KRISTEN CARTER
CHARACTER ARTIST
PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW
Kristen Carter Ogles has successfully turned a childhood love of crayons and stories into a legit career. Known for her skill in creating stylized characters, she is currently Senior 3D Character artist on Spellbreak, where she played a key role in developing the look and creation of Spellbreak’s unique characters.
Kristen joined Proletariat in 2015, and since has worked on multiple projects across multiple game platforms. Previously, she spent eight years as an instructor for film and game character creation at Full Sail University, which explains her diverse modeling skill sets and unconventional approach to character art.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior 3D Character Artist
Proletariat Inc, Boston MA | January 2015 - Present
Senior 3D Character Artist – Spellbreak (playspellbreak.com)
Created over 100 characters, including all base models used for cosmetic production
Oversaw outsource cosmetic development
Concepts for palette and texture swaps
R&D to develop the character style and overall workflow
Created all documentation, art tests, for onboarding and outsource production
Senior Character Artist - Streamline (proletariat.com)
Created characters, blend shapes, and clothing for customization system with over 400 items
Created textures and materials
Rigging, weighting and integration into Unreal
Cosmetic concepts
2D/3D Artist - World Zombination (proletariat.com)
Created high sculpts and low poly characters
Map baking and texture creation
2D paint overs for key art
Designed skins for legendary and mythic characters
Course Director – Portfolio Content Creation
Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL | 2006 - 2014
· Managed Student Character Modeling discipline within the Computer Animation program
· Art director for all students specializing in character art focus
· Asset creation for lectures, tutorial videos, VR demos, and art tests
· Responsible for lecture content catered to both remote and on-campus students
Lead Character Artist – Project Sampta
Playblast Studios, Winter Park, FL | 2012 – 2013
Created character models for animated short
Manage and direct junior modelers
Freelance Character Artist
Full Sail Institute for Research and Entertainment, Winter Park, FL | 2009 – 2010
Character modeling and texturing for children’s television pilot
Freelance Artist
Immediate Mode Interactive, Longwood, FL | 2008
Created characters for company avatar system
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Computer Animation
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL 1999 - 2006
Associate of Science
Computer Animation
Full Sail University
Winter Park, FL 2003 - 2004
SOFTWARE
Autodesk Maya and Mudbox
Pixologic Z-Brush
Substance Suite
Unreal 4
Adobe Photoshop/After Effects
Procreate
Marvelous Designer
SKILLS
Character Modeling and Texturing
Digital Sculpting
Creating Realtime Texture Maps
Blend Shape Creation
Strong Anatomical Knowledge
Basic Rigging
Outsource Supervision
R&D
Teaching and Mentoring
SPEAKER EXPERIENCE
April 2021 – LA Film School
“Behind Spellbreak’s Characters”
April 2020 - She Geeks Out Virtual Fair
February 2020 – Game Developer’s Conference
“Light and Lines: Creating Cel-Shaded Characters for Spellbreak”
November 2018 – Brown/RISD Game Development Guest Lecture Series
January 2017 - Boston Festival of Indie Games
Character Customization Presentation
Proletariat Industry Panel
November 2016 - Mount Ida College
Women In Games Panel
November 2016 - Full Sail University
Character Customization Presentation
July 2016 - Museum of Science, Boston
International College and Career Fair
July 2016 - Girls Make Games
Q & A with young game developers
June/July 2016 - Massachusetts Digital Games Institute
Critique sessions on two occasions for multiple student indie game projects
April 2016 - Northeastern University
Game Developers Club Panel
February 2016 - Women in Games Boston
Proletariat Women in Industry Panel
May 2015 - Full Sail University
Forum presentation on Character Development and Pipeline
July 2014 - XFactor (Women in Industry Group), Full Sail University
Panel comprised of women in various tech industries