Tri Nuyen
Resume
Full name: Nguyen Dang Hoang Tri
Date of birth: March 1992
Location: Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
I am an illustrator, concept designer, team leader, manager, and most importantly, a believer.
Over 10 years of experience in visual development:
Ranging from illustration to concept design; from animation, movie, to advertisement and video game.
Adaptable across styles, scales and objectives. Strong fundamentals and fluency in both 2D and 3D toolsets, deep passion for the profession.
Over 5 years in middle management and mentorship roles:
Expertise in game production outsourcing sector, with responsibility of overseeing company operations and assessing small-scale financial risks. Fluent in English communication, ability to balance business objectives with creative priorities, a liaison between artists and senior leadership. Fostering dedication and passion, while maintaining strong commitment to organizational success.
Skillsets:
Weapon design
Ship design
Skin design
Character design
Environment design
Graphic design
Splash art
Background painting
3D hard-surface modeling
3D texturing
Major clients:
Bungie – Destiny 2
NetEase – Destiny Rising
Nintendo – Metroid Prime Remake
Respawn – Apex Legends
Riot – League of Legends Wild Rift
Ubisoft – XDefiant
Toolsets:
Photoshop
Illustrator
Blender
ZBrush
3DCoat
Substance painter
Experiences:
2020 – 2026: Zombot Creative Taiwan
2023 -2026: Art lead and manager
-Support company in establishing an office in Vietnam by assessing risks and opportunities from both legal and financial perspective.
-Evaluate operational scale and expenses, while overseeing employment matters, documentation and legal agency coordination.
-Identify office and assets providers; negotiate pricing and oversee office construction and setup.
-Continue to fulfill the responsibility of art lead and artist.
2022-2023: Art lead
-Responsible for recruiting new members, negotiate salaries and benefits.
-Assemble a new team in Vietnam up to 8 members, along with Taiwanese team to tackle new projects.
-Responsible for training and directing team members prioritizing flexibility and self-sufficiency, apply new technologies and tools to various workflows for optimal outcomes in a timely manner.
-Oversee Vietnam team and Taiwan team operations, quality control, art directions across projects: XDefiant, League of Legends Wild Rift, Destiny 2, Destiny Rising.
-Quality control on numbers of hired freelancers around the world, up to 4 artists.
-Communicate with producers and clients regarding quality standards and schedules.
-Work on vehicle designs for Destiny 2, weapon and character skins for Xdefiant, asset production for in-house project.
2020 – 2022: Senior concept artist
-Work on environment arts for Metroid Prime Remake, NPC designs for Destiny Rising.
-Collaborate with art director and producers in Taiwan to deliver quality designs within gameplay, story and technical requirements.
2018 – 2020: Glass Egg Digital Media
Senior concept artist
-Create concept arts and illustrations for many different type of projects: weapon skin, prop, vehicle part kits, background art, character.
-Clients ranged from Respawn, Zynga, Frontier, Square Enix.
2015 – 2018: Freelance artist
Work as freelance illustrator and concept artist for book cover, card art, promotion material, character design etc.
2014 – 2015: Nam Hai LLC
Background artist
Create background artworks for many Japanese animation series and movies.