About

Hello, I’m Mark Lemmons and I am a Game Artist & Designer, with a focus in UI and an Environment and Technical Art interest, living in Raleigh, NC. I have over 18 years experience in the video game/training simulator industry, not including my Associates of Applied Science in Digital Animation at the School of Communication Arts in 2006. I have worked on many environmental styles and types; From massive multi-player worlds, realistic simulation environments, to fantasy universes, complex UI/UX flows, and simple mobile apps. I’ve been actively part of many indie/modding teams, working on numerous different projects in my spare time. I enjoy coming up with new ideas and how to work out existing mechanics of a game to make them more fun and tackling technical hurdles that may arise during the project’s lifetime.

My goal is to work as an Artist on exciting games with an awesome team, because I have ample experience in 3D environments, lighting, and UI design; With a growing interest and understanding of game design, development, and project management.

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What I Do

UI / UX

Game Design

3D & Texturing

Level Design & Lighting

Photoshop
Unity
Unreal
Adobe XD
Figma
3dsMax
Substance Painter

Experience

2021 - Present
BKOM Studios
UI Integration Expert
  • Help design UI screens and guidelines
  • Create UX flows for smaller projects
  • Lead Unity UI integration for the UI team, helping assist when blockers occur
  • Helped put together training material for Unity UI to teach UI designers that are new to Unity

2014 - 2021
Drink Drank Drunk • Bar, Beer, & Wine Store
Co-Owner
  • Brand & web development
  • Bar inventory, staff, & business management
  • Event planning

2017 - 2021
Circadence
Technical Artist
  • Create & Optimize UI elements in Unity for flagship cyber security training suite
  • Design UI/UX screens, panels, and flows for new features using Adobe XD
  • Create mockups in Photoshop of the high fidelity UI and break out into spritesheets and create style guides for implementation

2016 - 2020
Freelance
Game Artist & Designer
  • Optimize 3D models to increase quality and performance in game engines or renders; Remodeling where needed
  • Create PBR materials with supporting textures; Design and implement UI assets
  • Improve lighting for lightmaps, as well as integrate reflection and light probes into scenes within game engines

2016 - 2017
9 Left Labs • Indie Team
Game Artist & Designer
  • Overhauled game graphics based off the original art wireframe
  • Designed, solved, and refined game design features
  • Launched marketing, website, and social media graphics and designs

2012 - 2016
Third Track
Artist
  • Built 3D art for training simulators developed for large clients
  • Designed and directed art production for a First Person Shooter, 3D Platformer(s), and top-down Dungeon Crawler for the studio; Illustrated 2D art for a mobile puzzle game and many other game concepts
  • Prepared UI for implementation on all projects requiring it, including a client project for iOS & Android devices
  • Demonstrated 3D modeling, texturing, level design, lighting, 2D UI design & implementation abilities; Performed the role of "Technical Artist" by working closely with the programmers

2012 - 2014
3DrunkMen • Indie Team
Game Artist, Designer, Producer, Project & Community Manager
  • Recruited team members for art, sound, and programming; Managed team as Project Manager & Producer to keep members on task, creating deadlines and milestones
  • Led development as Art Director & Game Designer; Prioritized aesthetic style, game flow, and features
  • Publicized game marketing, website, and social media; Headed community relations

2011 - 2012
Republic of Fun
Artist
  • Contributed as an Artist on multiple Facebook and iOS titles
  • Developed 3D models and textured asset; Created UI assets
  • Produced low and high poly models for use in a game engine or sprite renders

2007 - 2010
Lockheed Martin Virtual World Labs
Multimedia Design Engineer

2003 - 2009
Renegade Entertainment • Indie Team
Graphic Artist

2007
Icarus Studios
3D Artist • Internship

2004
Tech Triad
Web Designer • Internship

2005 - 2006
School of Communication Arts
Associates of Applied Science in Digital Animation
  • Major in Environmental modeling, lighting, and texturing
  • Minor in Character modeling, rigging, and animation
  • Won 2 Gallery Awards
  • Won the Animation Excellence Award

Recommendations

...Mark is an incredibly dedicated, professional and sincere guy and I have honestly never worked with anyone as thorough in outlining details, use cases, accessibility options and team guidance than him. In our last year together at Circadence, we were revising Project Ares for a new better version and Mark lead that development, he managed wireframe designs that included engineer/product owner feedback on every feature and set a style for other artists to follow and collaborate on...
Terry Maranda
Creative Director, Circadence
...Creativity is hard because you only know the right answer when you finally see it and often it feels like Mark is the one with the flashlight. I couldn’t even begin to list all the contributions Mark has made but can say that every single one of them was thoughtfully prepared, packaged, documented, diagrammed and ready for integration when he handed them over. It is because of his untiring efforts, and attention to technical detail, scene composition, etc. that we have been able to keep up a high level of momentum with such a small team...
Mike Everett
Principal Software Engineer, Circadence
...Mark is precise and he pays attention to each detail in every step of the processes. I saw him evolving his artwork during this almost four years we worked together and the increasing level of complexity he could handle behind his design solutions. He's a great team member, a guy who open-mindedly accepts criticism and evolve with them. He's also a super fun and easy going person!...
Ronaldo Pereira
Technical Artist, Circadence