Jared Kuharski
Jared Kuharski
Technical Environment Artist
Seattle, United States

About

Jared Kuharski is a Technical Artist who is passionate about 3D modeling and environments. Since 2006, he has worked across multiple disciplines: environment art, technical animation, and iOS app design. He has shipped over 30 titles spanning consoles, PC, and mobile. He is driven to constantly develop his craft and enjoys mentoring others.

In 2014, Jared started working as a Technical Artist at AWS working on the Lumberyard game engine. During this time, he created technical demos showcasing new features of the engine. These demos were used at SIGGRAPH, GDC, and used at universities for classroom workshops. They were also used to evangelize, teach best practices, and broadcast the capabilities of the engine to internal and external customers. Between conferences, he traveled domestically and internationally to onboard customers using Lumberyard. He was an interface between white-glove customers and internal engineering teams. Jared documented new features, and proposed changes to make the engine more creator centric.

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Skills

3D ModelingEnvironment ModelingLow-poly ModelingUV MappingGame DevelopmentUI DesignHigh-poly ModelingApp DevelopmentPython ScriptingUX DesignCharacter RiggingMentoringVEX

Software proficiency

Maya
Maya
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Photoshop
Photoshop
Lumberyard
Lumberyard
Unity
Unity
World Machine
World Machine
xNormal
xNormal
Quixel Suite
Quixel Suite
Premiere
Premiere
After Effects
After Effects
CRYENGINE
CRYENGINE
Houdini
Houdini

Productions

  • 2019 01 lumberyard
    • Video Game
      Amazon Lumberyard
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Technical Artist (Professional Services)
    • Company
      Amazon
  • 2014 03 emma02
    • Video Game
      Emma and the Inventor: Resonance
    • Year
      2014
    • Role
      Game Designer and Technical Artist
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2014 02 designanddrive
    • Mobile Game
      Crayola Design and Drive
    • Year
      2014
    • Role
      Environment Artist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2014 01 photostrings
    • Mobile Game
      Crayola Photo Strings
    • Year
      2014
    • Role
      Technical Arist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2013 06 fashionshow
    • Mobile Game
      Crayola Fashion Show
    • Year
      2013
    • Role
      3D Artist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2013 05 digitoolspaint
    • Mobile Game
      Crayola DigiTools Paint
    • Year
      2013
    • Role
      Technical Arist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2013 04 barbie
    • Mobile Game
      Crayola Color Studio HD: Barbie Edition
    • Year
      2013
    • Role
      Technical Arist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2013 03 hotwheels
    • Mobile Game
      Crayola Color Studio HD: Hot Wheels Edition
    • Year
      2013
    • Role
      Technical Arist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2013 02 lightmarker
    • Mobile Game
      Crayola Light Marker
    • Year
      2013
    • Role
      Technical Arist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2013 01 animalparade
    • Mobile Game
      Animal Parade
    • Year
      2013
    • Role
      Technical Arist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2012 04 armadohd
    • Video Game
      Armado HD
    • Year
      2012
    • Role
      Environment Artist
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2012 03 digitools
    • Mobile Game
      Crayola DigiTools (Airbrush, Effects, and 3-D)
    • Year
      2012
    • Role
      Technical Arist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2012 02 casecreator
    • Mobile Game
      Crayola Case Creator
    • Year
      2012
    • Role
      Technical Arist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2012 01 sillyfaceswaps
    • Mobile Game
      Crayola Silly Face Swaps
    • Year
      2012
    • Role
      Technical Arist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2011 04 emma01
    • Video Game
      Emma and the Inventor
    • Year
      2011
    • Role
      Game Designer and Technical Artist
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2011 03 lightscameracolor
    • Mobile Game
      Crayola Lights, Camera, Color!
    • Year
      2011
    • Role
      Technical Arist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2011 02 paintandcreate
    • Mobile Game
      Crayola Paint and Create
    • Year
      2011
    • Role
      Technical Arist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2011 01 colorstudiohd
    • Mobile Game
      Color Studio HD
    • Year
      2011
    • Role
      Technical Arist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2010 07 boggleipad
    • Mobile Game
      Boggle for iPad
    • Year
      2010
    • Role
      3D Artist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2010 06 wouldyourather
    • Mobile Game
      Would You Rather
    • Year
      2010
    • Role
      UI and UX Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2010 05 leftcenterright
    • Mobile Game
      Left Center Right
    • Year
      2010
    • Role
      3D Artist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2010 04 battleofthesexes
    • Mobile Game
      Battle of the Sexes
    • Year
      2010
    • Role
      3D Artist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2010 03 scarface
    • Mobile Game
      Scarface Last Stand
    • Year
      2010
    • Role
      3D Artist and Level Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2010 02 sporecreatures
    • Mobile Game
      Spore Creatures
    • Year
      2010
    • Role
      Level Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2009 03 puff
    • Mobile Game
      Puff
    • Year
      2009
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2009 02 boggleiphone
    • Mobile Game
      Boggle for iPhone
    • Year
      2009
    • Role
      3D Artist and UI Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2008 01 sporeorigins
    • Mobile Game
      Spore Origins
    • Year
      2008
    • Role
      Level Designer
    • Company
      Tricky Software
  • 2010 01 dantesinferno
    • Video Game
      Dante's Inferno
    • Year
      2010
    • Role
      Material Artist
    • Company
      Electronic Arts
  • 2009 01 godfather02
    • Video Game
      The Godfather 2
    • Year
      2009
    • Role
      Environment Artist
    • Company
      Electronic Arts
  • 2007 01 fantasticfour
    • Video Game
      Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer
    • Year
      2007
    • Role
      Environment Artist
    • Company
      Visual Concepts

Experience

  • Technical Artist at SpatialPort
    San Francisco, United States of America
    December 2021 - Present

  • Career Break at Professional Development
    September 2020 - December 2021

    Always curious and always learning, returned to school to develop skills in procedural workflows. Took courses at CGMA in Python, VEX, Houdini, Substance Designer and Substance Painter.

  • Character Technical Artist at Coinflip Studios
    San Francisco, United States of America
    January 2020 - March 2020

    Freelance Work

  • Field Technical Artist at AWS
    Seattle, United States of America
    October 2016 - September 2019

  • Technical Artist at AWS
    East Palo Alto, United States of America
    November 2014 - October 2016

  • 3D Generalist and App Designer at Tricky Software
    Menlo Park, United States of America
    January 2009 - November 2014

  • Environment Artist at Electronic Arts
    Redwood City, United States of America
    April 2008 - January 2009

  • Environment Artist at Visual Concepts
    San Rafael , United States of America
    March 2006 - June 2007