Xiaokang(Sean) Hao

Material | Lighting | Modeling

EXPERIENCE

  • Novaby Ltd | 3D Artist

09.2020 - Current

Novaby provides 3D visualization services to customers especially focusing on AR. I’m responsible for modeling,

texturing, lighting, and rendering works.

Projects Examples:

① “DSA Holiday Experience” - An AR holiday experience in downtown Seattle - Responsible for

creating low-poly models and texture maps according to artistic direction from supervisors.

② “Manaland” - a series of 5 social, political, and environmentally themed AR scavenger hunts in

the 5 boroughs of NYC - Responsible for low-poly modeling and texture painting.

③ “TOTO” - Rendering works for bathroom products - Responsible for lighting and rendering

using C4D, and composing images in Photoshop.

④ “Black Hawk” - a mixed reality, art-music experience, and a community benefit project in the

Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco - Responsible for painting texture maps according

to reference and art concepts.

Software Used: Blender, Substance Painter, Maya, Unity, C4D, Photoshop

  • Ditto Technology(now “Luna Solutions”) | Material Artist

    05.2021 - Current - Part-time

    Ditto provides virtual try-on services to glasses brands. I’m working in the material team, and my work is about

    adjusting material shaders, maintaining and adding new shaders into the material library for future use. Also, I work

    closely with engineers to improve our workflow, such as testing new tools and reporting errors.

    Software Used: Blender, Photoshop

  • Studiox | Texture & Lighting Artist

    01.2018 - 05.2020

    “Sweet Friendship” - Short animated film - 2018

    Responsible for texturing, grooming, lighting, and compositing. Software: Maya, Mari, Nuke.

    Studiox is our school’s in-house studio program.

SKILLS

  • Primary Skills – Texture & Lighting,

  • Secondary Skills - Modeling, Compositing

  • Software - Blender, Maya, Substance Painter, Mari, Zbrush, Nuke, Photoshop, Unity

EDUCATION

  • Academy of Art University, San Francisco- MFA

2017 – 2020(spring)

Majoring Visual Effects, direction of texture&lighting

  •  Beijing Film Academy-Modern Creative Media College, Qingdao - BA

2011-2014

Majoring film art design

Awards and Honors

  • AAU Spring Show 2020 Visual Effects Short Film Category - Personal Short CG “Alien” - The Winner Prize

LANGUAGES

  • English and Mandarin