EXPERIENCE
Fire Hose Games, Cambridge, MA 9/17-Current
Lead Environment Artist 3/20-Current
Shipped: Techtonica
Senior Artist 9/17- 3/20
Contract and internal projects
Storm8, Redwood City, CA
Lead 2D Artist CA 10/16 - 9/17
Shipped: Slots 360
Senior 2D Artist 1/13 – 10/16
Shipped: Diamond Quest! Farm Story 2, Hidden Objects: Mystery Crimes, Clue: Bingo
Paragon Studios, Mountain View CA
Co-Art Lead/ Senior Artist CA 3/11 – 1/13
Shipped: City of Heroes: Freedom
Concept Artist 10/08 – 03/11
Shipped: City of Heroes: Architect Edition, City of Heroes: Going Rogue
Glitchless
Lead Artist 10/05 – 09/08
Shipped: Nodiatis
Bill Balzer is a veteran artist in the games with 19 years of experience.
He has worked on a diverse range of games and contributed to projects across various art styles and disciplines. Starting his career as a 2D Concept Artist, he has since developed a 3D workflow, making him highly versatile. He is capable of designing and creating game-ready assets, and has the experience to lead small to medium-sized teams of both internal and external artists.
SKILLS & EXPERTISE
Environment and Character Design, 2D/ 3D Production Art, Sculpting, Materials, Textures, Outsourcing Management, Marketing Art
Software
Photoshop, Blender, Zbrush, Unity, Substance Designer, Substance Painter, Adobe Medium, Procreate
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
B.F.A., Sequential Art
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
3DS Max Continuing Education
Hobbies: Building Models, Running, Sculpting, Sketching, Spending time with family