I am a 3D generalist who has experience in Environment Art for animation and Virtual Reality. I am proficient in Maya, Blender, and Unity. I am also fluent in image editing software such as Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Illustrator. My skill set includes but is not limited to: hard surface modeling, PBR texturing, rigging, animating and C# coding.

Environment
Design

1/4

For storytelling & interaction

2018-2023

Virtual environment design for interactive VR experience.

2022

Spatial study of Japanese style tea room and garden

2022

Study and replication of my high school’s men’s restroom

Procedural
Generation

2/4

Real-time simulation via Unity C#

Yo Love’s Got Me

Collaboration with Chicago musician Andre Gibson

Music: Yo Love's Got Me from the album ANOTHER PLACE by Andre Gibson, Chiat Records 2018

2018

Artificial Heart

2020

Audio Visualization demo for my introductory course on Unity with royalty-free music

Virtual Reality

3/4

Interactive Head-Mounted Display experience with physical installation

2016-2018

Virtual Reality installation that brings the viewer on a tour of a Cold War dream

Rigging& Animation

4/4

Key-framed and motion-captured

Butterfly

Rigged and animated in Maya, rendered in Blender

Butterfly model and texture downloaded from INNOWELL GmbH’s Unity Asset Store

2020

Swimmer’s Run

Motion capture animation & procedural content generation demo in Unity

Model created and rigged in Maya

2020

Swim

2017

Music : Only You - The Flying Pickets
Key-frame animation made in Maya

Looking for a 3D artist?

Please send inquiries to:

studio.liyao@gmail.com