John Blythe
3D Environment Artist
About me:
I've been a 3D Artist for 20+ years now. I started as a probationary Artist with Gremlin Interactive way back in 2000 after I'd spent sometime in QA testing all manner of games from Actua Ice Hockey 2, Actua Soccer 3, Motorhead to Hardwar and Tanktics.
Infogrames bought Gremlin soon after my probation period and my very first game was Wacky Racers - an exclusive title for a new next gen console called 'Dreamcast'.
In 2003 Infogrames (now called Atari after being bought out) closed the studio and I was given the opportunity to join the Electronic Arts studio based in Chertsey, Surrey.
The rest you can probably glean from looking through the Software History page :-)
Other interests include cycling (mainly mountain bike off-road trails). Movies, lots of movies usually of the action/scifi/fantasy genres. TV, lots of TV shows. Similar to movie genres. Big fan of Doctor Who, Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate, Foundation, Lord of the Rings, The Orville, MCU movies and TV the list is endless. Also into Retro gaming and have a large collection of old consoles and computers including..... Vectrex, Atari Jaguar, CD32, Megadrive, SNES, Wii, Evercade, mini-consoles, old tabletop games, again too many to mention here. I am also a confirmed Nintendo fanboy and proud of it. ;-)
Favorite games: ELITE series, Legend of Zelda series, Doom (1-2-3-2016-Eternal), R-Type (Arcade), Rastan (Arcade), Metroid Prime series, Super Mario Bros. (various), Burnout series, Mario Kart series.
EDUCATION
Sheffield City School.
Sight and Sound College (Office/Secretarial) Course Pass Achieved.
5 'O' Level passes in Art/Geography/English/English Literature/Technical Design, 1 CSE (Certificate of Standard Education) pass in Maths and 1 CEE (Certificate of Extended Education) pass in Communication & Design.
INFORMATION
Date of birth: 5th August 1970
Status: Single
Driving License: Yes (Clean)
Currently living in Guildford (UK)
RECOMMENDATIONS (View my Linkedin profile to see more)
"I had the pleasure of working with John on several projects during my time at EA. He is an extremely capable artist, with a wealth of experience across multiple game genres and platforms. I always found that he delivered high quality artwork on time and within the budgets dictated by the technical brief. He is also a great team player and a very easy guy to both work with and manage. I always regarded him as a valued team member and enjoyed working with him immensely."
- Ian Palmer, Art Director, Electronic Arts, managed John at Electronic Arts.
“John is an exceptionally talented artist. During the time I have worked with John, I have found him to be very thorough in his execution, which has shown on many occasions how considered he is in his approach to problem solving. It is quality and reliability that John has always provided at EA. This in turn has given everybody that has worked with John (both internally and externally) a great sense of trust in his artistic ability.
With regards to outsourcing, John has always understood the importance of distributed development for our studio, and has help develop strong collaborative relationships on so many of our project engagements. He is creative, methodical, dedicated and hardworking - a real craftsman in every sense.”
- Paul Dibden, Outsourcing Manager, Electronic Arts worked directly with John at Electronic Arts.
"I have worked with John for over seven years at Electronic Arts but managed him directly on "Spare Parts" where he held the position of Environment Lead. John is a fantastic artist who's passion, dedication and desire to achieve the best possible results make him a fantastic addition to any game team. As a lead artist he is organised, methodical and possesses a great understanding of the tools and techniques to create next generation games. He is highly experienced in external production and has successfully managed and mentored artists of varying abilities. He would be a true asset to any company and I have no hesitation in recommending him."
- Lee Sullivan, Art Director, Electronic Arts has been Johns Manager at Electronic Arts.
SKILLS
Work extensively with MAYA, Photoshop, Substance Painter, Perforce and Unreal Engine.
Have some experience with Z-Brush and Substance Designer.
Low Poly modelling and High Poly work.
Low Poly optimization and LODs.
