Leo Skinner is an environment artist who pursues the creation of high-fidelity, photorealistic game art. Having studied game art for 3 years thus far, Leo has quickly developed a plethora of complex skills and techniques during university, producing a range of quality artworks accompanied by high achieving grade results. He continuously iterates and improves upon his abilities, consistently refining his skillset as a game artist to a higher degree of quality both aesthetically and technically. Leo is a focused, goal-orientated individual who works hard to continuously meet deadlines, improve upon work, and pursue convincing photorealism within the restrains of real-time rendering.

Leo has found success in his game artwork outside of university, reaching the final of the Sumo Digital Rising Star competition 2020 in the Environment Art category. This achievement further drove Leo to continue the pursuit of highly believable photorealism, inspiring a continued effort to strengthen skills and broaden his abilities as a games artist.

"For my GMP, I settled on creating one large environment that would encompass as many of the 3D game art skills and abilities I developed during my three years at university. I wanted to produce a piece that felt bright, vibrant, and lively, giving me full opportunity to showcase my aesthetic abilities as an artist and my depth of technical knowledge relevant to the game art development pipelines.

The Royal Hearts Casino does exactly this. The scene demonstrates numerous skillsets and techniques, and shows off my abilities to produce high fidelity, photoreal game art. The final product is a successful conclusion to my journey producing artwork at university, setting a new high level of quality for myself to surpass with future works I produce as a developing games artist."

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