Erik Lindqvist

Lead Technical Artist at Grin

Stockholm Area, Sweden

Current
  • Lead Technical Artist at Grin
Past
  • Technical Artist at Grin
  • Internship at Grin
  • Texture Artist at DLA
  • Officer at Swedish Air Force
  • Conscript at Swedish Air Force
Education
  • IAA
  • Uppsala universitet
  • Cocktailskolan, Göteborg
  • Officershögskolan, Halmstad
  • Westerlundska Gymnasiet, Enköping
Connections
151 connections
Industry
Computer Games

Erik Lindqvist’s Experience

  • Lead Technical Artist

    Grin

    (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

    November 2008Present (9 months)

    Lead Technical Artist for Grins Stockholm and Gothenburg offices.

    Coordinate the TA team between the different projects currently in production. Daily tasks include attending lead meetings, coordinating technical artists, task assignment, art pipeline improvements, artist support, tools development, profiling art content, coordinate art and level optimization among other things.

    Started my work as Lead TA by finalizing Bionic Commando and Terminator Salvation.

  • Technical Artist

    Grin

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

    June 2007November 2008 (1 year 6 months)

    Assigned as Technical Artist with one main project, but assist on all projects in production at Grin at all times, including projects at the Barcelona and Gothenborg offices.

    The position mainly concerns setting up special units for the games and being the bridge between the art team and the gameplay programming team, but also includes approving graphics content in production from the technical side and being technical support for the artists concerning the 3D packages and Grin's Diesel graphics engine.

    Everyday tasks include rigging, animation, dynamics setup, destruction setup, interaction setup, optimizing, testing and approving content in production, bug fixes and stabilization.

    This employment included working as a Technical Artist on Bionic Commando (PC, PS3, 360) and I was also assisting as Technical Artist on Bionic Commando Rearmed (PC, PSN, XBL) and Wanted: Weapons Of Fate (PC, PS3, 360).

  • Internship

    Grin

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

    October 2006May 2007 (8 months)

    Internship as Level Designer and 3D Artist on Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (PC).

  • Texture Artist

    DLA

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

    January 2005September 2005 (9 months)

    Texture Artist at DLA (then called Dragonlance Adventures), an online modding group turned sub-contractor to BioWare Corp.

    Worked on textures for Neverwinter Nigths: Infinite Dungeons (PC) and Neverwinter Nights: Wyvern Crown of Cormyr (PC).

  • Officer

    Swedish Air Force

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

    June 1999April 2002 (2 years 11 months)

    First Lieutenant as Aircraft Technician on JA37C/D/Di Viggen fighter aircrafts at Uppsala Fighter Wing, F16. Head of Weapon Maintenance for 2 years. Also did periods as Basic Training Instructor.

  • Conscript

    Swedish Air Force

    (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

    August 1995June 1996 (11 months)

    Conscript as Aircraft Mechanic on SK60 trainer jets at Uppsala Fighter Wing, F16. Also served as Group Leader and Group Medic for my team.


Erik Lindqvist’s Education

  • IAA

    3D for VFX 20052007

    Education included production pipeline for VFX/SFX for movies and advertising as well as modeling, texturing, mapping, rigging, skinning, animating, lighting, pass rendering in Maya and some compositing on Shake and Photoshop.

  • Uppsala universitet

    Mathematics & Computer Science 20022005

    Didn't complete education but finished the equivalent for 2 year, which is halfway to the masters degree. Switch education as I found 3D art and tools more interesting then pure programming.

    Activities and Societies:
    Vice President of Möbius, Math Club, 2004-2005.
  • Cocktailskolan, Göteborg

    Special Merits , Bartender , 20012001

  • Officershögskolan, Halmstad

    Passed , Military Leadership & Aircraft Technology , 19971999

  • Westerlundska Gymnasiet, Enköping

    Passed , Technical Science , 19921995


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