Summary

Ash Thundercliffe is a 3D Environment Artist working in the video game industry. He graduated from the University of Derby with a Bachelors of Arts in Computer Games Modelling and Animation. After completing his degree he moved on to work at Rockstar Games in Leeds to help create the various buildings and structures seen throughout Red Dead Redemption 2. Two years later, he moved to California to work at Ready at Dawn where he helped ship Lone Echo for the Oculus Rift and is now working on the sequel.

Ash has also written multiple articles for 80.lv that highlighted the processes of creating 3D environments. He has also produced tutorials for 3dmotive that focus on creating assets for video games.

Skills

Software proficiency

Maya

3ds Max

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

Photoshop

Unreal Engine

CRYENGINE

Marmoset Toolbag

World Machine

Marvelous Designer

ZBrush

Quixel Suite