# Jovian Finch Nordgren — Senior Technical Artist

> Senior Technical Artist and 3D generalist with experience at Bungie, Epic Games, and Left Turn Studios. Specializations: shaders, VFX, rigging, pipeline tooling, QA systems design, and LLM-assisted development.

## Portfolio

Full site: https://jovianfinch.com
Source: https://github.com/Ludosis/portfolio
How I work with AI: https://jovianfinch.com/how-i-work/

## Skills

- Shaders & Materials: https://jovianfinch.com/skills/#shaders
- VFX: https://jovianfinch.com/skills/#vfx
- Lighting & Rendering: https://jovianfinch.com/skills/#lighting
- Rigging & Animation: https://jovianfinch.com/skills/#rigging
- Tools & Pipeline: https://jovianfinch.com/skills/#tools
- QA & Automation: https://jovianfinch.com/skills/#qa
- Procedural Content: https://jovianfinch.com/skills/#procedural
- UI: https://jovianfinch.com/skills/#ui
- Scripting: https://jovianfinch.com/skills/#scripting

## Projects

- Alien Age (Indie Wizards → Left Turn Studios, 2021 · Released on Steam): https://jovianfinch.com/portfolio/alien-age/
- Snuggles the Unicorn (Left Turn Studios, 2021–2023 (canceled)): https://jovianfinch.com/portfolio/snuggles/
- Grapple Star (Left Turn Studios, 2021–2023 (demo)): https://jovianfinch.com/portfolio/grapple-star/
- Lego Fortnite (Epic Games, July 2023 – March 2026): https://jovianfinch.com/portfolio/lego-fortnite/
- Destiny 2 — Ambient Life (Bungie, 2017–2018): https://jovianfinch.com/portfolio/destiny-2/
- Relic (Synaptic Sugar (DigiPen capstone), July 2014 – May 2015): https://jovianfinch.com/portfolio/relic/
- Earlier Work (DigiPen Institute of Technology, 2013–2014): https://jovianfinch.com/portfolio/earlier-work/

## Resume

https://jovianfinch.com/resume/ (markdown source: https://jovianfinch.com/jovian-nordgren-resume.md)

## Contact

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/JovianFinch
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