Melvin van Berkel

3D Artist

General

Name:                             Melvin van Berkel

Date of Birth:                september 12th 1993

Nationality:                   Dutch

Place of residence:    Amsterdam

E-Mail:                            Berkel.mvb[at]gmail.com

Education

Games & Interaction at HKU (University of the Arts Utrecht) - (2016 - 2021)

Graduated with a focus on 3D environments and texture art

Interactive games & media at Mediacollege Amsterdam - (2012 - 2016)

Graduated as a art generalist

Havo at Calland Lyceum Amsterdam - (2006 - 2011)

Profile Nature and Health

Work Experience

ICT recruiter at Peple&GO! (sep 2021 -  curent)

- Responsible for creating job listings

- Searching and contacting the right candidates for jobs

- Assisting the media team to design the online pressence of People&GO!

Designer at RijksLAB, Rijksmuseum (feb 2019 - jul 2019)

- Responsible for designing and prototyping digital innovation to enrich the visitor experience at the Rijksmuseum

- Researching and prototyping the user experience for a physical installation to visualise the events of the raid on midway

Game Art intern at Team6 Game Studio (sep 2018- jan 2019)

- Responsible for the creation and the cleaning of game assets for a mobile title

- Designing and moddeling stylised thematic outfits for the mobile game furriends

- Adjusting multiple modeled outfits to fit on different dog models

- Working with a 3rd party to make multiple appstore icons 

Game Art intern at Pillogames (sep 2015- jan 2016)

- Responsible for the creation of low poly assets for multiple game titles

- Designing and prototyping multiple games to be played with the pillo game controller

Game Art intern at Dutch Armed Forces Simulation center (feb 2015- jun 2015)

- Modelling and texturing of 3D assets to be used in the vbs simulation engine

- Assisting dutch military recruits in simulations

Skills

Skils: 3D Modeling, Unwrapping, Texturing, Visual Programming, Shaders, Implementation, 

Software: Unity, Unreal4, Autodesk Maya, Blender, Adobe Substance Designer,

Adobe Substance Painter, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere pro, Marmoset Toolbag 3,

Programming languages: C# for unity, Python

Languages: Dutch (Native), English (Fluent)

Hobbies and interests: Reading, Comics, Dungeons & Dragons (Player & DM), Video Games,

Dice collecting, Cycling

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