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| Name: | Laurens Corijn |
| Date of Birth: | 20/07/1987 |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| Current residence: | London, UK |
| Languages: | Fluent Dutch & English, moderate French & German, basic Swedish |
| Degree: | Bachelor Digital Arts & Entertainment |
Personal Objective
Continuing my development as an artist and gaining professional experience while creating compelling (interactive) visuals.
Studies
2006-2009: Digital Arts & Entertainment, University College of West Flanders, graduated with honor
2005-2006: Architecture, St Lucas Ghent
2000-2006: Don Bosco secondary Institute Zwijnaarde
Experience
| February 2009 – June 2009: | ExDream GmBh, HannoverInternship as 3D artist |
| September 2009 – August 2011: | University College of West-Flanders,3D Lecturer |
| March 2010 – Current: | Eat3D LLC, DVD Instructor |
| October 2010 – May 2011: | Liquid Development, Contract 3D Artist |
| September 2011 – Current: | Splash Damage, Technical Artist |
Key Skills
- Low & highpoly modelling, both ingame objects as well as for highend rendering purposes.
- Texturing (including specular, bump, displace, reflect & normal maps).
- Knowledge of lighting, Global Illumination and HDR usage for rendering.
- Ability to create realistic shaders & materials for rendering purposes.
- Ability to rig & skin character meshes for realtime & rendering application.
- Traditional & digital drawing skills, ability to come up with original ideas & concepts and illustrate them.
- HLSL knowledge, ability to use, adapt and create HLSL shaders, knowledge about realtime rendering.
- C++ Programming knowledge (STL, coding standards, DirectX), basic Java knowledge.
- Scripting knowledge: Maxscript and basic MEL.
- Excellent ability to communicate with programmers and software engineers due to my understanding of the (advanced) technical aspects of gamedevelopment.
Software
- 3DS Max
- Vray renderer for 3DS Max
- Pixologic Zbrush 3.1
- Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
- Adobe Premiere & After Effects
- Adobe Soundbooth
- Silo 2
- Unreal Engine 3
Personal Interests
Apart from creating digital art my interests go out to all kinds of technology; I always enjoy reading up on that. I have also been driving and maintaining motorcycles for several years now.
If I’d have to name some of my favorite movies, it would be Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow, Escape from New York, Mad Max, Sky Fighters and Death Race.
When it comes to gaming I enjoy(ed) a lot of games, but there are some I truly loved playing; Quake 3, Need For Speed 5: Porsche Unleashed, Fallout Tactics, Red Alert 2, Faces Of War, FlatOut 2, STALKER, FreeLancer, Crashday, Gears Of War, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare and AudioSurf.
I still play games regularly, especially when a compelling game grabs my attention for a while.