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Forest San Filippo

Forest San Filippo

Game Artist & Designer - Shadows & Shells

Wautoma, United States

Summary

I am a game art director and design generalist with 15+ years of experience - shipping 15 commercial titles across PC, console, VR, web and mobile. I am a Unity expert, specializing in highly optimized 3D art and stylized graphics. I love finding creative solutions and being the bridge between art and engineering. I am best known for co-creating Race the Sun - a highly rated game reaching well over 10 million players.

Skills

Software proficiency

Unity

Blender

Photoshop

Unreal Engine

Inkscape

Visual Studio

Affinity Designer

Jira

Logic Pro

Affinity Photo

Git

XCode

Subversion

ScreenFlow

Illustrator

Reel

Productions

- Video Game
  Whisker Squadron: Survivor
- Year
  2025
- Role
  3D Artist, Lighting, VFX Artist, Capture Artist, Level Design, Narrative Design
- Company
  - Flippfly
- Video Game
  Bloom
- Year
  2024
- Role
  3D Artist, Lighting, VFX Artist
- Company
  - Field Day Lab
- Video Game
  On The Ice: Weather Station
- Year
  2024
- Role
  3D Artist, VFX Artist
- Company
  Field Day Lab
- Video Game
  WADDLE
- Year
  2023
- Role
  3D Artist, VFX Artist
- Company
  - Field Day Lab
- Video Game
  WAKE
- Year
  2023
- Role
  3D Artist, VFX Artist, Technical Artist
- Company
  - Field Day Lab
- Video Game
  Legend Of The Lost Emerald
- Year
  2022
- Role
  3D Artist, Level Designer, VFX Artist
- Company
  - Field Day Lab
- Video Game
  The Station: Maine
- Year
  2022
- Role
  3D Artist, Animator
- Company
  - Field Day Lab
- Video Game
  Counties Work: Texas
- Year
  2020
- Role
  UX Designer
- Company
  - Filament Games
- Video Game
  Cookies Tower Defense
- Year
  2020
- Role
  3D Artist, 2D Artist, Animator, UI Designer
- Company
  - Pixelcube Studios
- Video Game
  Race The Sun: Challenge Edition
- Year
  2019
- Role
  3D Artist
- Company
  - Flippfly
- Video Game
  Twelvesmith
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Art Director, Audio Designer, 2D Artist
- Company
  - Flippfly
- Video Game
  Evergarden
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Art Director, 3D Artist, Level Designer, Puzzle Designer, UI/UX Designer, VFX, Capture Artist, Audio
- Company
  - Flippfly
- Video Game
  Absolute Drift: Zen Edition
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Capture Artist, Q.A, Marketing Artist
- Company
  - Flippfly & Funselektor Labs
- Video Game
  Race The Sun
- Year
  2013
- Role
  Art Director, Level Designer, 3D Artist, Composer, UI/UX Designer, VFX Artist
- Company
  - Flippfly
- Video Game
  Monkey Drum
- Year
  2011
- Role
  Art Director, 3D Artist, UI/UX Designer
- Company
  - Flippfly

Experience

Studio Owner at Shadows & Shells
US
December 2019 - Present
As an independent studio owner I have assisted several other studios in shipping 9 commercial games - along with many internal projects. I have developed a reputation for beautiful work that is delivered on-time. I love to create in a team environment and have built excellent working relationships with every client I have served.
Studio Co-Owner at Flippfly
US
June 2010 - December 2019
As a studio co-owner I helped develop and publish 6 highly rated games across PC, mobile, VR, console and web platforms - with one of those games reaching well over 10 million players.