arjuna Ravikumar
Technical Artist | Game Developer
Intro
Senior Technical Artist with 14+ years of experience working on AAA titles such as Madden NFL, NCAA, The Sims4, The Sims Mobile.
Independent game co-founder and developer at BigLerp Studios.
Skills
01
Maya | Python | MEL | API
15+ years of experience creating tools and workflows using Python and MEL.
02
Houdini
Experience using Houdini for procedural content creation in a Game Development environment
03
Unity | C#
Developed a mobile game "Elephants Can't Jump" from scratch for iOS and Android using Unity
04
Photoshop | JavaScript
Scripting tools and workflows for Photoshop using Javascript
05
React Js
Created enterprise tools with a team at EA using React Js
06
HTML | CSS | JS
Experience creating websites using HTML CSS and Javascript. Some familiarity with Node.js
07
Shotgun Software
Setting up Shotgun asset management for a project. Scripting and writing tools to interface with Shotgun.
08
Windows App Development| C# XAML
App development for Windows using .Net
09
ZBrush
Getting started sculpting with ZBrush
Experience
2020 – 2022
Electronic Arts
Senior Technical Artist
Redwood City, CA
Lead Technical Artist on the Central Tools and Technology team. Created and maintained shared tools used across multiple studios in the company Procedural content creation tools used in the head scan pipeline. Large tools and package deployment systems. Web development in React JS.
- Central Tools and Technology
2016 – Present
Electronic Arts
Senior Technical Artist
Redwood City, CA
Lead Technical Artist on The Sims Mobile team. Implemented all art pipelines and tools. Also implemented tools for design and production and set up outsourcing workflows.
- The Sims Mobile (Android/iOS)
- The Sims 4 expansion packs
2015 – 2016
BigLerp Studios
Co-founder | Lead Developer
Mountain View, CA
Created Elephants Can't Jump for iOS and Android using Unity. Was responsible for all code, UI, integration of 3rd party SDKs for monetization, analytics and cloud storage.
- Elephants Can't Jump (Android/iOS)
- Unreleased multiplayer game (Android/iOS)
2010 – 2015
Electronic Arts
Senior Technical Artist
Redwood City, CA
Part of a Tech-art team. Involved in creating tools for artists, improving workflows and pipelines.
- The Sims4 (PC)
- The Sims Medieval (PC)
2005 – 2010
Electronic Arts - Tiburon
Technical Artist / Senior Technical Artist
Orlando, FL
Part of a central team improving workflows and visual quality across all the football titles. Mentoring junior TAs and organizing training classes.
- Madden NFL '06 - 2011
- NCAA Football '07 - 2011
- Superman Returns
- NFL Head Coach '06, '08
- NFL Tour
Summer 2004
Electronic Arts - Tiburon
Technical Artist Intern
Orlando, FL
Summer internship at Electronic Arts Tiburon. Created tools and process automation on Madden NFL '05.
- Madden NFL '05
Education
2003 – 2005
Carnegie Mellon University
Master of Entertainment Technology
Pittsburgh, PA
Masters degree from the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University. Worked on a number of team based projects:
- Building Virtual Worlds - interactive VR experiences
- Hazmat:Hotzone : Networked virtual training simulator for first responders. Created in Unreal Engine.
- MoCap study : studied capabilities of various industry MoCap solutions
1999 – 2003
Madras University
Bachelor of Engineering : Computer Science
Chennai, India
Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering.
