Christopher Bakrer

Work History

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  Senior 3D Artist and AI Director

  Visual Purple

  August 2022 - February 2024

  Meridian, ID

  Creating 3d models in Blender and Modo for projects in Unreal 5. I introduced AI workflows to the team using A1111, ComfyUI, webui-forge, and Luma AI's Genie. I built multiple LoRA models based on our inhouse work to use with stable diffusion. As an AI Director I utilized 2D and 3D with various AI tools to achieve my vision. Artist on Scrap Age VR and Scrap Age Survivors.
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  3D Environment artist

  Rooster Teeth

  July 2017 - January 2022

  Austin, TX

  Living in Austin and building environments in Maya for RWBY, Gen:Lock, and sometimes Red vs Blue.
  Full Time then Contract with EP when Warner Media bought RT.

• Senior Artist

  Software Management Services, Inc

  January 2015 - November 2015

  Plano, TX

  Diving into 2015 and full time with the company I complete a laundry list of art for many small games in the style of Casino. These titles include: Duck Game, Court of the Fae, Galactic Victory, Gates of Hell 2, Pegasus Fortune 2, Origami Game, Loot Wheel, Safari Wheel, Twin Magi, and the Sun and Sand UI.

• Senior Contract Artist

  Motus Digital

  August 2013 - November 2013

  Plano, TX

  Collaborated with app team to provide new art focus on character, environment, UI, and marketing material for DD. Advised and helped create the Kickstarter. Created a new character for a Unity Action Pack.

• Art Director

  Nerd kingdom

  September 2012 - June 2013

  Dallas, TX

  Rose to the challenge of directing a small art team on a new voxel based creative game and pushed the studio to uphold game development standards I learned while at Terminal Reality.
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  3D Environment artist

  Terminal Reality

  April 2010 - September 2012

  Irving, TX

  Developed Environments for Rapstar, Star Wars Kinect, and The Walking Dead “Survival Instinct” while growing as an artist in my first big game development job.
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  Microsoft Game Studios

  October 2010 - April 2012