About Me
I have been working in Unity for over five years, starting as an AR and VR programmer and designer, working on amazing projects with clients such as the National Gallery, Aardman and Simple Things Music Festival.
During these projects, I learnt how to make shaders and slowly transitioned into a technical artist, which is a great way of combining my art skills and programming knowledge. And now I am a technical artist full time!
In my spare time, I make little video games (taking part in lots of game jams), and love drawing and creating digital art.
If you would like to contact me please email: viki@alittleredpanda.com
Experience
- Technical Artist at Ground Shatter
Feb 2023 - present - Technical Artist at Tiny Rebel Games
Oct 2021 - Jan 2023 - Unity AR Developer at Fictioneers Ltd & Sugar Creative
Feb 2020 - Oct 2021 - XR Developer at Zubr VR
Mar 2018 - Feb 2020
Education
- MA Entrepreneurship for Creative Practices
Plymouth College of Art - 2015 - First Class BA Design for Games
Plymouth College of Art - 2013 - National Diploma in Art and Design
North Devon College - 2010
Community Involvement
- I am part of the 2020/2021 BAFTA Games Crew
- During 2020 I was part of the Limit Break mentorship scheme as a technical artist mentee
- Since 2017 I have been a STEM Ambassador, and have volunteered at a number of events to inspire young people to pursue careers in tech
- In 2015 I worked as a Conference Associate at GDC (San Francisco)
- In 2014 I set up Plymouth Game Devs, a monthly meet-up for game dev students and professionals. We organised the Global Game Jam in Plymouth in 2017
- From 2012 to 2016 I was a CA at Develop Conf (Brighton)
I like talking about games and design
2021- Short talk on getting into AR - Girls in STEM Day
- Immersive SW at Wales Tech Week: adapting and innovating (repping Fictioneers)
- Using AR & VR in cultural and heritage sites - Tech For Good South West
- User Experience in Augmented Reality - Bath Digital Festival & Bristol Girl Geek Dinners
- Using AR Wisely - Bristol Unity Meetup
- Insights into Industry - Bath Spa University
- Enhancing Exhibits Through Augmented Reality - Bristech
- Boom Satsuma's Careers Evening
- Introduction to Facebook AR - Grrrl Games
- Intro to Games Design and Paper Prototyping
- Colour Your Way To More Immersive Games - Future Sync
- Introduction to Social Media Workshop - Women's Tech Hub
- Get into Games with Aardvark Swift - Plymouth College of Art & Plymouth Uni
- Discussing A Little Red Panda - Plymouth Uni Game Dev Soc
- Various talks about myself and Game Jams - Plymouth Game Devs
- Video Games Are Art - Plymouth College of Art