, as well as geometry processing in Houdini. I contributed to expansions such as Scorched Earth, The Center, and Bob's Tall Tales.

• Character TD at PlayStation Visual Arts

  San Diego, US

  February 2022 - September 2023

  Maintained rigs for a wide range of characters on The Last of Us Part 1. Set up and enhanced hair and cloth simulation for cut-scenes and gameplay. Collaborated with programmers to implement additional assets to function as intended in Naughty Dog's proprietary game engine.

• Rigger at Psyop

  Los Angeles, US

  June 2021 - September 2021

  Involved with rigging and technical animation for cinematic trailers and TV commercials.

• 3D Artist at Graph Studio

  Malaysia

  August 2020 - October 2020

  In charge of rigging, animation, and rendering for characters to appear in TV commercials while producing 3D artworks for pre-production.

• Rigging Artist at Illusionist Animation Studio

  Malaysia

  March 2018 - December 2018

  Specialized in Rigging but also worked on Hair and Cloth Simulation for multiple projects. I also helped with technical problem solving between different departments and pipeline workflow.

• Stop Motion Animator at Graph Studio

  Malaysia

  February 2018 - February 2018

  Animated physical puppets for a Wall's Cornetto commercial which can be seen on YouTube and selected cinemas.