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 have several Game Dev related projects. Here is an overview.
Work Experience
2017 – Now for Wild Sheep Studio
- As employed VFX Artist (2019 – Now)
- As Freelance VFX Artist (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
- I worked in 3 different Custom Engines
- Unreal (since 2015, 1.5 years professional [RiME, The Invisible Hours])
- Houdini (since 2018, mostly for private projects)
- 3Ds Max (9 years)
- Maya (2 years)
- Photoshop (since 2004)
- Fork Particle Studio (3 years)
- MaxScript (9 years), Mel (2 years)
Languages
- German (Native)
- English (Intermediate)
- French (Beginner)
- Spanish (Beginner)