Simon Trümpler

Personal

Simon Trümpler
simon@simont.de
(Address upon request)

Work Related

• I taught about Unreal, Tech Art and 3D Engine Basics at the School4Games, oversaw the student projects and prepared/corrected the exams for my courses (2017 – 2019)

• I gave VFX/Tech Art Talks:
  • 2017 Addon Conference – The VFX in RiME
  • 2017 Digital Art Conference – Cool Stuff with Textures
  • 2018 UnrealFest – The VFX in RiME (Water Edition)
    

• Personal Projects
  • My Artstation Page
  • I write on my Blog about Game Art Tricks
  • I create Unreal Youtube Tutorials
  • I create Houdini Youtube Tutorials
  • I’m the Host of a German Game Dev Podcast

• Press
  • 80lv River Simulation in Houdini & UE4
  • 80lv Rime: Breaking down the Stylized Water
  • 80lv Cool Stuff With Textures
  • Rock Paper Shotgun: Sunday Papers

Work Experience

2017 – Now for Wild Sheep Studio

• As employed VFX Artist on Wild (2019 – Now)
• As Freelance VFX Artist on Wild doing effects (2017 – 2019)

2016 – 2017 for Tequila Works

• As Freelance/VFX Artist on The Invisible Hours doing effects
• As Freelance/VFX Artist on RIME doing effects

2009 – 2015 at Egosoft

• As 3D Artist on X:Rebirth doing models/UVs for ships, stations, station parts, station animation, effects (no unique textures for models, we used a lot atlas textures)
• Responsible for integrating outsourced NPC models & animation
• Responsible for sound management & sound integration
• Created MaxScripts for improving my own but also other team members workflow
• Created and maintained art documentation and our asset document

2006 – 2009 at Ascaron/Studio II

• 3D Artist on Sacred 2 & Addon (Ice & Blood) doing models, textures, animation and effects (see Demoreel)
• Directed Motion Capture Recording for the Ork animations of Sacred 2 (Imagination Studios, Sweden)
• Communicated with outsourcing company (for a limited time), approved assets and supported them with documentation
• Created scripts to improve the workflow (MaxScript, PHP)
• Documented internal information like art assets/tutorials in a wiki

Education

2004 – 2006 at Games Academy 

• Got “Art & Animation” course certificate

2003 – 2004 at Technical diploma

• College (“Fachoberschule”) with the graduation: technical diploma (“Fachabitur”)

2000 – 2003 at Telekom AG

• Apprenticeship as an IT specialist at Telekom AG

Skills

Software

• Unreal (since 2015)
• Houdini (since 2018)
• 3Ds Max (since 2006)
• Maya (2 years)
• Photoshop (since 2004)
• Fork Particle Studio (3 years)
• MaxScript (since 2007), Mel (2 years)

Languages

• German (Native)
• English (Intermediate)
• French (Beginner)
• Spanish (Beginner)