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IHOR PAUKOV
3D Artist | Game-Ready Assets

Poland | Open to remote / relocation in Europe
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ArtStation: ihorpaukov.artstation.com
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Profile

3D artist with an engineering background, focused on creating clean, optimized game-ready assets and integrating them into
Unreal Engine 5. I handle the full production pipeline — from blockout and high-poly to retopology, PBR texturing, and
advanced material setup in-engine. Experienced in hard-surface modeling and building environment scenes. Looking for a
junior 3D Artist role where I can apply a technical mindset to real-time production and continuous optimization.

Selected Projects

◦ Spray Can - Game Ready Asset
Detailed weathered spray can with a strong used look. Focused on storytelling through textures — dried paint splatters,
fingerprints, worn plastic and aged metal. Full pipeline: clean low-poly topology, optimized UVs, baking and PBR texturing in
Substance Painter. Rendered in Marmoset Toolbag.
Polycount: 6.1k tris
https://ihorpaukov.artstation.com/projects/dL8B5e

◦ Vintage Knife - Game Ready Asset
Weathered vintage knife with carved wooden handle and forged steel blade. Emphasis on realistic micro-details: grinding
marks, wood grain aging and surface wear. Clean topology, proper baking and 4K PBR textures. Currently being integrated into
Unreal Engine 5 with a full scene setup.
Polycount: 4.4k tris
https://ihorpaukov.artstation.com/projects/ndQoPo

Skills

◦ Game-Ready Pipeline: Hard-surface modeling, retopology, UV mapping, baking, PBR texturing
◦ Unreal Engine 5: Material Graph, mathematical nodes, Parallax Occlusion Mapping (POM), procedural blending
◦ Technical Art: Vertex normals, World Position Offset, texel density, real-time optimization
◦ Environment: Scene assembly, Lumen lighting, foliage, rendering in UE5 and Marmoset

Tools

Blender · Substance Painter · Marmoset Toolbag · Unreal Engine 5 · ZBrush
Also familiar with: Marvelous Designer, Photoshop, Fusion 360

Education

Master’s in Computer Science in Electrical Engineering
Lublin University of Technology, Poland | 2026 – Present
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in Electrical Engineering
Lublin University of Technology, Poland | 2022 – 2026
Strong technical foundation in programming, problem-solving and systems thinking — useful for technical art and clean asset
production.

Additional
Completed Hillel 3D Artist course
Languages: Ukrainian (native), English (B2), Polish (conversational)

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