Lauren Neighbors
 858-699-6119
lneighbors@gmail.com
www.laurenneighbors.com
Career Summary
Inspired and goal-focused CG Artist professional with extensive knowledge from specialized schooling, SOE
Mentor / Intern Program and creative experience in the industry. Positive, independent worker brimming with
ideas yet always motivated to learn.
Areas of expertise include:
 Modeling (bake high to low, optimizing)
 Texturing (hand-painted & realistic PBR)
 Prop/Environments/Vehicles
 Animation & Rigging
Programs
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Maya
Mudbox, ZBrush
Quixel Suite
HeadUS, Roadkill UV
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XNormal
Photoshop
After Effects
Illustrator
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3DCoat
Substance Painter
UDK
Radiant
Professional Experience
Spring 2014 -Fall 2015
High Moon Studios, under Activision Blizzard Inc.
Technical Artist on Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare & DLC, Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Development team porting current gen iteration. Roles included: environment optimization,
character skinning and optimization, vehicle art, world building, post-processing lighting levels.
Intern on FreeRealms
Sony Online Entertainment
Winter 2013
Player animation cycles, prop concepts, model, rig, and texture low-poly for the online MMO FreeRealms at
Sony Online Entertainment.
SOE Mentorship Program
Fall 2012-Winter 2013
Associated with Art Institute’s Game Prototyping I & Advanced Prototyping II class
Lead concept artist both characters and environments. Brought several characters through concept, model, rig,
animate, and finish product within UDK game engine. Mentored directly under artists from Sony Online
Entertainment. Both projects chosen to present to other artists at SOE end-of-quarter, fulfilling our team goals.
Caricature Artist at Kaman’s Art Shoppes, Inc.
Legoland California
June- September 2012
Carlsbad, CA
Traditional drawing experience to design, exaggerate, and maintain personality and likeness of guests at
Legoland Resort. Drawing and rendering quality, confidence, and speed developed while able to entertain
guests, network and learn from other artists simultaneously.
Disney Photo Imaging Photographer
The Disneyland Resort
August 2009-March 2010
Anaheim, CA
Provided excellent guest services and created tangible memories for guests at the Disneyland Resort.
Managed multiple tasks, hundreds of guest photos shot daily, covering both entertainment and merchandise
department shooting photography and editing photos.
Disney College Program Intern
Disney University at Team Disney Anaheim
August 2009- January 2010
Anaheim, CA
Participated in a living, learning, and earning experience with a Fortune 100 Company. Took professionalism
classes and attended Leadership Speaker Series at Disney University through the Disney College Program to
learn and understand how the Walt Disney Company functions successfully as well as market myself as a
professional.
Education
Media Arts and Animation Student 2010-2013
Digital Arts Student 2007-2009
Art Institute of California- San Diego
University of Oregon