Мария

Mariia Zhelieztsova Portfolio B
3D Character Artist / 3D Generalist
3D Character Artist / 3D Generalist with 10+ years of experience in Game
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Development. Skilled in Character Creation, Hard Surface Modeling, High
Poly Sculpting, Low Poly Modeling, Retopology, UV Mapping, Texture
Baking, PBR Texturing, Rigging, Animation, Unity Integration and Game
Asset Optimization.

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Work Experience
+380 97 452 40 35 2025-2026 RJ Games
[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) Character artist | ProjectPuzzle
Kyiv, 9/A Pririchna street, Apt 20 Breakers
Sculpted high- quality stylized characters for
07 March 1987 mobile games;

Created high-poly and low-poly character
models;

Skills Performed retopology and topology
optimization;

Created UV layouts and baked Normal, AO and
3D modeling Curvature maps;

Produced PBR materials using Substance
Hard Surface Modeling
Painter;

Character Creation
Skinned characters;

Stylized Characters
Integrated assets and animations into Unity;

Retopology
Collaborated with game designers, developers
Topology Optimization
and technical artists;
Low Poly Modeling

High Poly Sculpting
Achievements
Weapon Modeling
Delivered production-ready stylized characters
Props Creation
following modern game pipelines

Vehicle Modeling
Improved character quality while maintaining
Environment Art
mobile optimization standards.
Texture Baking

PBR Workflow
2024-2025 24Play LLC | Pr BaseCommander
Cloth Modeling
3D-Artist
UV Mapping

Physically Based Rendering
Created characters , props and environments;

Material Creation Produced UI assets;

Implemented assets into Unity;

3D animation Designed game levels;

Configured lighting and shaders;

Rig
Created Particle Systems;

Skin
Managed production tasks.
Idle
Achievements
Walk cycle
Participated in development game of Base
running cycle
Commander

object animation Designed game levels for mobile platforms

Improved production workflow between artists
Unity and developers
Unity Integration
2022-2024 Upwork
Asset Integration

Asset Optimization
3D-Artist freelancer
Prefab Creation
Creation of a sketch of a character according to
Level Design
a given TOR

Lighting
character modeling

Shading
Hard Surface Assets

Particle system FX
Product Visualization

Production Pipeline
Creation of models according to the given
Mobile Games
sketch

Casual Games
Creation and application of materials according
AI-assisted Content Creation to the technical specifications

visualization.
Tools
2019-2021 iLogos Europe | PR Animal Jam
Autodesk Maya

3ds Max
3D-Artist
ZBrush
Created stylized characters for mobile games

Substance Painter
Created stylized environments for mobile games

Marvelous Designer
Painted hand-crafted textures

Arnold
Integrated assets into game engines
Marmoset Toolbag

Unity
Achievements
Photoshop
Character creation

Figma texture hand painting

Mariia Zhelieztsova
3D Character Artist / 3D Generalist

Portfolio Work Experience
2016-2019 WOW-HOW Studio
3D Artist
Created production-ready 3D models

Character and weapon modeling

Product visualization

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Materials and rendering

Worked from concept art and technical
documentation

Modeling for production

Creation and imposition of materials according
to the statement of work
Achievements
Delivered assets for Sony Pictures

Creation of models according to the given
sketch

Worked on projects for companies such as Sony
Pictures and Google

Education
2015-2016 Professional course 3d graphics. 3d
MAYA
3dArtist

2006-2011 Kharkov Children's Art School
named after Repin
Art secondary art education

2004-2010 V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National
University
Master's degree, mechanical engineer
AI
Midjorney

ChatGPT
Soft Skills Languages
Leonardo AI

Krea
Ownership & Accountability
English B 1 (Improving)

Tripo AI
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Deutsch A2

Tencent Hunyuan 3D Technical & Artistic Problem
Ukrainian, Russian - Native
Solving

Adaptability to New Pipelines

and Workflow

Critical thinking

Clear and Effective Communication

Mentoring & Knowledge Sharing

Selected Projects (Animal Jam,
Sony Pictures, Google, Base
Commander, RJ Games)