RONALD KURY

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

• DIRECTOR OF ART | MANAGING DIRECTOR, OCPNZ Oct 2021 - Present
  OCP, Omni Creator Products | Remote

  MUSE | Project Frontier

  • Art Direction and Department management for a multinational fully remote team.
• LEAD CHARACTERS/CREATURES Mar 2021 - Oct 2021
  RocketWerkz | Auckland, NZ

  Icarus

  • Working under the CEO, provided Art Direction, guidance and feedback to character, creature, concept and animation teams. Handled production, tech, tools and pipeline development / implementation as well as management of Outsourced asset production.
• STUDIO ART DIRECTOR, CHARACTERS Apr 2019 - Sep 2020
  FUNCOM | NC, USA | Oslo, Norway | Lisbon, Portugal

  DUNE Awakening

• LEAD CHARACTER ARTIST

  Conan Exiles: Isle of Siptah | Unannounced

  Served as a multi-studio Art Director and Lead Artist for characters and creatures.

  • Helped define the visual style and production pipelines for multiple internal projects in collaboration with other disciplines.
  • Managed multiple teams and provided internal training and feedback for different departments within art.
  • Was responsible for our outsourcing pipeline, assets management and feedback loops with external teams.
• SENIOR CHARACTER, CREATURE ARTIST Jan 2013 - Mar 2019
  ArenaNet | Bellevue, USA

  Unannounced

  • Prototyping our character art pipeline, and helping define in-game systems and visual targets for production with our proprietary engine.

  Guild Wars 2 | Heart of Thorns | Path of Fire

  • Developed our non-linear creature model/retargeting pipeline for production, as well as our creature tinting system.
  • Concepted and modelled key creatures for multiple expansions.
  • Authored multiple iconic characters and art assets, including: NPCs, armours, outfits, hair and face variants.
• CHARACTER ARTIST Jul 2008 - Jan 2013
  MONOLITH Productions, WB Games | Kirkland, USA

  Shadow of Mordor | Unannounced | LotR: War in the North | Unannounced | F.E.A.R. 2

  • Under the Art Director, helped drive character art pipeline, direction and production for Unannounced Project
  • Created several Animation tools and production systems for characters, including: FaceRig, AutoLipsync, AutoSkin(tool), AssetLibrary, and multiple in-game systems like Modular character customization and facial/ structural deformations. These Systems were later implemented onto 'Shadow of Mordor' to bring life onto Orcs/ Nemesis system.
  • Created several creature and character assets for multiple games, including: in-game, cinematics, prototyping and promotional content.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

• MASTER'S DEGREE TUTOR (Remote) FEB 2019 - APR 2023

  ANIMUM Creativity Advanced School - Malaga, Spain

• BFA ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR SEP 2017 - JAN 2019

  DigiPen Institute of Technology - Seattle, USA

• CO-FOUNDER (Inie Studio), Design + Art SEP 2015 - DEC 2017

  CAMP 3 STUDIOS - Seattle, USA