Chris Waller
Chris Waller
Artist, Art Director, Technical Artist
Horsham, United Kingdom

Summary

I worked on the Total War game series between 2003 and 2023, making many games in various roles along the way.
I'm a broadly skilled generalist 3d and 2d artist, and I have 10+ years leadership experience in specialist teams, projects, and departments.
I would call myself an art director who is also pretty technical. Or a tech art director who is pretty artistic.

Most recently I was leading and mentoring the project art directors on Total War at Creative Assembly. I really enjoy the leadership and development of people and teams to exceed their goals, and creating amazing, rich and interesting worlds of content, and systems to make them come alive.

My love of illustration and concept design ensures I'm often making side projects, either small games or pieces of whimsical art for my own amusement.

Relevant recent work is mostly under NDA but I can organise it on request.

Skills

Art DirectionConcept ArtConcept DesignDigital PaintingIllustration3D ModelingDigital SculptingTexturingSculptingDrawingLeadershipShadersPython ScriptingTexture BakingProcedural ContentPipeline and art production

Software proficiency

3ds Max
3ds Max
After Effects
After Effects
Blender
Blender
Houdini
Houdini
Modo
Modo
Corel Painter
Corel Painter
Photoshop
Photoshop
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Designer
Marmoset Toolbag
Marmoset Toolbag
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
ZBrush
ZBrush
Unity
Unity
xNormal
xNormal
Python
Python
Godot
Godot
EmberGen
EmberGen