Creative Technologist · Digital Artist · Software Developer

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Profile

I am a UK-based creative technologist, digital artist, and software developer with over 25 years’ experience working across art, design, real-time systems, simulation, and large-scale public-facing digital work. My practice combines artistic authorship with hands-on technical development, spanning 3D visualisation, interactive systems, real-time graphics, data-driven visuals, and custom software tools.

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I am comfortable operating across creative, technical, and research contexts, and I frequently work at the intersection of design intent and implementation — from concept and prototyping through to production-ready systems. Alongside commissioned and commercial work, I have held senior academic roles and have led R&D-focused projects involving simulation, generative systems, and complex data pipelines.

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Core Skill Areas

Creative & Design Skills

• Visual storytelling and concept development

• Generative and procedural art

• Motion graphics and time-based media

• Spatial design and 3D composition

• Lighting, colour theory, and visual mood

• Art direction for digital and experiential projects

• Translating abstract ideas into visual systems​

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Real-Time & Interactive Systems

• Real-time 3D environments

• Simulation of physical, spatial, and environmental systems

• Interactive installations and experiences

• Performance-conscious design for live systems

• Tool-building to support creative workflows

• Debugging and optimisation of complex real-time pipelines

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Software & Technical Skills

• Strong practical experience with C# in production contexts

• Unity (URP / HDRP) for real-time graphics and simulation

• Custom editor tools and workflow automation

• Compute shaders and GPU-based techniques

• Data-driven animation systems

• JSON-based pipelines and custom data formats

• Web-based 3D and visualisation (WebGL / JavaScript contexts)

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3D, Graphics & Visualisation

• 3D modelling and procedural geometry

• Shader-based rendering and material systems

• Lighting, shadows, ambient occlusion, and post-processing

• Volumetric and atmospheric effects

• Fractals, generative geometry, and mathematical forms

• Rendering for both realism and stylised outcomes

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Data, Analysis & AI-Adjacent Work

• Interpreting and transforming structured datasets

• Visualising complex or abstract data

• Simulation as a form of analysis and validation

• AI training, evaluation, and annotation tasks

• Prompt analysis and response quality assessment

• Understanding model behaviour through structured testing

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Media Production

• Video editing and motion sequencing

• Audio integration and synchronisation

• Generative visuals for music and performance

• Asset preparation for live events and installations

• Cross-platform media delivery

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Professional Experience (Selected, Skills-Focused)

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Creative Technology & Software Development

• Designed and developed proprietary drone-show animation and simulation software used in over 50 large-scale public events internationally

• Built real-time 3D simulation tools to model movement, timing, lighting, and spatial choreography

• Developed Unity-based systems for visualisation, simulation, and interactive control

• Created custom pipelines to translate simulated data directly into real-world outputs

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Public Art, Installations & Events

• Delivered large-scale public-facing digital artworks and light-based installations

• Worked with spatial data (LiDAR, topography, environmental data) to drive visual outcomes

• Designed visuals intended for collective, shared experience in public space

• Balanced artistic intent with safety, performance, and real-world constraints

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Research, R&D & Academia

• Former Professor and Senior Lecturer in digital media, 3D visualisation, and creative technology

• Led practice-based research projects combining art, simulation, and computation

• Supervised student work across art, design, and technical disciplines

• Developed new teaching materials around real-time systems and generative practice

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Freelance & Project-Based Work

• Short-form contracts and commissions across creative coding, visualisation, and media

• AI training and evaluation work focused on technical reasoning and output quality

• Rapid onboarding to new tools, briefs, and constraints

• Comfortable working independently or within distributed teams

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Media & Software Experience (for Platform Matching)

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Real-Time & 3D Software

• Unity (URP / HDRP): real-time graphics, simulation, lighting, optimisation

• Blender: modelling, procedural workflows, animation, rendering

• WebGL contexts: browser-based 3D and visualisation

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Visual & Motion Media

• DaVinci Resolve/Adobe Premiere: video editing, sequencing, delivery

• After Effects (working knowledge): motion graphics and compositing

• Image editing tools: texture prep, visual assets, compositing

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Audio & Music Production

• Ableton Live: composition, editing, sound design

• Propellerheads Reason: composition, instruments

• Audio integration for interactive and time-based media

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Data & Pipeline Tools

• JSON-based data pipelines

• Custom data formats for animation and simulation

• Spreadsheet-based data analysis and transformation

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General Workflow

• Git-based version control

• Iterative prototyping and testing

• Cross-platform delivery (desktop, web, installation)

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Working Style

• Strong at ambiguous or early-stage problems

• Comfortable switching between creative and analytical thinking

• Bias toward clarity, structure, and maintainable systems

• Detail-oriented, especially in visual fidelity and system behaviour

• Used to iterative refinement and constructive feedback

• Reliable, self-directed, and deadline-aware

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Availability & Intent

I am currently open to remote, project-based, and task-oriented work via platforms such as Outlier.ai, alongside ongoing applications for longer-term roles, commissions, and research opportunities. I am particularly interested in work that benefits from cross-disciplinary thinking, careful analysis, or creative-technical judgement.

Portfolio and case studies available separately.