Champions Online (Live GaaS)

Cryptic Studios

External Development Manager/XDev Artist:

As XDev Manager, I carry out organizational and planning operations for Cryptic’s Core Art’s external development needs. 

Core Art was the sole supporter of Art needs for Champions Online. XDev fully supports Champions Online Concept art and Character art needs. Some of my contributions included:

• Assisted the Director of Core Art in Managing and maintaining an external art program to bolster the Champions Online development. Included trust and relationship building, resource and packet building, mentoring, teamwork, project and task management, source control building, source control management, source control administration, budget management, production, planning and scheduling, scoping, risk assessment, identifying and defining best practices, processes, and pipelines fitting the needs of the project.

• Supported a network of project and studio/centralized artists to facilitate external art partners. Covered art production stages from initial ideation through in-game post-release support. Disciplines include concept art and character art.

• Coordinated with interdisciplinary project leadership to establish aesthetic and technical standards. Developed processes and guidelines to uphold them.

• Individual contribution. Aesthetic and technical direction, asset review, paint-overs, green/redlines, modeling skinning, texturing, engine implementation, bug fix, asset polish. .