Joe Bush

Current

Student at The Guildhall at SMU

Past

Lead Artist at So Far So Good
Lead Designer and Artist at Experiment Zero
Backdrop Painter at LeBouton Photography

Seasonal Associate at Dollar Tree Stores
Intern at Integrated Communications Ltd.

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Education

Southern Methodist University
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

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Industry

Computer Games

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Joe Bush’s Summary

Graphic Designer turned Game Artist, pioneered digital art at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point during undergrad. Currently attending the Guildhall at SMU for a Masters in Interactive Technology with emphasis in Art Creation. Seeking work in Concept Art, Character design, Environment Art, Technical Art and Shaders.

I see myself working on Characters, Concepts, or Technical art in the next 2-5 years.

Joe Bush’s Specialties:

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Dreamweaver

3d Studio Max
Daz Studio
Bryce
Hexagon

Mental Mill

Garage Games' Torque 2d engine
Epic's Unreal Engine 3

Asset Creation, Photoshop Actions, Concept Art, High and Low Poly Modeling, Subdivision Modeling, Animation, Game Design, Interactive System Design, Writing

Also proficient in HTML, XHTML, CSS, CSSP, and currently trying to teach myself Maxscript, Adobe Extendscript and eventually C++.

Joe Bush’s Experience

Student

The Guildhall at SMU

(Educational Institution; Computer Games industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

I am attending the Guildhall at Southern Methodist University for my Masters in Interactive Technology. I am specializing in Art Creation, but I'm also trying to learn about the areas of Level Design and Software Development when I have time.
Lead Artist

So Far So Good

(Computer Games industry)

June 2009 — October 2009 (5 months)

I was Lead Artist at So Far So Good. We created an Unreal Tournament 3 Mod called Starshade Valley which features a setting comprised of the Science Fiction and Cowboy Western genres.

I was responsible for asset check in, advanced material/shader building, and the Visual Theme of the game. I worked closely with Toby McCall and Tyler Buser to coordinate the game design as a whole.
Lead Designer and Artist

Experiment Zero

(Computer Games industry)

February 2009 — May 2009 (4 months)

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I am the Lead game designer in our first team game project in cohort 12 at the Guildhall. I was deemed a strong enough leader to be selected as the first Art Specialist MIT student to take on the role of Lead Designer for the 2d Team Game Project at SMU.
Backdrop Painter

LeBouton Photography

(Photography industry)

2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

Large scale photographic backgrounds for portrait and full photography, mainly abstract acrylic scenes and designs.
Seasonal Associate

Dollar Tree Stores

(Public Company; DLTR; Retail industry)

October 2008 — December 2008 (3 months)

A seasonal job I took to tide me over until I moved to Texas to pursue my dream of becoming a game developer.
Intern

Integrated Communications Ltd.

(Design industry)

June 2006 — July 2006 (2 months)

I worked at Integrated Communications Ltd in London, UK over the summer of 2006 on a study abroad internship. I was responsible for ground level graphic design and image manipulation, and helped Mr. Horton set up his Mac lab in his new office.

Joe Bush’s Education

Southern Methodist University

2009 — 2010 (expected)
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

BFA , Graphic Design , 2003 — 2008

Activities and Societies:

Gamers Anonymous of Stevens Point (president, vice-president, webmaster), PointCon 2005, 2006, 2007 (con manager, LARP master)
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

BFA , Two Dimensional Art , 2003 — 2008

Activities and Societies:

Awarded a Grant for continuing study in Digital Art, Study Abroad in Greece