LUKE  GAMBLE                
Game Artist and Designer  

Education

  • Master’s of Science, Interactive Entertainment (Game Art Concentration)
    Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (Orlando, FL). Pending graduation winter 2011.

  • Bachelor’s of Fine Art, Game Art and Design 
    The Art Institute of Tampa (Tampa, FL). Graduated September 2009.

Skills and Experience

  • Low-Poly Modeling, UV unwrapping, and Texturing
  • 3D and vector-based 2D Animation
  • Gamer Writing (game scenarios, design documents, dialogue, etc.)

Zynga:
  • Started internship summer 2011.
  • 3D Artist, Asset Integration – A "FarmVille" franchise game. Implemented completed assets in-engine and aided production pipeline.
  • Low-Poly modeling, texturing, and animation across a broad array of styles.

Artix Entertainment:
  • Artist/Designer – Artix Entertainment’s DragonFable series.
  • Game design and game balance on a persistent online RPG (assigned stat points to weapons, designed move sets for character classes, and created enemy behavior and attack sets, etc).
  • Started internship summer 2009, employed fall 2009 to summer 2011.

Experience in game art and design at FIEA:
  • Art Lead – FIEA capstone project Erado (2011). 
  • Lead Character Modeler – FIEA capstone project Dead West (2011).
  • Artist/Designer – FIEA game prototype Together in the Dark (2010).
  • Worked under supervision of producers at Electronic Arts Tiburon to brainstorm and prototype new game mechanics for Tiger Wood’s PGA TOUR 13.

Software Knowledge

  • Autodesk 3ds Max
  • Zbrush
  • UDK Editor
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Hansoft Project Manager, P4Win, TortoiseSVN/HG, and other project management software.

Awards, Affiliations, and Hobbies

  • Have run several “homegrown” campaigns for Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition. Created custom monsters, NPCs, gameplay scenarios, and game mechanics.
  • Beta Tester - Call of Duty 4 (developed by Infinity Ward, produced by Activision).
  • Co-Founder of the Game Design Club at the Art Institute of Tampa (spring 2008).
  • Gold Key Portfolio Award – 2005 East/Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Show.
  • Eagle Scout – Boy Scouts of America (awarded 2005).