Experience

• Unreal Engine Technical Artist at Moshpit

  Lahore, PK

  December 2021 - October 2024

  Shaders - Wrote shaders for characters, environments, PBR materials, post-processing materials, particle systems, UI and gameplay. Also integration of shaders with systems made with Blueprints and C++.
  
  Crowd - Worked on crowd cloth variation system and on its optimization through shaders. Also worked on the crowd vertex animation pipeline.
  
  Procedural Generation - Procedural scene and animation generation of the Moshpit's Archives Room.
  
  Pipelines
  
  ● Worked on the characters' optimization and vertex animation pipelines and worked with programmers for the optimized characters' integration pipeline in the playable version.
  
  ● Developed an experimental GeoNodes-Unreal pipeline which utilizes VATs for its optimization.
  
  Scripting - Wrote different scripts for camera sequences like normalizing the camera speed and re-positioning the sequences in the level.
  
  Systems - Developed an audio-reactive DMX lights system.
  
  FX - Concert stage and concert environment effects e.g. fire and smoke, stylized explosions etc.
  
  Sequences and Rendering - Utilized Moshpit’s in-house tools that were built upon sequencer and Movie Render Queue and also made camera rigs and render presets for panoramic and stereoscopic rendering.
  
  Integrations - Effects integration in Moshpit's in-house effects system and integration of the concert systems like the fireworks, lighting, camera system, crowd, shaders and Metahuman in the new levels.
  
  Third-party Integrations
  
  ● Avaturn characters integration and customizations. ● MetaTailor workflow development with Unreal Engine’s Metahuman.

• 3D Artist/Designer at Meta Core Health

  Lahore, PK

  September 2021 - December 2021

  ● Created multiple 3d assets and environments (in Unity) for their VR neurofeedback system.
  
  ● 2d/3d concepting and designing for the narrative and the overall experience for their VR environment.

• Technical Artist/Tools Programmer at Quixel

  Islamabad, PK

  June 2020 - October 2020

  I worked on the Quixel Megascans Integrations Project.
  
  ● Enhanced, maintained and documented Quixel Bridge's Blender Integration/Plugin.
  
  ● Created Shader Setups for the Blender Integration.
  
  ● Implemented features like UDIMs and multi-material support in the integration.
  
  ● Collaborated with the Engineering (Bridge), Product, Support and QA Departments on cross-team tasks.