Your Name

Thomas Roy William Butters

Lead Weapon & Prop Artist @ Facepunch Studios

exploreNorth Wales, United Kingdom

Summary

With over a decade of experience at Facepunch Studios, I currently serve as Lead Weapon & Prop Artist, overseeing the development of various weapon and prop assets for multiple projects. My areas of expertise span a wide range of disciplines, including weapons, vehicles, environment art, and props, with a particular focus on weapons and props. Throughout my tenure at the company, I have honed my skills and contributed to the artistic excellence of our games, ensuring high-quality visuals and immersive experiences for players.


     

Skills

3D Modeling Digital Sculpting Texturing High-poly Modeling Photoshop ZBrush Substance Painter Unity
     

Software Knowledge

Blender 3ds Max Unity Zbrush Adobe Photoshop Topogun Substance 3d Painter Marvelous Designer Maya Quixel Suite


     

Recommendations

Maxime Lebled

ml

3D Animator & Artist

March 4, 2014, Facepunch Studios

Thomas was a pleasure to work with! He's a very talented artist with a broad range of skills, both creative and technical. The characters he created ranged from cartoony monsters to gritty realistic humans, and he made every single one of them interesting, appealing, and very adapted for rigging. His prop/object modeling was equally great; Rust's makeshift weapons wouldn't be the same without him. All in all he was an amazing colleague, team member, and artist. :)

Kostas Zarifis

kz

Managing Director at Rogue Sun

December 4, 2012, Kickstarter Project

Tom joined the team as a Character Art ninja, near the end of the project when we badly needed extra helping hands. Originally Tom would take on some secondary character art tasks to lighten the workload of more senior artists. It quickly became obvious that Tom is one of those artists, who overly talented and skillful for their time working in the industry. As such it wasn't long before Tom was working on critical character art tasks and sharing the workload of senior artists as an equal. With Tom's inherent talent and skills, thirst for further advancing his knowledge and expertise and brilliant communication and work ethic, I have no doubt he will be climbing the industry ladder at a rapid pace. Highly recommended!

Productions

Gnomon Workshop

Gnomon Workshop

Gnomon Instructor, 2024 - Present

Coming Soon

Rust

Rust

Lead Weapon & Prop Artist, 2023 - Present

Art Coordinator 2022 - 2023

Senior 3D Artist 2021 - 2022

3D Artist 2014-2021

As an Lead Weapon & Prop Aritst for Rust, my role involves overseeing and coordinating the efforts of the Weapons and Props art team. I delegate tasks to artists, provide assistance and feedback on prop, weapon, and other asset artwork, and collaborate with leaders from various departments to ensure seamless coordination. Additionally, I guide junior artists in their development and maintain high-quality standards for all prop, weapon, and vehicle assets.

Sbox

S&box

Lead Weapon & Prop Artist, 2023 - Present

As an Lead Weapon & Prop Aritst for s&box, my role involves overseeing and coordinating the efforts of the Weapons and Props art team. I delegate tasks to artists, provide assistance and feedback on prop, weapon, and other asset artwork, and collaborate with leaders from various departments to ensure seamless coordination. Additionally, I guide junior artists in their development and maintain high-quality standards for all prop, weapon, and vehicle assets.

Rust

Garry's Mod

3d Artist, 2014

As a 3D artist for Garry's Mod, I created a variety of assets, including characters, clothing and props, and optimized them for in-game use working closely with animators to achieve high quality standard.