Shreeya Shetye
Los Angeles
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
3D Character Artist
Meta
Los Angeles
10.2021 - 09.2023
- Designed, sculpted, hand painted, and rendered stylized character designs for Meta Avatars pipeline, prioritizing strong anatomical design, form, silhouette, clothing, accessories, color theory, body mechanics, proportion, and volume.
- Developed visually impactful characters from scratch based on initial concepts, utilizing Zbrush high-poly modeling, creating topology reduction, LODs, texture baking, PBR workflows, lighting, rendering, and material creation.
- Created concept art visual style guides for internal teams for mixed reality platforms like Oculus AR/VR, Meta Quest, and real-time rendering.
- Collaborated in iterative processes with cross-functional teams, including product designers, concept designers, animators, product managers, engineers, data scientists, technical artists, and art directors.
3D Artist
Psyop
Los Angeles
07.2020 - 10.2021
- Sculpted and modeled lead characters and props from concept through final asset for commercial spots (Clash of Clans, EA Apex, Aldi), adapting to diverse art styles and production needs.
- Created optimized character meshes with clean edge flow and topology suited for rigging and animation; collaborated with riggers to refine deformation performance for character motion.
Character Visual Development Sculptor
Nickelodeon Animation
Burbank
04.2021 - 05.2021
- Worked closely with the Production Designer to translate 2D designs into expressive 3D maquettes for character exploration.
Freelance Character Modeler
Chromosphere
Glendale
03.2020 - 05.2020
- Modeled, UV, textured low poly stylized characters for Yuhi 7, optimizing for real-time rendering.
CG Generalist - Modeler
DreamWorks TV Animation
Glendale
08.2018 - 01.2020
- Modeled hard-surface and organic props for Fast and the Furious Spy Racers.
- Reviewed outsourced and in-house assets with a focus on purposeful polycount reduction and conducted initial quality checks to ensure assets met production standards before leadership review.
Modeling Trainee
DreamWorks Animation
Glendale
06.2018 - 08.2018
- Modeled characters and props for feature production on Trolls 2 and Abominable.
- Created hair/fur grooms for characters using Xgen.
- Optimized UV layouts, texture maps, baked maps, improved quality of delivered assets.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Visual Studies
Ringling College of Art and Design
Skills
- Maya
- Zbrush
- Blender
- Unity
- Unreal Engine 5
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Substance Painter
- Renderman
- Arnold
- Marvelous Designer
- Nuke
- Marmoset
- SpeedTree
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Procreate
- Shotgun
- Figma
- Asana
- JIRA
- Perforce
- Xgen
- Wrap3D
Timeline
3D Character Artist
Meta
10.2021 - 09.2023
Character Visual Development Sculptor
Nickelodeon Animation
04.2021 - 05.2021
3D Artist
Psyop
07.2020 - 10.2021
Freelance Character Modeler
Chromosphere
03.2020 - 05.2020
CG Generalist - Modeler
DreamWorks TV Animation
08.2018 - 01.2020
Modeling Trainee
DreamWorks Animation
06.2018 - 08.2018
Bachelor of Arts - Visual Studies
Ringling College of Art and Design
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