Daniel currently resides in Orange County, California with his family while working at LightspeedLA, a Tencent studio, since February of 2022. He currently works on VFX for the game Last Sentinal. He leads his VFX team while working with engineers, designers, artists, and outsource to make the best VFX is his daily task. Daniel studied at the Academy of Art University for 3 years and decided to chase after his game artist dream. He’s been in the industry ever since and loving it.
Academy of Art University of San Francisco
3D Modeling major
Lightspeed LA (Tencent):
Lead VFX Artist | 2022 – Present
Last Sentinal
Amazon Game Studios:
Lead VFX Artist | 2011 – Present
New World
Breakaway
Various other games
NetDevil:
CG Generalist | 2009-2011
LEGO Universe
Fortune Online
Jumpgate Evolution
Heartwood Studios:
CG Generalist | 2008-2009
Architecture & Military projects for companies like Boeing/FBI/etc
Crytic Studios:
Character Artist | 2008
Champions Online
“Games have been a huge part of my life and it still is. I proudly logged almost 200 hours on Skyrim, and many others. I really appreciate the fact that this is my job. How crazy is that? Getting yelled at by my parents for playing too much games and now I make a living doing it!”
Current favorites: Cyberpunk 2077 / Witcher 3 / Destiny / Fallout 4 / Hogwarts Legacy
Favorite Twitch Streamers: Lirik
Unreal Engine
Lumberyard
3DS Max
After Effects
Photoshop
Unity
Cryengine
Maya
Zbrush
Skill set: Modeling / Texturing / Rendering / VFX
