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Ignacio Rivera
Ignacio Rivera
Senior 3D Art Generalist
San Jose, Costa Rica

Summary

I´m a Senior 3D Generalist Artist working in the videogame industry.

Skills

TexturingReal timeCharacter ModelingFacial Rigging & AnimationRigging

Software proficiency

Maya
Maya
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
ZBrush
ZBrush
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Designer
Marvelous Designer
Marvelous Designer
3ds Max
3ds Max
Blender
Blender
After Effects
After Effects
Photoshop
Photoshop
Premiere
Premiere
Procreate
Procreate
Marmoset Toolbag
Marmoset Toolbag
Unity
Unity
SpeedTree
SpeedTree

Reel

Productions

    • Video Game
      SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed
    • Year
      2026
    • Role
      Senior 3D Generalist
    • Company
      Fairplay Labs
    • Video Game
      Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny
    • Year
      2025
    • Role
      Senior 3D Generalist
    • Company
      Fairplay Labs
    • Video Game
      Unreleased Project
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      N/A
    • Company
      Amazon
    • Video Game
      Math Quest VR: The search for the crown of calculation
    • Year
      2025
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      The Devhouse
    • Video Game
      The eCollector
    • Year
      2025
    • Role
      Lead 3D Artist
    • Company
      Frogbyte Studio
    • Video Game
      The Phoenix Gene
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      HEROmation
    • Video Game
      Walmart Land
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      Journey
    • Video Game
      Walmart Universe of play
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      Journey
    • Mobile Game
      Go Big! Godzilla VS Kong
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      3D Prop Artist
    • Company
      Studio Shout
    • Mobile Game
      Freedom Trail Origins: Soul of Deep Ellum
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      The Devhouse
    • Video Game
      Hunter´s Legacy
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      The Devhouse
    • Video Game
      Get There!
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      The Devhouse
    • Mobile Game
      Abilene Storybook Experience
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      The Devhouse
    • Video Game
      Musée National de La Marine - Video game in museum exhibition
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      Squint / Opera

Experience

  • Senior Art Generalist at Fair Play Labs
    San Jose, CR
    April 2025 - Present

    Working as a Senior 3D Art Generalist in 3D Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, and optimization of characters, and environments for videogames.

  • Lead 3D Artist at Frogbyte Studio
    San Jose, CR
    October 2023 - Present

    As Lead 3D Artist, I create high-quality 3D assets and guide the team in developing characters and environments for interactive experiences, ensuring everything looks great and aligns with the project’s vision. I collaborate closely with other departments to bring ideas to life, improve workflows, and support the team throughout the process.

  • Professor of several College Courses at LCI Veritas University
    San Jose, CR
    September 2022 - December 2025

    Professor of 3D Art in several college courses:

    -Production II / Producing short films in Unreal Engine 5 and Maya.

    -Animation III / Character & Environment Art (Design, Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animation and Rendering,)

    - Animation IV / Character Art in Zbrush

    -3D Geometry and Trigonometry for 3D Character Art.

    -Substance Painter

    -Unreal Engine 5

  • 3D Artist at The Devhouse
    Dallas, US
    December 2023 - November 2024

    3D Character & Prop Artist specializing in video game and interactive experience projects across different engines and platforms.

  • Generalist 3D Artist - Freelance at HEROmation
    Los Angeles (Remote), US
    April 2024 - August 2024

    Freelance Work as a 3D Generalist Artist working on The Phoenix Gene, a VR Videogame releasing on Meta Quest.

  • 3D Graphics Artist / Character Artist at Squint / Opera
    London , GB
    January 2023 - January 2024

    As part of Journey's operated studios, Squint/Opera has given me the chance to once again collaborate with them, this time as a 3D Graphics Artist.

  • 3D Graphics Artist at Journey
    New York, NY 10001
    July 2022 - February 2024

    Today’s consumer constantly moves between the digital and physical, and expects brands to offer the best of both worlds, seamlessly combining them into a coherent customer journey.

    Our work achieves big outcomes for our clients; engaging the creator economy, designing unforgettable immersive destinations, and activating new generations of fans.

    Our practice consists of four core studios.

  • Prop Artist - Freelance at Studio Shout
    San José
    January 2022 - March 2022

    Prop Modelling and texturing.

    All assets, from the whole team, can be seen here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lls6FrKK_zY