Su-Cheng Wu

475 Redwood Street #1104, San Diego, CA 92103 wsuchengwu@such3d.com w 1-415-407-3243 w www.such3d.com

Summary and Objective

            Extensive production experiences in creating HD PS3 cinematic 3D assets. As SCEA UV and Texture Supervisor, I specialized in realism Texturing for computer generated cinematic and current generation computer games.  To date (2008), I have worked on 5 shipped SCEA titles, with experience on both big budget (Killzone E3, Lair PS3: 14 minutes) and economical budget (Socom PS2/PSP: 20 minutes) projects. Capable of hands-on production and project supervising, with proven skills in bidding, training, leading and motivating team productivity.  Using Photoshop, ZBrush and Maya camera projection to create high-resolution (4~8k), accurate, detailed, and compelling textures that follow the concept art. Created 3D models for both pre-rendered cinematic and in game models with Level of Details. Experienced in painting all textures with all correct layer breakdowns, including color, bump, specular, scatter weight, cavity and other different types of maps for different shader requirements. Substantial hands-on and supervising experience in creating all 9 different texture maps required for Mental Ray’s Subsurface Scattering Shader, for different races’ photo-realistic human face, body and hands. (NBA 2008, Socom and Lair). Co-authored the SCEA in-house SSS document. Also responsible for texturing many hero objects in extreme HD cinematic close up shots, re-paint 4k cinematic textures matching to 1k real-time maps, including Lair PS3's Hero Dragons (cinematic), human faces, armors, helmets, weapons, clothes, hanging carpets, tileable floor, landscape elements for Matte Paintings and close up rocks and cave walls.

            As an internal SCEA Texture Supervisor, I have experience working with a fully functional, on-site SCEA photography and high-end scanning, photogrammetry studio to acquire raw data that meets both the Art Director’s vision, and apply these data in CG production.  I’m also experienced in the execution and integration of assets produced by internal and outsourced external team. Experienced in painting texture direction’s visual communication documents, produced a lot of starter maps to speed up the team’s work, and written many texturing pipeline and technical documents regarding realism texturing for SCEA. I also created many marketing material (not limited to texturing), able to visually sell and communicate our services to clients, ranging from SCEA PD, SCEE to SOE. I am extremely deadline conscious, work very well with producers and managers, scaling my team’s production resources in relation to the allocated budget and meeting the appropriate quality expectation.  I attend GDC Outsource Summit annually. I am fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese. Goal is to be an all around, high quality 3D Assets and Textures Supplier.

Professional Experience

Texture Supervisor, Full Time with VISA Sponsorship Oct 2007 – Present

Sony Computer Entertainment America, Visual Art Service Group

Public Company: 1001 – 5000 Employees; 1^st Party Computer Game Developer

• Currently working on cinematic development for 4 of the prime SCEA and SCEE IPs.
• Worked on SCEA VASG: Digital Models Group outsource practice preparation.
• Delivered 18 photo-real real-time heads for SOE, 5 weeks turn-around (48 maps), team of 6.
• Participated in the integration of SCEA DMG's studio/scanning and traditional modeling and texturing pipeline. Worked with Studio Leads on acquiring Texture Photography on human and props.
• Created Studio Facial Texture Shot list, and Document on "good and bad facial texture shot: A simple guide".
• Participated in Photogrammetry tests with leading studio experts, deriving data from Stereo Photogrammetry.
• Offered SCEA VASG Texture support, demo, work flow and techniques to SCEE (Europe), on unannounced next-gen PS3 games.
• Supervised, built and documented the Texturing Pipeline for SCEA Visual Art Service Group.
• Supervised and co-authored the following documents, VASG Pipeline/Technique Orientation Book: DMG Work Flow, DMG Outsource Guide, Modeling Texturing Work Flow Chart, Texture Delivery Procedure, Model Delivery Procedure, UV Delivery Guidelines, Scanned Model ZBrush Re-mesh Chart, Projection in Maya within Temerity, Projection in ZBrush within Temerity, Z Brush Mask From Color, ZBrush Bump and Cavity Map, Map_Driven Sub-surface Scattering Shader V2 and how to paint all its 9 maps.

Texture Lead, Full Time with VISA Sponsorship (10 months) Feb 2007 – Nov 2007

Sony Computer Entertainment America, VASG: Digital Models Group

Public Company: 1001 – 5000 Employees; 1^st Party Computer Game Developer

• Supervised Texture Department’s Pipeline Transitions (Adopting Zbrush Projection via network and Temerity integration and protocols)
• Managed 5+ artists and delivered PS3 NBA 2008 Intro Cinematic's mental ray SSS shaders/maps (face and body/128 maps).
• Supervised the shader delivery for the same project's Arena Texture and Shaders.
• Created Texture requirements and technical documents supporting the outsource vender for NBA 2008’s intro Cinematic
• Supervised and Hands-on creating SCEA Universal Hand Textures
• Supervised Discovery Channel's CG human project's textures, a project using Zbrush and Scanned data.
• Supervised texture and material development for PS2 slim, PS3 controlers for SCEA Gamer's day presentation.
• Supervised the creation of DMG Texture Department Demo reel.
• Improved the Map-Driven Mental Ray Sub-surface Scattering Shader V2 maps by adding new facial primary and secondary specular and Zbrush bump maps.
• Created library sample maps for Metal (Color/Bump/Spec), Human Skin (MR SSS v.2 Color, Bump, Primary Spec, Secondary Spec, Epidermal, Subdermal, Backface scatter, Hold out), Wood, Fabric, Leather, Rubber, Environment.
• Hands-on execution of creating many hero textures for Lair PS3 Cinematic
• Painted all landscape elements in support of the in-house Matte Painting Lead for Lair PS3 Cinematic

Texture Artist/ Modeler (1 year 4 months) 2 Continuous Contracts Jan 2006 – Apr 2007

Sony Computer Entertainment America, Cinematic Solutions Group

Public Company: 1001 – 5000 Employees; 1^st Party Computer Game Developer

• Lair PS3 Cinematics (14 minutes CG): Texture Artist, UV Lead, Deputy Character Texture Lead (Texture team size: 14, SCEA CG Production Team size: 200+)
  Textured: Hero Dragons' Head, wounded Plains Dragon map, 4K Human Face maps (Mental Ray’s SSS Shader) and many close up props and hero environment objects. Base on concept, re-painted the 4K cinematic texture from scratch, matching the exact texture and design to the 1k game textures. Created base metal texture for use on all armors.
  
  
• Killzone Liberation E3 Trailer (2 minutes CG): 3D Modeler, UV Lead, Texture Artist
  In-house Modeler, both modeled from scratch and reviewed outsourced models and executed improvements. UV Lead with hands on UV experience, approving UVs for Normal Mapping, 4K Texturing. Environment and Character Texture Artist. Provided UV training for the current SCEA Cinematic UV Lead.
  
  
• Socom PS2/PSP Cinematic (20 minutes CG): Texture Artist, UV Lead

Created 4K Face maps for cinematic characters (Mental Ray ‘s Subsurface Scattering Shader, 6 types of maps per character) Textured Camos, military props, gears.

Technical Knowledge Base

Software Skills:	Skill Name	Experience
	Maya	Since 2001
	Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator After Effect	Since 1998 Since 1998 Since 2003
	Unfold 3D (UV) Headus UV Layout	Since 2005 Since 2006
	Z-Brush	Since 2005

Education and Honors:

Academy of Art University

Bachelor of Fine Arts: 3D Computer Graphics ( 4 yrs Full-Time)

All 3 of my final projects were selected as Best Graduate Works featured in

AAU US TV Commercials 2005

Recommendations and Reference

“Su-Cheng is someone that I can always depend on for true leadership, artistically and professionally. His hunger to be the best inspires those around him and encourages the managers to provide the very best. He is a tremendous artist and business man with talent and passion - 2 things that are hard to come by.”

Top qualities: Great Results, High Integrity, Creative

By: Audrey Ghaemmaghami AudreyGami@aol.com

Assoc. Production Supervisor SCEA
Hired Su-Cheng as a CG Artist in 2005

“SuCheng is an advocate for quality and efficiency. I cannot say enough about his work ethic and tenacity for great performance. In a teamwork environment, support and communication has been his greatest contributions. His artistic and technical knowledge matched with business sense would make a great asset for any company.”

By: Emer Tanciatco emer@cox.net

Texture Artist SCEA
Currently: Art Director/ Paleo Entertainment

“Su-Cheng Wu is a pleasure to work with. He is a very efficient, innovative, and talented texture artist. He has a great eye for detail and is a great source of creative energy. He would be a valuable asset in any production environment.”

By: Paulette Richardson Pbrpdrrich@hotmail.com

Texture Artist SCEA
Currently: Full-Time Texture Artist Ubisoft-Montreal

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