Kitbash3D Materials — Kitbash3D

Jose Fernández

Senior Material & Surfacing ArtistBased in Spain

Procedural MaterialsLook DevelopmentSurfacingAnimation & AAA Games

Materials that hold up — artistically and technically.

Procedural materials, look development and production-ready surfacing for animation and AAA games, built in Substance Designer & Painter, Unreal Engine 5, Arnold and Redshift, alongside Art Direction, Environment and Technical teams.

Most recent
Material Artist, Kitbash3D
Work experience
Kitbash3D, B-Water Studios, 23Lunes Animation, People Moving Pixels
Pipeline
Substance Designer & Painter, Unreal Engine 5, Arnold, Redshift
Languages
Spanish (native) · English (advanced)

Selected work

Kitbash3D

07 projects

Material Artist at Kitbash3D from 2023 to 2026: tileable procedural libraries, trim sheets and UE5 look development for Fortnite IP collaborations and Real World Kits.

Materials

06 projects

Procedural materials authored in Substance Designer: shader balls, surface tests and map breakdowns.

Characters

09 projects

Character surfacing and look development for animation and games.

Set & Props

18 projects

Props and sets surfaced for short films, animated series and games.

Core expertise

  1. 01Procedural Materials
  2. 02Character & Environment Surfacing
  3. 03Look Development
  4. 04Unreal Engine
  5. 05Trim Sheets
  6. 06Material Optimisation
  7. 07PBR Workflows
  8. 08Shader Development
  9. 09Stylised & Realistic Workflows
  10. 10Arnold & Redshift Rendering

Software

  • Substance Designer
  • Substance Painter
  • Unreal Engine 5
  • Mari
  • Maya
  • ZBrush
  • Blender
  • Arnold
  • Redshift
  • Photoshop
  1. Jun 2023 – Aug 2026Kitbash3DMaterial ArtistFortnite IP collaborations (NDA) & Kitbash3D Real World Kits
  2. Feb 2023 – Jun 2023B-Water StudiosSenior Surfacing ArtistGhost of Ruins
  3. Nov 2021 – Dec 202223Lunes AnimationLead Surfacing ArtistOriginal short film (NDA) · animated ads for videogames
  4. Jan 2021 – Aug 2021B-Water StudiosSurfacing ArtistTreasure Trekkers, Season 2
  5. Oct 2019 – Apr 2020People Moving PixelsShading TD ArtistTalking Tom & Friends, Seasons 4 & 5

Have a surface that needs to feel real?