About Me

I'm Owen Loakes, an up-and-coming game developer located in Brisbane. I recently completed my Bachelor of Cinematic Arts (Honours) at Griffith University and specialise in 3D art for games & animation. I'm currently developing a few game projects on the side.

Junior Unreal Artist (Traineeship), Steelbridge Studios 2024

  • Environment Art

  • Lighting

  • UE5 Materials

  • Assorted Production Tasks

Motion Capture Previs Artist, Warner Bros. 2023

  • Character Rigging

  • 3D Modelling

  • Motion Capture Cleanup

Education:

Bachelor of Cinematic Arts (Honours) 2025

Bachelor of Games Design 2024

3D Art

Props and Environments

Brutalist Sci-fi Nightclub

Scuttlebot, Lethal Autonomous Weapons on Trial

Cracked Ornamental Sword

Model and Textures

'Change In Trajectory'

Spaceship Model and Textures

Soviet Inspired Flashlight

low-poly flashlight using Maya and Substance Painter.

Martian Mech

Combat Mech modelled using Maya, textured in Substance Painter and rendered in Substance's Iray.

'Submerged'

Bachelor of Games Design
(GFS)
Final Project

Responsiblities:
- Producer
- 3D Artist
- Programming

'Project Ceres' Prototype

Bachelor of Cinematic Arts (Honors)
(GFS)
Research Project

Responsiblities:
- Game Director
- 3D Artist
- Programming

Bachelor of Cinematic Arts (Honors) Exegesis:
Cosmic Black: A Practice-Led Exploration of Establishing an Indie Game Studio in Brisbane

Cosmic Black Studios