ID
Name: |
Jyrki Coertjens |
Date of birth: |
July 10th 1989 |
Nationality: |
Belgian |
Residence: |
Turnhoutsebaan 175 a 2, 2970 Schilde,
Antwerp Belgium |
E-mail: |
contact@jyrkicoertjens.com |
Objective
Becoming a 3D artist or Level Designer for games.
Studies
2008-present |
Digital Arts & Entertainment – Game Development, University College of West Flanders |
2001-2008 |
High School – Accountancy & IT, Immaculata Institute, Oostmalle |
Contests
Intel’s Level Up 2010 - First place - “Best game for Desktop (Student Category)" |
Skills
- Lowpoly modeling of objects based on blueprints, reference pictures or from scratch |
- Highpoly modeling. |
- Unwrapping while having an eye on space optimization & reusability of polygons |
- Texturing (diffuse, specular, glossiness, etc.) |
- Baking normal maps from high- to lowpoly and optimizing/expanding them using Photoshop |
- Basic understanding of technical rigging & animation |
- Creating atmospheric levels with a minimal variety of assets and the ability to create own assets or particles when needed |
- Worked with multiple Engines/Editors (both previous and current-gen) |
- Programming in C++ and able to work with the STL |
- Basic understanding of C#, DirectX, nvidia PhysX, OpenGL, SQL |
- Working with small teams while having a good understanding of what everyone is doing and how the project is progressing |
Software
- Autodesk 3ds Max & Mudbox |
- Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver & Flash |
- RoadKill |
- Current-gen Game Engines: Unreal Development Kit, Sandbox2 |
- Microsoft Visual Studio |
- Microsoft Office |
Languages
Dutch: |
Native language |
English: |
Fluid understanding, reading & writing, average speaking |
French: |
Average reading & writing, basic understanding & speaking |
German: |
Basic understanding, reading, speaking & writing |
Personal Interests
Anything 3D-related catches my eye, being it videogames, movies or advertising.
I’ve been playing games since a long time and I’ve always been interested in the development process and the companies behind the games.
I’ve played a wide variety of genres and categories of games and I follow the new developments of the game-industry as close as possible.
Besides videogames I’m fond of the Warhammer 40.000 table-top game. I’ve collected my own armies and I’ve read multiple Black Library books.
Although I don’t spend as much time at it as I used to, I still follow the franchise developments closely.
Other hobbies of mine are snowboarding and going to the movies.