Boyd McKenzie

Work History

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  Senior Artist

  BioWare

  June 2009 - Present

  At Bioware I create environments from start to finish. Level artists are responsible for variety of tasks including:
  
  -Model Creation
  -Texture Creation
  -Material Creation
  -Lighting
  -World Building
  -Working closely and collaborating with level designers
  -Working with writers on script implementation
  -Setting up and lighting cinematic scenes and characters
  -Working with programmers for level and general optimizations

  

  

  

  
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  Lead Artist

  Threewave Software

  August 2007 - June 2009
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  Senior 3D Artist

  Relic Entertainment

  January 2005 - August 2007

  At Relic I've worked on vehicles for an XBox 360 game, The Outfit (www.theoutfitgame.com). I also worked on cinematic sets for our movie sequences. In addition, I also worked on a lot of environment objects for the project. I've been able to apply a lot of knowledge from past projects to help the game evolve, which has been a great experience.

• Lead Vehicle Artist

  DICE Canada

  January 2003 - January 2005

  I was the Lead Vehicle Artist for Battlefield: Vietnam. After that I worked on the Live team as the lead artist for Battlefield: Vietnam - Redux.
  
  At DICE I also worked on 2 un-announced projects as an environmental artist.
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  Artist / Lead Track Artist

  Smartdog

  September 2000 - September 2002

  At Smartdog I worked on a PS2 game called Downforce as a Lead Track Artist. I was responsible for designing and creating various race tracks using real world cities.
  
  I later did concept work on a project that wasn't announced.