Joshua Davison

3D Environment Artist

Osaka, Japan

josh.d.davison@gmail.com

Summary

I'm a Summa cum laude graduate in the Master of Art: Design and Technology (2022) program at Parsons School of Design. In this program, I studied Video Game Environment Art design.

I am very passionate about world-building and environmental storytelling. I have a trained eye for small details and a great sense of teamwork. I developed the demo for the Unreal Engine 3D action game TYPE ZERO as my Master Thesis project. I was responsible for combat design, environment art, UI/UX, sound design, and cinematics.

Seeking early career game environment art career opportunities.

Skills

Software proficiency

3ds Max

Blender

Maya

Photoshop

Substance 3D Painter

Unreal Engine

Quixel Mixer

Nomad Sculpt

Productions

- Video Game
  Wizardry Variants Daphne
- Year
  2024
- Role
  LQA Tester
- Company
  Active Gaming Media
- Video Game
  The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
- Year
  2025
- Role
  LQA Testers
- Company
  Active Gaming Media

Experience

Game Design Research Assistant at Parsons School of Design - Art, Media, Technology Program
January 2022 - May 2022
Instructed lessons in Unreal Engine 4 for undergraduate and graduate students covering topics such as: 3D modeling, texturing, event scripting, rigging, and shader programming.
LQA Tester at Active Gaming Media
Osaka, JP
July 2024 - Present
● Conduct compliance functionality testing for video games to ensure adherence to industry, local, and international

regulatory requirements.

● Create bug reports detailing the source of issues, steps to reproduce, recommended solutions, and supporting

video/image evidence.

● Translate and proofread game content to ensure linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance.

● Gained experience as a team leader by delegating tasks and optimizing workflow to meet strict deadlines.
3D Art Research Assistant at Parsons School of Design - Art, Media, Technology Department
New York
August 2021 - December 2021
Nurturing a group of 4-5 first and second year graduate students - supporting them with modular asset creation and world building in VR. Instruct students about level design, world building, prop creation. Lead online and in-person study groups and jamming sessions.

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