Jobye Karmaker || Principal Environment Artist || Portfolio

About

Jobye-Kyle Karmaker is a Lead Environment Artist with over 13 years experience working in the games industry. He initially got his start working on multiplayer Source Engine mods. From there, he went professional and worked at Ubisoft Toronto, then Monolith Productions, where he worked on an array of franchises in different genres, from linear/open world singleplayer games to multiplayer games: Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell, Far Cry and Middle-Earth – Shadow of War. Most recently, Jobye spent nearly 5 years at Respawn Entertainment, where he shipped 2019's Star Wars - JEDI: Fallen Order, worked on the critically-acclaimed Apex Legends and is now leading the 3D Art team at System Era Softworks.

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Skills

Software proficiency

3ds Max

Maya

Photoshop

NDO

SpeedTree

Substance 3D Painter

Substance 3D Designer

ZBrush

Unreal Engine

World Machine

Productions

- Video Game
  Apex Legends
- Year
  2020
- Role
  Principal Environment Artist
- Company
  Respawn Entertainment
- Video Game
  Star Wars - JEDI: Fallen Order
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Senior Environment Artist/Map Lead
- Company
  Respawn Entertainment
- Video Game
  Middle-Earth - Shadow of War
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Senior World Artist
- Company
  Monolith Productions
- Video Game
  Far Cry Primal
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Senior/Technical Level Artist and Biomes Team Lead
- Company
  Ubisoft Toronto
- Video Game
  Far Cry 4
- Year
  2014
- Role
  Level Artist
- Company
  Ubisoft Toronto
- Video Game
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
- Year
  2013
- Role
  Modeler
- Company
  Ubisoft Toronto
- Video Game
  Rainbow Six Patriots (cancelled)
- Year
  2011
- Role
  Modeler
- Company
  Ubisoft Toronto

Experience

Lead 3D Artist at System Era Softworks
Seattle, WA, United States of America
September 2022 - Present
Lead Environment Artist at Respawn Entertainment
Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
June 2017 - July 2022
February 2022 - July 2022: Star Wars FPS - Lead Environment Artist

June 2021 - February 2022: Apex Legends - Principal Environment Artist

October 2019 - May 2021: Apex Legends - Senior Environment Artist

June 2017 - September 2019: Star Wars - JEDI: Fallen Order - Senior Environment Artist/Map Lead
Senior World Artist at Monolith Productions
Seattle, WA
February 2016 - May 2017
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War
Senior/Technical Level Artist & Biomes Team Lead at Ubisoft Toronto
Toronto, Canada
November 2014 - January 2016
Far Cry Primal
Level Artist at Ubisoft Toronto
Toronto, Canada
June 2013 - October 2014
Far Cry 4
Modeler at Ubisoft Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
April 2011 - June 2013
Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Rainbow Six Patriots (Cancelled)
Modeler at Simthetiq Inc.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
May 2010 - January 2011
Created models and textures for props, weapons and vehicles according to gathered real-world reference for various military clients

In-house - from May to August

Freelancer - from August to January