Gabriella DeJesus

Environment Artist

New York City , United States

Summary

***OPEN TO WORK***Hi! My name is Gabby, and I'm an environment artist. I started my career back in 2021 in the film industry as a CG Generalist. Some TV shows I worked on were Westworld, She-Hulk, Fear the Walking Dead, The Diplomat, The Walking Dead World Beyond, and a few others. I had such an awesome time learning and creating. However, I always wanted to be in the game industry.

I originally started my education at the School of Visual Arts, which was more film-focused and in the city where I lived. Once I graduated and during my time at VFX studios, I took a few courses at CG Master Academy. This is where I had the opportunity to take classes to learn game workflows and Unreal Engine. The classes I took were Organic World Building for Games with Anthony Vacarro, Environment Art for Games with Peyton Varney, Unreal Engine Modular Environments with Clinton Crumpler, Vegetation and Plants for Games with Jarad Sabotta, The Art of Lighting for Games with Adriano Grasso, and Realtime VFX for Games with Josh Parker. All of these classes had a huge impact on my growth as an artist.

Eventually, after my first CGMA class, I started working in virtual production-based studios, where I worked on assets and environments, working primarily in Unreal Engine.

Throughout my career, I always made it a point to continue to learn and improve on my current skill set. This is where, over the years, I took the opportunity to be a part of a few mentorship programs. These mentorships helped me so much with pushing my skillset and helping me focus on some aspects of my portfolio that needed improvement.

Eventually, I took part in mentoring too! Women in Animation is the first organization that welcomed me to mentor senior students and recent graduates. Here is where I focused on sharing networking tips, learning resources for 3D artists, mock interviews, and more to help them kickstart their careers. After that, I then created a free mentorship on my own, choosing 10 artists who are 1-2 years post-graduation, specializing in environment art or prop art. This was such a cool experience. Thanks to the Substance 3D Team, I was able to get all mentees ( both from my WIA group and my own separate mentees) free Substance licenses for up to 1 year!

I am now currently taking a break from work and mentoring at the moment to focus on my own portfolio now.

Skills

Software proficiency

Unreal Engine

Maya

ZBrush

Substance 3D Painter

SpeedTree

Photoshop

Substance 3D Designer

Productions

- Video Game
  League of Legends World's 2023
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Created assets for Previs
- Company
  POSSIBLE
- Movie
  It's What's Inside
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Asset artist
- Company
  Such Content
- Commercial / Advertisement
  Corepower
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Modeler, Hair/Statue Sculptor, Texture artist, Asset Artist, Created Gym asset
- Company
  Impossible-Objects
- Commercial / Advertisement
  Corepower
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Modeler, Hair/Statue Sculptor, Texture artist, Asset Artist, Created Gym asset,
- Company
  Impossible-Objects
- Commercial / Advertisement
  Alienware
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Set Dress, Modeler
- Company
  Impossible-Objects
- TV Production
  The Diplomat
- Year
  2023
- Role
  CG Generalist - Modeling, Look Development
- Company
  FuseFX
- TV Production
  Class of 09'
- Year
  2023
- Role
  CG Generalist - Modeling, Look Development
- Company
  FuseFX
- TV Production
  She Hulk
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Set Dress (temp)
- Company
  FuseFX
- TV Production
  Dark Winds
- Year
  2022
- Role
  CG Generalist - Modeling, Look Development
- Company
  Alkemy X
- TV Production
  Westworld Season 4
- Year
  2022
- Role
  CG Generalist - Modeling, Look Development
- Company
  Alkemy X
- TV Production
  The Wilds Season 2
- Year
  2022
- Role
  CG Generalist - Lighting
- Company
  Alkemy X
- TV Production
  The Walking Dead World Beyond Season 2
- Year
  2021
- Role
  CG Generalist - Modeling, Look Development
- Company
  Alkemy X
- TV Production
  Fear the Walking Dead Season 7
- Year
  2021
- Role
  CG Generalist - Modeling, Blood FX, Look Development
- Company
  Alkemy X

Experience

Lead 3D Artist at Bad Ass Studios Ltd.
US
November 2024 - August 2025
Creating architectural and organic assets to be ingested into Unreal Engine

Responsible for Model, texture, UV, optimization, implementation, set dressing, and world-building. Responsible for team organization, attending daily meetings, and client communication. Took part in the hiring process for new candidates.
Unreal Engine Artist at POSSIBLE
New York
August 2023 - September 2023
- Worked on an unreleased game as an asset and texture artist

- Worked on Previs assets for Worlds 2023

- Create models in preparation for ingest in Unreal Engine 5

- Optimize and UV assets
Asset Artist at Such Content
New York, US
June 2023 - December 2023
Modeled and UV’d assets using Maya and ZBrush for an upcoming short film, "It's What's Inside"
Texture Artist at Illuminarium Experiences
New York, US
June 2023 - August 2023
Utilizing Maya and Substance Painter to texture assets using procedural workflows and painting textures.
Jr Unreal Asset/ Environment Artist at Impossible-Objects
Manhattan Beach
October 2022 - April 2023
- Responsible for environment building using UE5.1

- Create Assets in Maya and Zbrush

- Texture and UV assets

- Assigning Materials to Assets for look development and troubleshooting in Unreal Engine 5.1

- Lighting using Unreal Engine

- Working Collaboratively with the team to complete projects

- Worked on advertisements and internal projects
CG Generalist at FuseFX
New York, United States of America
May 2022 - September 2022
-Model Assets using Maya

-Textured Assets using Substance Painter

-Some Lighting in Houdini
Jr CG Generalist at Alkemy X
New York , United States of America
August 2021 - May 2022
-Modeled assets using Maya

-Lighting and animating scenes using Houdini

-Textured assets in Substance Painter

-Worked on some FX in Houdini

-Look Dev’d assets in Houdini
Founding Member at 3D MODELING CLUB AT THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ART
New York City , United States of America
September 2020 - May 2022
Plan and organize events on Zoom.

Manage the Club's social media.

Connect with SVA Alumni and industry professionals to meet with club members in a guest lecture session that pertains to 3D Modeling through Zoom.
Mentor at M.A.R.S MENTOR AT THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS
New York City , United States of America
August 2020 - May 2022
Help Mentees with anything pertaining to 3D modeling and texturing for the Mentorship and Relationship Services club Aid anyone who seeks help on homework or personal projects in regards of 3D Modeling, Texturing, After Effects and compositing in Nuke.
Video editor at Department Of Citywide Administration
New York City
May 2019 - June 2020
Constructed title cards and posters using Adobe Illustrator for use in internal DCAS training and information sessions, external events, and guest speaker presentations. Compiled videos and information into video presentations using Adobe After Effects.

Reviewed footage, helped select sequencing, and edited the first composition with the producer’s approval.

Assisted team on set with shooting promotional videos for the City of New York.
Stage Designer at AVS Production Company
Bronx , United States
December 2019 - January 2020
Freelance stage design layout for the super bowl of 2020, both in 2D and 3D.

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