Apryl Arrogante

Environment Artist • World Builder • Level Designer

San Antonio, United States

Summary

Open to work and looking for my next adventure! I'm a versatile 3D Environment Artist, ranging from prop creation to crafting immersive open-world levels for players to explore. I'm around 3 years in the industry and have shipped a AAA title with multiple expansions. I've been a driver for World Building. I've authored workflows, pipelines, concepted paper-maps, and greyblock to final art pass. Excels at bridging disciplines to accomplish what's best for the project as a team!
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Experienced in:
-Environments
-Prop Creation
-Module Kit Creation
-Level Design (Documentation, Paper Maps, and In-Engine Greyblock)
-World-building (from greybox to final)
-World and asset optimization for PC and Console
-Learning proprietary tools and engines for in-game implementation
-Bug tracking and fixing
-Playtesting and cataloging bugs
-Collaborating across multiple disciplines and leadership
-Organizing and creating documentation for pipelines/workflows
-Mentoring on an individual or group basis.

Skills

Software proficiency

Maya

ZBrush

Blender

Substance 3D Designer

Substance 3D Painter

Photoshop

Unreal Engine

Unity

Procreate

MediBang Paint

SpeedTree

Houdini

Productions

- Video Game
  New World: Aeternum
- Year
  2024
- Role
  Associate Environment Artist 1 (World Builder)
- Company
  Lost Boys Interactive
- Video Game
  New World (Expansion) Rise of the Angry Earth (Elysian Wilds)
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Associate Environment Artist 1 (Prop Artist and World Builder)
- Company
  Lost Boys Interactive
- Video Game
  New World (Expansion) Brimstone Sands
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Junior Environment Artist (Prop Artist)
- Company
  Lost Boys Interactive

Experience

World Builder/Game Designer at OtherSide Entertainment
Remote Work, US
March 2025 - May 2026
Delivered levels from greyblock to final. Process of paper-maps, greyblock for the level design (flow and layout), to art-pass (set-dressing, composition refinements, landscape sculpting and painting)

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Bridged disciplines and resolved frictions. By authoring workflows, pipelines, documentation, creating in-game examples, and presentations. Resulted in further and smoother collaboration across departments. Proven to benefit the team and improved workflows.

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Conducted Playtests, created surveys, and organized the feedback. Helped with faster iteration and execution for POIs and Levels.

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Gave feedback to the internal and external team on tools and assets. Resulted in tools helping World Building efficiency and assets become more versatile for gameplay and visual needs.
Associate Environment Artist 1 at Lost Boys Interactive
Remote Work
May 2022 - September 2024
Proficiently developed various assets, textures, and points of interest from blockout to implementing final deliverables in the studio's proprietary engine.

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Ensured parts of the world were optimized by adjusting view distances, ensuring assets were within budget, and creating view blockers that matched the environment.

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Mentored on an individual or group basis. Provided templates and updated and created documentation for the team.

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Collaborated with the Amazon Games New World team and our creative leadership to deliver documents, game-ready assets, points of interest, bug fixes, and multiple iterations according to feedback and revision rounds.

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