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About

Hi! I’m Toby, a 2D and 3D game art student based in Nova Scotia, Canada.

I have a passion for storytelling, art, and crafting immersive experiences. I’m currently studying to develop my skills as an artist, leader, and game developer.

When I’m not designing or brainstorming ideas, I enjoy exploring creative projects, learning new skills, or just simply playing a game. I’m always looking for ways to grow both professionally and personally every day.

Feel free to check out my work and reach out if you’d like to collaborate or chat!

Software I use

Resume

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Blender Render

Unity Render

Subway Model

This was the final project from my first year Game Engine class. It is a model of a 81-740/741 train that I had to re-create from an assigned reference image. The goal of the assignment was to create a looping environment within Unity. I made the model within Blender and textured it in Substance Painter.

Blender Viewport with No Textures

Wireframe

Reference Image

Unity Render

Live Demo

Title Screen Demo

For this project the goal was to create a fully functional and polished Title Screen within Unity. All of the 3D assets were made by myself in Blender, and they were textured in Substance Painter. I originally wanted to implement this into my other project, "Cybercitic", but we ran out of time.

Concept Art

Tower Model in Substance Painter

Unity Viewport

Full Playthrough

Cybercitic

This was a project that I worked on with a programmer from our sister course. Together we created an upgrade game over the course of 11 weeks using a biweekly sprint-based workflow. I created all of the 2D and 3D assets visible in the game, and also helped with sound design.

Early Progress Shots

Backgrounds

Player Sprites & Placeholders

Still Render

Walk Cycle

Character Model

For this project, my main goal was to learn Blockbench and fully design, model, rig, and animate a character. I went with something slightly higher poly than the average Blockbench model
but I am happy with how it turned out. I also used this character in Cybercitic, though not in 3D.

Concept Art

Progress Shot

Character in Blockbench Viewport

Fruit Dash

I worked with two of my classmates on this game jam, where we only had 48 hours to make this game since we missed the first day. I made the player character, all its animations, main level layout, and UI elements.

Character Run Animation

Level Layout

Wireframe

Rig

Concept Sketch

Landscape Painting

This is an illustration I made for my Fine Arts certificate program. I made this in Clip Studio Paint while I still had my old intuos drawing tablet.

Youtube Banner Illustration

I made this illustration for a youtube channel banner. The content creator primarily made TF2 content so I based the characters off of their loadouts in-game. I made this in Clip Studio Paint and based it off of the Source Film Maker steam banner (which is also based off of 'The Creation Of Adam' painting).

Character Sprites and Boat

Water and Grass Tileset

Rising Tides Pixel Art

I was initially in a team with two students from the Game Programming course in this game jam, but we all got too busy with finals and had to drop out. Despite that, I made some stuff that I was proud of while we were still in it.

Idle Animation

Walking Animation

Misc Animation

PS1 Style Character Model

This is a character model that I made for my Game Engine class. This project had the goal of teaching us the basics of rigging and animation in Blender, while also making a fun PS1 style character. The character is based on a reference that I drew last year and I touched up the textures in Aseprite. I am pretty happy with how the animations turned out and I learned a lot about rigging in the process.

Rig Front View

Rig Side View

Wireframe

Blender Render 1

Blender Render 2

Character Model 3

This project was the final for both my Game Asset and Game Engine classes. The goal was to create an engine-ready character complete with rigging, shapekeys, and animation. I made everything in Blender and used the Ucupaint addon to create the textures. There were a lot of learning curves involved with creating this character, like having to deal with getting multiple layers of clothing to follow the original body skin weighting. Overall I think it turned out well and I am very proud of it.

Character Implemented Into Unity with Shape Key Expressions

Body Sculpt Blockout

Untextured Character

Texture Sheet 1

Texture Sheet 2

Rig

Wireframe

Shapekey Expression Examples

Shield Turntable

Gun Turntable

Sword Turntable

Stylized Weapon Set

This was what I made for my 3D Software class. I wanted to create three hand-painted props in Blender using Ucupaint, which I had not used before. I referenced games like Sea of Thieves to try and figure out the general shape that I wanted my props to have, and I had to learn how to paint textures onto 3D models with no prior experience. I am happy with how the props turned out.

Shield Still Render

Gun Still Render

Sword Still Render

Shield Concept Art

Gun Concept Art

Sword Concept Art

Shield Wireframe

Gun Wireframe

Sword Wireframe

Shield Texture Sheet

Gun Texture Sheet

Sword Texture Sheet

Still Renders

Swing Animation With VFX

Stylized Spear Prop

This was a small personal project I made for a weekly challege set up by one of my teachers. I was working on my weapon set at the time and wanted to make an extra prop using the same workflow. I also learned how to create a simple weapon swipe effect in Blender.

Texture Sheet

Wireframe

Game Page Link

Dwarf Game

This was a game that me and four other classmates worked on for our Game Dev class. I was the project manager and a supporting artist for the group. We had 3 months to create a local co-op game that was fun and feature complete. There were plenty of unforseen challenges during development but we still managed to create a finished product despite that. The main art related things I made for this game were the character designs, models, and animations along with some VFX and extra UI elements.