PIOR OBERSON
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WORK
2007 to present day - Blizzard Entertainment - Irvine CA.
Senior Character artist on the Titan MMO project. Pre-production, character modeling, concept art.
www.blizzard.com

2011 - Péoléo.
Illustration work for the augmented reality trading card game Drakerz Confrontation.
www.drakerz.com

2008 - Upper Deck Entertainment.
Illustration work for the World Of Warcraft trading card game.
wowtcg.cryptozoic.com

2008 - Blizzard Entertainment - Irvine CA.
Additional modeling on Wrath Of The Lich King.
www.blizzard.com

WoW : Wrath Of The Lich King

Feb 2007 to Nov 2007 - F4 Group - Paris, France.
2D 3D Character artist on Empire Of Sports and Exalight.
I modeled and textured character and creature assets based on provided concepts in anime and semi-realistic style and was involved in the visual prototyping of human characters.
www.f4-group.com

Empire Of Sports  Exalight Reloaded

Nov 2005 to Nov 2006 - Khaeon Games BV - The Hague, The Netherlands.
Concept artist and 3D Character artist on The Chronicles of Spellborn.
My job was to concept, model and texture playable and non-playable characters as well as character props in a dark fantasy style.
Also included the training of another artist in low-polygon modeling and UVmapping.
www.tcos.com

The Chronicles Of Spellborn

Aug 2000 - First Evolution - Orléans, France.
Design work and life size paintings for a showroom for the World Bike Exibit in Paris, France.

SKILLSET
Traditional and digital illustration techniques, 2D and 3D.
Character concept art, low polygon modeling, high polygon modeling, texturing, facial blendshapes creation.
Photoshop, 3DSMax, Maya, Zbrush, Mudbox, pen and paper!
Spoken and written french and english. TOEIC test of international english Gold.

EDUCATION
2011 - Imaginerck Creature and Character Design Studio - Santa Ana, CA.
Life-size mask sculpting, molding and casting, character maquette sculpting - 35 hours.
www.imaginerick.com
2008 - Jordu Schell Sulpture Studio - Chatsworth, CA.
Creature and Character Design Class, 35 hours.
www.schellstudio.com
2005 - ENSAIS National School of Arts and Industrial Works - Strasbourg, France.
Graduates in architecture studies.
2002 to 2005 - Fine Arts School of Strasbourg - France.
Studies from live models
2001 to 2005 - ENSAIS National School of Arts and Industrial Works - Strasbourg, France.
Architecture studies including foreign student exchange at the University of Bath, UK.
1999 to 2001 - Dessaignes School - Blois, France.
Mathematics, physics and engineering sciences.
1998 to 1999 - Pothier School - Orléans, France.
Scientific Baccalauréat and art course.