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.
