Level Design And Visualization
3D modeling, materials, level design, and blueprints. UE4. Property of Redpill VR.
Level Design And Visualization
3D modeling, materials, level design, and blueprints. UE4. Property of Redpill VR.
Formosa CES 2016
Collaborative 3D modeling, materials, texturing, and blueprints. UE4. Property of Redpill VR.
Rawbots
Co-designer. 3D modeling and FX. Unity 5.
"Virtual robots in space: 'Rawbots' lets you build the Wall-E of your dreams
Lego Mindstorms in video game form "
Andrew Webster - The Verge
High Poly Assets
3D Modeling and texturing. Directed production pipeline.
Collaborative 3D modeling and texturing.
Mobile 3D Assets
Environment and FX assets optimized for mobile.
FX Artist and collaborative 3D modeling. Unity 5.
In-Game FX
Tank Garage preview
Lead Artist & Production pipeline director. Shaders and texturing. Target hardware: Mobile (iphone 5S).
Lead Artist & Production pipeline manager. Shaders and texturing.
WWII Historical Inspired Character Production Pipelines - Mobile Device Optimization
Cloth Simulation
3D modeling and retopology for pre-baked cloth meshes.
High Poly Pipeline
Designed pipeline for texture projection from high poly to low poly, while keeping Vertex data integrity.
High To Low Poly Projection
High-Poly sculpting. Designed a pipeline that allows characters to share materials, skeletons, and vertex IDs while keeping animations compatible between characters. All characters used the same geometry except for accessory attachments.
Technical Artist, 3D Anatomical modeling, retopology, texturing, and weight transfer.
3D modeling, retoplogy, texturing and weight transfer.
Low Poly Sculpting
3D modeling, retoplogy, texturing, and weight transfer.
Pipeline Director. Collaborative 3D modeling, retoplogy, texturing, and weight transfer.
Pipeline Director. Collaborative 3D modeling, retoplogy, texturing, and weight transfer.
Medium poly optimization for mobile devices
Preview of a PBR character. Built in Unity, optimized for (iphone 5, 2013).
Back In The Day (2011-2013)
Kitty Toy. 3D artist, texturing, and UI artist.
Monster Fruit. 3D Artist.
Bubblelicous. UI Artist.
Advertising Project - Realtime Rendering in UE4
Directed workflow, lighting, and blueprints for crowd instancing. Realtime rendering Unreal Engine 4.
Realtime Rendering Fluids in UE4
Research and development. Pre-baked fluids in UE4. Exported from Realflow in alembic.
Hairworks
Research and development. Realtime physics, reactive hairworks for fur integration in UE4.
Hairworks interaction
Hairworks R&D reactive to collisions.
Interactive collisions, compatible with Nvidias Hairworks framework.
Motion Capture R&D
R&D on motion capture using Kinect 2 and microsoft PC sdk.
Workflow design. Skeletal mesh specs and best practices for seamlessly integrating pre-recorded motion capture animations. (Clean up using Blender).
Creating a functional, low budget pipeline for motion capturing.
Houdini & Particles
Realtime Rendering Fluids in UE4
R&D - Pre-baked fluids, rendered in realtime in UE4. Exported from Realflow as alembic.
Parametric Particles Brush
Stylized environment, built with a parametric shape generator using math formulas. Applied to a brush setup as a particle system. UE4.
Auto Rigger and Attributes Cloner Tool
Data-Prep tool, used to improve character creation pipelines for the Art team:
-Asset validation. (Checks if targeted meshes have valid vertex color clusters. Unvalid paints red)
-History Clean Up
-Vertex Color transfering
-Transfer Vertex attributes
-Auto Skinning
-Auto copy skinning from base mesh
Developed in Maya. Python.
Blind Builder
Personal work. Zbrush sculpting, retopology, cloth simulation, materials and vector fields to drive niagara particles. UE4.
Hard Surface Helmets
Personal work. Series of hard surface studies. 3D Modeling and materials.
Cloth Simulation Pipeline Research - Marvelous Designer
Personal work WIP. 3D modeling and character design exploration.
Creature Speed Modeling
Personal work. Speed 3D modeling and character design in ZBrush. Render in UE4.
At The Gates
Personal work. Concept art Matte painting.
Spirits In The Valley
Personal work. Concept art Matte painting.
Realm Of Ice And Snow
Personal work. Concept art matte painting.
Custom Day/Night Cycle Research
Personal work. Lighting R&D. Day & night cycle. UE4.
Rodrigo Galdamez
Technical Artist
rogaldesign@gmail.com
Technical Artist based in Tokyo, with 15 years of experience across game development, Virtual Reality, mobile, and real-time simulation platforms, specializing in Unreal Engine 5, real-time rendering, technical art pipelines, and scalable content workflows.
My expertise includes lighting, materials, terrain, maps production, procedural environments, shaders, optimization, and modern UE5 rendering workflows such as Lumen and Nanite. I have developed and optimized content across a wide range of hardware targets, from mobile and VR platforms to next-generation real-time experiences.
I have contributed to advanced simulation and visualization platforms used by leading automotive and transportation companies including Audi, Fiat, Porsche, Ferrari, and Mercedes-AMG through products such as VI-WorldSim and VI-DriveSim. More recently, I contributed to content and workflows for Arene’s vehicle simulation platform, supporting Toyota’s next-generation software platform introduced with Toyota’s flagship all-new 2026 RAV4.
Experienced delivering production-ready workflows and content from early prototypes to shipped products, including Redpill’s Aurora VR experience. I help connect creative goals with practical technical solutions, from rendering and optimization to tools, pipelines, and real-time production workflows.
Specialities
-Unreal Engine 4 & 5
-Real-time rendering
-Technical art pipelines
-Tool development and automation
-Lighting and look development
-Materials and shader authoring
-Terrain, maps, and procedural environments
-Asset optimization and validation
-VR and mobile optimization
-Cross-functional collaboration with artists and engineers
Skills
Unreal Engine 4 & 5, Unity, Blender, Maya, Houdini, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Quixel Suite, Python, MEL, Blueprints, Unreal Engine Python Scripting, Data Prep, Git, Perforce, Niagara, VFX, Lighting, Materials, Shader Authoring, Terrain Systems, Level/Map Production, Procedural Environments, Asset Optimization, Performance Optimization, Pipeline Automation, DCC Tool Development, VR, Mobile Optimization, UI/UX Prototyping.
