Jobye Karmaker || Principal Environment Artist || Portfolio

About

Jobye-Kyle Karmaker is a Lead/Principal Environment Artist with over 14 years experience working in the games industry. He initially got his start working on multiplayer Source Engine mods (WWI: Source, Ham & Jam). 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 and worked on the critically-acclaimed Apex Legends. He is now a Principal Environment Artist @ Wildlight Entertainment.

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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

Principal Environment Artist at Wildlight Entertainment
Seattle, WA, US
September 2023 - Present
Lead 3D Artist at System Era Softworks
Seattle, WA
September 2022 - September 2023
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