Antoine Dupuis

Senior Character Artist

Quebec, Canada

Summary

3D Character Artist

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Games
World Of Warcraft: Midnight (Blizzard Entertainment)
World Of Warcraft: The War Within (Blizzard Entertainment)
World Of Warcraft: Dragonflight (Blizzard Entertainment)
Shadows Of Valdora (Kabam)
Luna Abyss (Bonsai Collective)

Othercide (Lightbulb Crew)
Games Of Glory (Lightbulb Crew)
Syberia 3 (Kylotonn Games - props intern)
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Teaching
Game Character Art teacher - New3dge school
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Contests
Artstation Challenge "The Legend Of King Arthur" 2019 - King Arthur - 1st Place
Artstation Challenge "Feudal Japan" 2018 - Tomoe
Retrogasm Art Competition 2018 - Firekeeper Zelda - 3rd Place
Riot Creative Contest 2017 - 88MPH Ezreal - Honorable mention
Retrogasm Art Competition 2015 - Vivi - Honorable mention
Pixel Challenge 2016
Dare To Be Digital / Dare Protoplay 2016
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Education
Marco Plouffe/New3dge - zBrush HardSurface Masterclass/Workshop
Haute Ecole Albert Jacquard - Entrepreneurship & Video Games specialization year
Haute Ecole Albert Jacquard - Bachelor in Computer Graphics for Video Games

Skills

Software proficiency

ZBrush

Maya

Photoshop

Substance 3D Painter

3DCoat

xNormal

Unity

Marmoset Toolbag

Unreal Engine

Quixel Suite

Marvelous Designer

3ds Max

Productions

- Video Game
  World Of Warcraft: The War Within
- Year
  2024
- Role
  Character Artist
- Company
  Blizzard Entertainment
- Video Game
  World Of Warcraft: Dragonflight
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Character Artist
- Company
  Blizzard Entertainment
- Mobile Game
  Shadows of Valdora
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Character Artist
- Company
  Kabam MTL
- Video Game
  Othercide
- Year
  2020
- Role
  Character Artist
- Company
  Lightbulb Crew
- Video Game
  Games Of Glory
- Year
  2017
- Role
  3D Character Artist
- Company
  Lightbulb Crew
- Video Game
  Syberia 3
- Year
  2016
- Role
  3D Art intern
- Company
  Kylotonn Games

Experience

Senior Character Artist at Blizzard Entertainment
Quebec WFH
June 2022 - Present
World Of Warcraft team

Creating concept art/models/textures/fx for characters/creatures/weapons/armorsets/mounts
Character Artist at Kabam Montreal
Quebec, Canada
April 2021 - June 2022
Worked mainly as a Character Artist on Shadow Of Valdora (Unity/Mobile)

- Creating main characters, equipment and NPCs

- Establishing/Refining workflows and pipelines for Character and Prop Art

- Mentoring other artists on craft and technical matters (Texturing, Baking,...)

- Helping lead the Art team towards the technical and artistic targets

- Helping managing and refining outsourced assets
Teacher (Game Character Art / Anatomy / ZBrush) at New3dge
Paris, France
May 2018 - March 2021
I teach at New3dge school in Paris

- Game Character Art (pipeline from sculpt to engine)

- Anatomy and ZBrush sculpting

https://www.new3dge.com/
3D Character Artist at Lightbulb Crew
Paris, France
December 2016 - April 2021
Worked on Othercide (PC/PS4/XB1/SWITCH)

- High poly sculpting

- Low poly modeling

- UVs, baking

- PBR/handpainted texturing

- Working closely with art director, concept artists, animators and game designers

- Marketing 3D content

- PS4 Dynamic theme

- Cinematic Cutscenes

- Skinning

Working on Games Of Glory (PC/PS4)

- Modeling and sculpting high-resolution character meshes

- Creating low-poly retopology and baking textures

- Stylized PBR texturing

- Integration and setup of characters and accessories in game engine
3D Art Intern at Kylotonn Games
Paris, France
December 2014 - March 2015
Worked as a 3D art intern on Syberia 3 (PC/PS4/ONE).

- Props and environment modeling and sculpting using 3dsMax and Zbrush

- Props and environment texturing using Photoshop and Quixel

- Shaders and meshes setup as ready-to-use prefabs in Unity5