Chris Thompson 

Ornamental Panels Material

Created in Substance Designer, rendered in Marmoset Toolbag

Twill Fabric Material

Material created in Substance Designer, cloth simulation done in Blender, rendered in Marmoset Toolbag

Marble Floor Material

Created in Substance Designer, rendered in Marmoset Toolbag

Cracked Asphalt Road Material

Created in Substance Designer, rendered in Marmoset Toolbag

Photogrammetry Pine Tree Bark Material

This tree bark material was scanned using a Canon Rebel, processed using Agisoft Metashape, reprojected and cleaned up using Substance Designer, and rendered in Marmoset Toolbag.

Skywalker Lightsaber - The Empire Strikes Back

Modeled in Blender, textured in Substance Painter, rendered in Marmoset Toolbag. Base metals created in Substance Designer. 

19k Triangles, 1 x 4k Texture.

Photogrammetry Forest Ground

Each element in these renders was scanned individually using either RealityScan or top down multi angle photography. Assets were then cleaned up and processed using different combinations of Blender, zBrush, Substance Designer, and SpeedTree. Final assets were imported into Unreal Engine 5 as nanite meshes and scattered.

Bamboo Material

Created in Substance Designer, rendered in Marmoset Toolbag

Oak Wood Flooring Material

Created in Substance Designer, rendered in Unreal Engine

Ceiling Tiles

Created in Substance Designer, rendered in Marmoset Toolbag

Knit Wool Material

Created in Substance Designer, rendered in Marmoset Toolbag

Cold Storage Embryos

Created in Substance Designer, rendered in Marmoset Toolbag

Grass Material

Created by taking multiple top down photos using a Canon Rebel. Photos were edited and stitched together in Photoshop. The final output was then imported into Substance Designer where I used the Bitmap to Material node to generate the height information needed to tile and finish the rest of the graph.

Experience

Senior Material Artist at 5BY5 Interactive

Aug 2022 – Present (10+ months)

Remote | Full Time

• Project: Last Expedition
• Create highly detailed PBR materials for use on props, characters, and environments
• Help prove out and establish workflows to maintain both speed and quality as we scale
• zBrush sculpting for organic environment assets
• Hard surface modeling for trim sheets and various worldbuilding props
• Some SpeedTree foliage creation

Senior Material Artist at Certain Affinity

Feb 2022 – Aug 2022 (7 months)

Austin, TX | Full Time

• Project: Halo Infinite
• Created highly detailed PBR materials for use with props, environments, weapons, and characters
• Terrain painting and sculpting
• Mask painting for various props
• Shader migration, material library spin offs, and re-wiring work
• Provided material support for the environment and character teams
• Created training videos and documentation to help streamline common workflows
• Helped with recruiting efforts by participating in Material Artist interview loops
• Provided mentorship to new Material Artists
• zBrush sculpting for organic environment assets

Material Artist at Certain Affinity

Nov 2020 – Feb 2022 (1 year, 4 months)

Austin, TX | Full Time

• Project: Halo Infinite

Associate Material Artist at Certain Affinity

Jun 2020 – Nov 2020 (5 months)

Austin, TX | Full Time

• Project: Halo Infinite