Tristan King

Work History

CG Lead

Hazard Digital

April 2024 - Present

Currently operating as their CG Lead/supervisor. Primarily focusing on Character Development at the moment for a game they are developing.
Head of 3D Asset Department

Wayfair

June 2021 - March 2024

Overseeing All 3D builds coming out of the studio.
● Setting Department standards/ tech/ validations/ creating shared material library/ efficiencies
● Providing QA to all 3D assets internally and overseas
●Running Dailies across departments
● Overseeing all outsourcing. Providing Art Direction, creating standards.
● Optimizing 3D department to lower costs/run more efficiently/software solutions
Lead CG Artist

Frame Machine

January 2000 - June 2021

Santa Monica

● Overseeing and creating all aspects of digital assets internally that will be going into Unreal.
● Coming up with bids and RFP’s for freelancers and other studios.
● Art direction related to translating concept art into an actual digital asset.
● Responsible for creating or overseeing all relevant workflows to asset creation
Owner / CG Supervisor

Self-employed

January 2017 - January 2024

United States

Creating and concepting 3D characters and models. Most recently wrapped up multiple robot models for Wonder Dynamics using their new AI platform for generating motion capture.
3D Dept. Supervisor

Double Negative

October 2012 - October 2016

Singapore, Singapore

Overseeing 3D builds coming out of the studio.
● Setting Department standards/ tech/ validations/ creating shared material library/ efficiencies
● Providing QA to all 3D assets internally and overseas
● Overseeing all outsourcing. Providing Art Direction, creating standards.
● Optimizing 3D department to lower costs/run more efficiently/software solutions
3D Dept. Supervisor

Lucasfilm

October 2009 - January 2013

This was a great job supervising on Clone Wars. I was fortunate to lead a team of great modelers and texture artists. At any given moment I was working on 3-5 shows at a time. I oversaw all builds for the show and managed our overseas vendors quality.
Modeler

Asylum Visual Effects

October 2008 - October 2009

Los Angeles, CA

This was an excellent place to work. I was modeling on Terminator 4, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Ge Force and a several other projects.
3d senior artist

Electronic Arts

October 2006 - October 2008

Los Angeles, CA

I worked on Medal of Honor and then moved to a specialty team working on a Steven Spielberg project as a lead artist.
Lead Artist

Electronic Arts

2006 - 2008

Senior and Lead Artist on a couple projects. After finishing Medal of Honor Airborne I moved onto a very specialized team for an unannounced project. My role was to set the quality bar for character look and environment look as well as helping to manage the outsourcing and reviewing incoming work. This was a small and very talented team. We tended to dip in and out of roles and multitask.
3d senior artist

Sony Online Entertainment

October 2002 - October 2006

San Diego, CA

I worked on several different projects while at SOE. I was known to be quite efficient so I was often put onto teams near the end of their cycle to help them finish.