Technical Artist
Malmö
PC! I sometimes start playing a game on console but then I quickly realize that I could be playing something on the PC instead.
Never Gonna Give You Up.
Dartmoor! It was the first map I worked on so it’s a very special level for me.
Stuvade makaroner! I don’t think it has an English translation, but it is basically pasta cooked in milk. One bite would bring me right back to my childhood.
I know a lot of references from Scrubs.
My favorite item is probably the little origami dragon a friend made. As for least favorite I don’t really keep anything on my desk that doesn’t make me happy.
I’d like to learn how to prioritize what to learn.
Three games:
1. Pokémon Red/Blue
2. Diablo 2
3. Baldur’s gate: Dark Alliance 2
I’m a generalist Technical Artist so I do a bit of everything but when I have the option, I love working on VFX – so things like explosions, fire, smoke, wildlife or basically anything that is animated but not through bones.
It’s a small and silly thing but I loved doing the rat and squirrel particles for Hitman 3. I find it so satisfying to animate things with shaders and having things like that in the game helps breathe more life into the already very immersive levels.
I’m born and raised here in Sweden. It all started in a little village of 500 people and then I’ve moved to bigger and bigger towns/cities. I currently live in the huge city of Malmö with roughly 300k people – which I realize is a tiny city to a lot of people but given where I came from…
I like scrolling through Twitter and the Real Time VFX forum and seeing the effects people post from all over the world but honestly the most inspiring thing to me is just walking around the office and seeing all the amazing things people are working on.
Making something happen on the screen when the user presses a button is something I’ve enjoyed doing since I was little, and it never gets old to me. I might be biased but I also think good player feedback is one of the most important aspects of any game so being able to work on that while seeing all the other parts of the game coming together is just gold.
I sometimes like to make smaller VFX projects with the intention of learning some new technique or just because I get inspired to try something out. I’m trying to learn Danish. I play a fair bit of piano, mostly just for fun/relaxation, but learning a new song is always a fun little project.
Seeing Preach streaming HITMAN 3 after our release! I’ve been watching a lot of his World of Warcraft content and seeing him play something I had been part of making was a very bizarre experience for me.
“It’s not going to be perfect so you might as well just do it.” There are usually so many ways of doing something and this quote stuck with me and it definitely helps me get started on things rather than getting stuck planning for way too long.
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