Name: Jan "Walter" Sluka (Walter is my internet nickname) Age: 22 Address: Libovicka 2167/7, Praha 6, Czech Republic Telephone: +420 608 425 810 E-mail: walter@nebulastation.net Website: www.nebulastation.net Skills: 3d graphics - 3d studio max (hi-poly/low-poly modeling, IK/FK animation, skinning, realistic lighting, mapping, texture baking...) 2d graphics - Paint Shop Pro / Photoshop knowledge of modern computer games and technologies they use (parallax mapping, HDR...) long experience with modding of first-person shooters (Half-Life, Quake III, Half-Life 2) making models exactly matching their references webdesign (including Javascript and PHP interactivity) experience with programming (Javascript, PHP, Maxscript...) hand drawing creativity - sketching my own designs of various stuff using DSLR camera I'm a fan of military science-fiction, particularly Battletech and Aliens Experience: 2008 2007 2006   2004 - work as 3d modeler at Bohemia Interactive working on Armed Assault 2 (currently cannot show models because of NDA) - contribution to MekTek team modifying MechWarrior4:Mercenaries (my work for them) - 3d/2d/concept artist of development team taking 2nd place in Build the Game contest organized by Microsoft (my work for them) - 1st place in scene contest on 3dstudio.cz server (my entry) - 1st place in 3-round speedmodeling contest 3dstudio.cz server (my entries) - website development for Wi-Fi connection provider - contribution to team working on StargateTC mod for Half-Life (my work for them) Portfolio: Blood Asp Mech from Battletech Model for use in MechWarrior4:Mercenaries. 3000 triangles budget, two 512x512 diffuse textures with alpha channel. Alpha is used to blend texture with player-selected camouflage. View : Render , Wireframe , Camouflages , Textures Models for Build the Game contest (2nd place) 400 triangles budget, diffuse textures. Ships are my own designs. Saturn rings skybox was rendered using free textures from internet. View :  Heavy Fighter - Texture , Light Fighter - Texture , Rocket - Texture , Wreck , Skybox Alien in corridor for horror scene contest (1st place) Alien is polygonally modeled and meshmoothed. Scene is rendered with VRay. Some details are added in 2d post-production. View :  Final Image , Head Detail , Head Reference 6-hour speedmodeling contest (1st place) Models from 3 6-hour rounds of speedmodeling. Topic of round 1 was ear, round 2 was helmet, round 3 was scooter. View :  Ear - Wireframe , Helmet - Wireframe , Scooter - Wireframe - Close-ups - Reference View models for StargateTC Half-Life mod 2000 triangles budget, diffuse textures. Franchi SPAS-12 pump-action shotgun and Ka-Bar 1211 army knife. View :  Shotgun - Texture - Reference , Knife - Texture - Reference Alarm clock Model from 2-hour speed modeling contest. View :  Render , Wireframe Postapocalyptic Dodge Ram Model from low-poly modeling contest of "cars suitable for use in Carmageddon". 2000 triangles budget, 1024x1024 diffuse and opacity textures. View :  Render , Wireframe , Texture , Reference Box for computer screen A box with texture which I created from my photos of real box. View :  Render , Texture Sojourner Mars Rover Model from low-poly modeling contest of robot models. 4000 triangles budget, 1024x1024 diffuse and bump textures. View :  Render , Wireframe , Texture , Reference Warrior from Claymore manga I used complicated material effects to render model looking as if it was a picture from manga. The render is without any 2d postproduction. View :  Render , Wireframe , Reference Paper model of Tatra 815 racing truck 3d model made to look as much as real paper model as possible. Rendered with VRay. View :  Render , Wireframe , Reference Hand-drawn pictures Scans of some of my hand-drawn pictures. Designs of my own non-canon Battletech mechs and other things. View :  Beholder Mech , Afterburner Mech , Knight Mech , Cortana , Space Station Videos (downloads from my website - about 1MB each) Several videos showcasing physically simulated truck suspension, shaky cam with motion blur, emulation of scene from movie and compositing of CGI into footage. View :  Racing Truck , Fighters in Asteroid Field , APC from Aliens , Composited Mech