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Thiago Klafke☀️
Thiago Klafke☀️
Principal Environment Artist @ Riot Games (Valorant)
Irvine, CA, United States

Summary

My website and socials:
https://linktr.ee/thiagoklafke

Skills

Environment ModelingTexturingPBR TexturingstylizedEnvironment artstylized environment art

Software proficiency

Maya
Maya
Photoshop
Photoshop
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Designer
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
ZBrush
ZBrush
Unity
Unity
C#
C#

Productions

    • Video Game
      Bank Heist
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Director of World Art
    • Company
      100 Thieves
    • Video Game
      Overwatch II
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Senior Environment Artist II
    • Company
      Blizzard Entertainment
    • Video Game
      Overwatch
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      Environment Artist
    • Company
      Blizzard Entertainment
    • Video Game
      Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void
    • Year
      2015
    • Role
      Environment Artist
    • Company
      Blizzard Entertainment
    • Video Game
      Heroes of the Storm
    • Year
      2015
    • Role
      Environment Artist
    • Company
      Blizzard Entertainment
    • Video Game
      Insurgency
    • Year
      2011
    • Role
      Environment Artist
    • Company
      New World Interactive
    • Video Game
      Michael Jackson: The Experience
    • Year
      2010
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      Ubisoft
    • Video Game
      Imagine Detective
    • Year
      2009
    • Role
      3D Artist
    • Company
      Ubisoft

Experience

  • Principal Environment Artist at Riot Games
    Los Angeles, United States
    November 2024 - Present

    Valorant maps team.

  • Director of World Art at 100 Thieves
    Los Angeles
    November 2022 - November 2023

    Environment art pipeline, look development, and environment art creation for Project X and Bank Heist (UEFN map).

  • Principal Environment Artist at Lightspeed LA
    Irvine
    September 2021 - March 2022

    Worked on a still unannounced AAA open-world title.

  • Senior Environment Artist II at Blizzard Entertainment
    Irvine
    November 2011 - September 2021

    Worked as an environment artist on several projects during my 10 year tenure: Overwatch I and II, Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void, Heroes of the Storm and Project Titan.

  • Contract 3D Artist at New World Interactive
    November 2010 - October 2011

    Worked on Insurgency.

  • 3D Artist at Ubisoft Sao Paulo
    Sao Paulo, Brazil
    November 2008 - November 2010

    Worked on different Nintendo DS and PSP titles.