NUNO MOTA
3D Tech and
Generalist
Portfolio
Born in Porto, Portugal, since an early age I got into technology. 15+ years of experience in 3D modelling, texturing, rigging, animating, lighting, and 7+ years in major optimisations, keeping the high qualify of a project, and improving visuals through custom solutions.
SKILLS
- 3D modeling, texturing, rigging, lighting, unwrapping, and
retopologizing.
- Custom node-based shading for Unity and Unreal
- Sculpting and animation as complement to my work
- Specialization in finding optimized solutions for any project
- Knowledgeable in GPU/CPU workings, performance analysis tools, debugging, non-destructive optimization
- Lighting solutions for any game engine, and project
- More than 15 years of experience in tools and solutions for optimizing any 3D asset for pre-rendered or real-time applications (PC, mobile, VR standalone, and XR).
SOFTWARE
- 3D Studio Max
- Blender
- V-Ray and Cycles
- Unity and Unreal
- Mudbox and ZBrush
- RenderDoc
- OculusDevTools
- Amplify Shader Editor
- Substance Painter and Designer
- After Effects, Premiere,
and derivatives
- Photoshop and derivatives
and always expanding...
HARDWARE
- Oculus Go
- Oculus Quest 1-3
- HTCVive
- MS HoloLens,
- HP Reverb 2
- Android and iOS devices
- D3D11/12 and Vulkan
Work
2021 - 2024
30 Parallel Games - Terra Alia
ROLE: TECH LEAD
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Getting all the beautiful art and detail working on a Quest 2 and 3, with a steady 72fps minimum
- Managing and advising on best practices for asset creation
- VFX creation and optimising
- Major asset optimisations
- Custom shading solutions
- GPU powered baked vertex animation (for small groups of NPCs)
- Baked Interactive Voxel illumination custom integration
- Correct asset batching.
- I was also Tech Lead in porting the PC version to the Nintendo Switch console, which was mostly the same role.
2019 - 2021
Virtuleap - Enhance
ROLE: 3D tech and generalist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Keeping a steady 72fps performance on this awesome brain training app, for Quest 1, while keeping quality visuals.
- 3D modelling, rigging, and texturing
- Animation of Pico mascot, in-game, and trailers
- VFX creation and optimisation
- Custom shaders
- Redesigned PICO, the mascot, adding hands and tweaks to make it more expressive.
- Compositing and editing for the trailers, some with the insertion of PICO in real shots as CGI.
2017 - 2019
MediaInvest - Virtual Fair
ROLE: 3d TECH and general artist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- A first person Virtual Fair, where, virtually, you can display your brand, by making custom booths through an editor.
- 3D modelling, lighting, texturing
- Asset optimisation, and setup of assets for texture streaming and customisation
- Major asset batching, together with programming
- Keeping the asset quality high and performant, even with the project’s modularity and the fairground’s ambitious scope.
2017
Bica Studios - PuzzlAR
ROLE: 3d TECH and general artist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- An AR game where you assemble a miniature 3D puzzle, right in front of you.
- 3D modelling, lighting, texturing
- Rigging and animation of all assets
- Light baking and custom shading solutions
- Optimisation for the HoloLens, and port to iOS and Android.
