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HİLAL ÖZDEMİR

HİLAL ÖZDEMİR

Lighting & Cinematic & Environment Artist
Istanbul

Summary

Artist recognized for consistently developing innovative techniques to encourage creativity and visual product improvement in video game medium and versatile in thematic experimentation. Disciplined and productive creative with diverse and varied portfolio showcasing personal evolution in artistic journey.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Environment/Lighting/Cinematic Artist

Goart
01.2023 - Current

Assisted in creation of environmental storytelling through careful placement of props and set dressing, using Unreal Engine.

  • Conducted thorough research on architectural styles, materials, and historical context for accurate representation within game worlds.
  • Enhanced game environments by designing realistic and visually appealing 3D models and textures.
  • Supported marketing efforts by creating high-quality screenshots showcasing compelling lighting compositions.
  • Assisted in establishing style guides for lighting direction, resulting in more consistent visuals throughout projects.
  • Enhanced visual quality of game environments by creating and implementing dynamic lighting schemes.
  • Optimized lighting performance by developing efficient shaders and utilizing advanced rendering techniques.

Cinematic/Lighting Artist

Leartes Studios
05.2022 - 01.2023
  • Lighting of characters/scenes for game packages in Unreal Engine.
  • Realistic, artistic rendering.
  • Creating camera and character animations.
  • Producing short videos of products for social media platforms.
  • Post-processing, animations, and motions.

Freelancer 3D Artist/Designer

Freelance
01.2018 - 01.2023
  • Worked closely with art directors to ensure consistency in style and quality across all 3D assets.
  • Low and high poly assets and environment modeling for the game industry.
  • Interior design, modeling, and rendering.
  • 3D artwork in the NFT world.
  • Jewelry design and modeling.

Lighting Artist

Freelancer
01.2018 - 01.2023
  • Took precise measurements of space to determine available power capacity.
  • Directed and facilitated procurement and installation of lighting equipment and elements.
  • Pioneered the use of sustainable materials and practices in the lighting design process, promoting environmentally conscious approaches within the industry.
  • Used Vectorworks or AutoCAD to create scale plots for lighting rigs designating fixtures, dimmers and channel numbers.
  • Collaborated with directors and set designers to create cohesive visual storytelling through strategic lighting design.
  • Collaborated with design team to input fixture profiles, colors, effects, and movement for cues.

Education

High School Diploma -

Burak Bora A.L - French
Istanbul, 34

Bachelor of Arts -

La Salle University- Architecture Depertment
Barcelona

Bachelor of Arts -

Gebze Institute of Technology - Architecture Depertment
Istanbul

Skills

Unreal Engine

Blender

3dMax

Photoshop

Adobe Premier

Adobe After Effects

Rhino/ Grasshopper

Cinema 4D

Dialux

Touchdesigner

Indesign

Vektorworks

Grandma3D

Grandma2

Avolites

Exhibitions

  • İstanbul Innovation Week, "Eskizden Piksele Exhibition", 2023
  • İstanbul NFT Festival,2022
  • Beyoğlu Culture Road Festival, "Eskizden Piksele Dijital Sanat Exhibition" İstanbul Edition, 2023
  • Antalya Culture Road Festival "Eskizden Piksele Dijital Sanat Exhibition" Antalya Edition, 2023
  • "Eskizden Piksele Dijital Sanat Exhibition" İzmir Edition, 2023
  • "Eskizden Piksele Dijital Sanat Exhibition", Çanakkale Edition, 2023
  • Samsung x dART Exhibition, 2023
  • Merkezsiz.xyz & Hagia NFT Exhibition, 05/2022, İstanbul
  • İstanbul Festivali NFT Exhibition, Rebirth Fauna I, 08/2022, Yenikapı, İstanbul, Yenikapı, İstanbul
  • İstanbul Biennal, "Bir Palimsest Kent Olarak İstanbul", 2014, İstanbul, İstanbul Modern, İstanbul


Traineeship

  • Dani Granados Studio, 05/2016 - 09/2016, Barcelona, Spain
  • ADEAS Architects, 06/2017 - 08/2017, İstanbul, Turkey

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 10/04/1993

Awards

İstanbul Biennale, "Bir Palimpsest Kent Olarak İstanbul", 2014, Encouragement award, This award is given after the mattepainting workshop. Content: based on the photo of an İstanbul view which we personally taken in the process, rethinking the city as a palimpsest city and producing the scenarios about its future.

Projects

Spectrum Architect/ Artist/ Light Designer, 2019, İstanbul, Turkey


"Spectrum" is a light installation that serves as a three-dimensional mapping surface, produced by using parametric methods. Spectrum expresses "infinite dynamism" and "change". The change is observed through three main instances: transition of light in dimensions, spatialization of the surface by passing from the second dimension to the third dimension, and differentiation of illusions which result from the combination of light, space, and time. This project is my personal project in which I carry out all the processes myself, from making the design decisions, developing the concept, and realizing the production and installation In 2019, Rx Night Club (Beyoğlu, Istanbul) hosted.



Delight (collab with DECOL) Light Designer, 2019, İstanbul, Turkey


Delight is a multi-disciplinary performance that includes audio-visual show, light and acoustic instrument produced by Decol. We performed Delight in collaboration with Decol in Feriye Palace, Istanbul. I programmed the lights on dmx and controlled the lights throughout the performance



 Mücbir Sebepler Dance Performance Light Designer Assistant, 2021, İstanbul, Turkey


"Mücbir Sebepler" is a modern dance show. The scene is partitioned by 4 rectangles and 2 squares. The 4 rectangles represent 4 dancers. These divisions are shaped by stage light/shadow contrast. I took part in the dmx programming and operation in this project, which belongs to Zeynep Tanbay and whose lighting design and planning was done by Arek Nişanyan. The show met with the audience at the Cemal Reşit Rey Hall under the Istanbul Culture and Art event. 



Rebirth Project, 2021


Rebirth is a 3D Art&NFT Project: Rebirth is a "simulation of Evolution" A new life begins with the big bang inside the digital scene. Cell structures; it evolves into tissues, organisms, vertebrates, reptiles, dinosaurs, plants, insects; underwater and surface life, fauna and flora are formed. The happenings that take place in this universe remain within the limits of knowledge that exist in real life. Evolved substances are born as a parameter of real life, with the ignition of lights. In this scene, I go on an expedition by taking pictures of those moments. Rebirth is the beginning story of a new life in which both myself as an explorer and completely different lost information find themselves. At the base of our mind, which suddenly begins to see beauties we are unaware of, it believes the black hole in the formation process of the universe. And in times of nothingness, questions how ambiguous the reality is.

Languages

Turkish
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
French
Intermediate
B1
Spanish
Elementary
A2

Timeline

Environment/Lighting/Cinematic Artist

Goart
01.2023 - Current

Cinematic/Lighting Artist

Leartes Studios
05.2022 - 01.2023

Freelancer 3D Artist/Designer

Freelance
01.2018 - 01.2023

Lighting Artist

Freelancer
01.2018 - 01.2023

High School Diploma -

Burak Bora A.L - French

Bachelor of Arts -

La Salle University- Architecture Depertment

Bachelor of Arts -

Gebze Institute of Technology - Architecture Depertment
HİLAL ÖZDEMİRLighting & Cinematic & Environment Artist