Paula Sánchez-Ferrero
Paula Sánchez-Ferrero
Associate Art Director @d3t || 3D Mentor
Madrid, Spain

Summary

I'm really passionate about 3D art and my artistic skills are mainly focused on 3D modeling and texturing. I've had the oportunity to work in more than 14 AAA titles already at elite3d, commissioned by other companies (most of them still protected under NDA). I've been working as a Lead and Supervising Artist in 6 of those projects, guiding the team technically and artistically, giving feedback and defining the workflows and pipeline we were going to follow to build up entire environments from the blockout stage to the final one.

In addition to this, I have also had the opportunity to work developing a tutorial for "Realistic Props Creation" for video games, as well as giving several Masterclasses, conferences and Mentorships to help the junior artists improve their skills.

I consider myself as a responsible employee and I enjoy working with other people as a team.
I'm looking forward to continue taking part in the AAA industry so that I can continue improving my skills and become a better artist and lead. My biggest ambition is to be part of a large company where I can further develop and improve my skills at the time I provide them with my trust and responsibility.

Education:
Video Games Development Degree, ESNE, Universidad Camilo José Cela,Madrid (2012-2016)
Advanced Certificate, University of Cambridge (2011)
Delf B2, L'Institute Français (2012)

Skills

Art DirectionEnvironment Design3D ModelingDigital SculptingEnvironment ModelingHard Surface ModelingProp ModelingTexturingGame DevelopmentLeadershipWorld BuildingTeam ManagementPBR TexturingCloth Simulation

Software proficiency

3ds Max
3ds Max
Maya
Maya
ZBrush
ZBrush
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Photoshop
Photoshop
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
TopoGun
TopoGun
xNormal
xNormal
Marmoset Toolbag
Marmoset Toolbag
UVLayout
UVLayout
Keyshot
Keyshot
Quixel Suite
Quixel Suite
World Machine
World Machine
Illustrator
Illustrator
After Effects
After Effects
Unity
Unity
Marvelous Designer
Marvelous Designer
SpeedTree
SpeedTree
Perforce
Perforce

Productions

    • Video Game
      The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Supervising 3D Environment and Prop Artist
    • Company
      elite3d
    • Video Game
      Evild Dead The Game
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      3D Art Director (Additional contribution)
    • Company
      Saber Interactive
    • Video Game
      Call of Duty: Vanguard
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      3D Project Lead
    • Company
      elite3d
    • Video Game
      The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Supervising Environment and Prop Artist
    • Company
      elite3d
    • Video Game
      Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Prop 3D Artist
    • Company
      elite3d
    • Video Game
      The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Supervising 3D Environment and Prop Artist
    • Company
      elite3d
    • Video Game
      Metro Exodus
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Prop 3D Artist
    • Company
      elite3d
    • Video Game
      Overkill's The Walking Dead
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      3D Environment and Prop Artist
    • Company
      elite3d
    • Video Game
      Call of Duty: WWII
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Prop 3D Artist
    • Company
      elite3d

Experience

  • Associate Art Director at d3t
    Madrid, ES
    September 2024 - Present

    As an Associate Art Director I work guiding a wide team of artists from different disciplines to create artwork that aligns with the specific art pillars of each project. Following the Art Director's advice and vision, I collaborate creating style guides, art bibles and any art documentation to help the team understanding the principles, rules and workflows of each project, while being in touch with other departments to ensure work meets all technical targets and frame rate restrictions.

    Some of my duties are to direct the team on establishing art benchmarks, collaborating with other Art Directors in defining the visual style of the games and participate on promoting pipelines, defining budgets and documenting them for the team.

    I also help to manage outsourcing artwork and to establish priority of work while scheduling the workload, as well as to ensure all artists have the appropriate conditions to complete their tasks.

  • Lead Artist at d3t
    October 2023 - August 2024

    As a Lead Artist I work guiding a wide team of artists on environment/prop artwork while being in touch with other departments to ensure work meets all technical targets and frame rate restrictions. Some of my duties are to establish art benchmarks, collaborating with Art Direction in defining the visual style of the games. I participate on promoting pipelines, defining budgets and documenting them for the team.

    I also help to manage outsource artwork and to establish priority of work while scheduling the workload, as well as to ensure all artists have appropiate conditions to complete their tasks.

  • 3D Director at Saber Interactive
    MADRID, ES
    February 2022 - September 2023

    My duty as a 3D Director is to make sure all of our 3D content meets the expected artistic and technical quality by setting up the desired standards and inspiring and motivating a large team of artists. I am in charge of all 3D Art departments structure, as well as the management of each of those next to the leads. At the same time, I am responsible for guiding the team in how to overcome issues not only towards the art content, but also to ensure the proper functioning and communication between departments.

  • Lead Environment & Prop Artist at elite3d
    VALENCIA, Spain
    January 2021 - December 2021

    I work as a Project Lead in a huge team responsible for creating 3D content for AAA games.

    My functions as a Lead are to establish quality benchmarks, define workflows and guide the artists along different pipelines while I give internal feedback. Apart from this, I am responsible for talking along with clients and partners as well as to keep doing art (environments and props) for the projects I work on.

  • Supervising Environment & Prop Artist at elite3d
    VALENCIA, Spain
    January 2019 - January 2021

    I'm in charge of guiding a small video games' team technically and artistically by giving them feedback and defining the workflows and pipeline we are going to follow to build up entire environments from blockout stage to the final looking one.

  • 3D Environment and Prop Artist at elite3d
    Valencia, Spain
    October 2016 - January 2019

  • 3D Generalist at Immersive Interactive
    Madrid, Spain
    July 2014 - October 2014