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

Software proficiency

Maya

Substance 3D Designer

Substance 3D Painter

Photoshop

Lumberyard

Unity

World Machine

xNormal

Quixel Suite

Premiere

After Effects

CRYENGINE

Houdini

Productions

- Video Game
  Amazon Lumberyard
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Technical Artist (Professional Services)
- Company
  Amazon
- Video Game
  Emma and the Inventor: Resonance
- Year
  2014
- Role
  Game Designer and Technical Artist
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Crayola Design and Drive
- Year
  2014
- Role
  Environment Artist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Crayola Photo Strings
- Year
  2014
- Role
  Technical Arist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Crayola Fashion Show
- Year
  2013
- Role
  3D Artist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Crayola DigiTools Paint
- Year
  2013
- Role
  Technical Arist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Crayola Color Studio HD: Barbie Edition
- Year
  2013
- Role
  Technical Arist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Crayola Color Studio HD: Hot Wheels Edition
- Year
  2013
- Role
  Technical Arist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Crayola Light Marker
- Year
  2013
- Role
  Technical Arist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Animal Parade
- Year
  2013
- Role
  Technical Arist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Video Game
  Armado HD
- Year
  2012
- Role
  Environment Artist
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Crayola DigiTools (Airbrush, Effects, and 3-D)
- Year
  2012
- Role
  Technical Arist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Crayola Case Creator
- Year
  2012
- Role
  Technical Arist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Crayola Silly Face Swaps
- Year
  2012
- Role
  Technical Arist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Video Game
  Emma and the Inventor
- Year
  2011
- Role
  Game Designer and Technical Artist
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Crayola Lights, Camera, Color!
- Year
  2011
- Role
  Technical Arist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Crayola Paint and Create
- Year
  2011
- Role
  Technical Arist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Color Studio HD
- Year
  2011
- Role
  Technical Arist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Boggle for iPad
- Year
  2010
- Role
  3D Artist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Would You Rather
- Year
  2010
- Role
  UI and UX Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Left Center Right
- Year
  2010
- Role
  3D Artist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Battle of the Sexes
- Year
  2010
- Role
  3D Artist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Scarface Last Stand
- Year
  2010
- Role
  3D Artist and Level Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Spore Creatures
- Year
  2010
- Role
  Level Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Puff
- Year
  2009
- Role
  3D Artist
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Boggle for iPhone
- Year
  2009
- Role
  3D Artist and UI Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Mobile Game
  Spore Origins
- Year
  2008
- Role
  Level Designer
- Company
  Tricky Software
- Video Game
  Dante's Inferno
- Year
  2010
- Role
  Material Artist
- Company
  Electronic Arts
- Video Game
  The Godfather 2
- Year
  2009
- Role
  Environment Artist
- Company
  Electronic Arts
- 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