John Khaw

John Khaw

Experienced Hard Surface/Environment Artist

Mid-level Environment Artist / 4 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Dead Boy Detectives (2024)

The Villains of Valley View (2022)

Minx (2022)

The Afterparty (2022)

Home Economics (2021)

Virgin River (2019)

Doom Patrol (2019)

Titans (2018)

All American (2018)

Seal Team (2017)

Supergirl (2015)

The Flash (2014)
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Model and Lookdev
Doom Patrol - Desert Eagle
00:04
Unreal Engine 5 - Bar Interior
Model, Lookdev, and Warehouse Tool
Minx - Warehouse
I am an Environment and Hard Surface artist with over four years experience in the entertainment industry, particularly in live action television. With my strong technical background and my love for video games, I want to transition over to the video game industry.
Work History

  • Assets Technical Lead

    Encore VFX

    January 2023 - August 2023
    Remote

    As a lead of the assets team, I oversaw any technical issues our team
    experienced, primarily with setting up large scale environments.

    Created tools and templates for scene assembly, instancing, and shading.

    Worked daily with the Texture / Look Dev Supervisor to ensure all assets
    meet our high quality standards.

    Worked with other artists to create environments that feel alive.

  • Environment / Hard Surface Artist

    Encore VFX

    August 2019 - December 2022
    Burbank, CA

    Created environments using both concept art and client feedback.

    Produced models and look dev for various environments, props, weapons,
    vehicles, and set extensions.

    Worked with Hard Surface Supervisor to achieve high quality assets.

    Strong PBR experience, primarily in Houdini RenderMan and Maya V-Ray.

  • Intern

    Encore VFX

    July 2018 - September 2018
    Los Angeles, California, United States · On-site

  • Intern

    Bento Box Entertainment

    July 2017 - August 2017
    Burbank, CA · On-site

  • File Clerk

    Medical Group Of Encino

    July 2015 - September 2016
    Encino, CA · On-site
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Education

  • Computer Science, Computer Game Design B.S.

    University of California, Santa Cruz

    September 2015 - June 2019

  • High School Diploma

    Oak Park High School

    2011 - 2015