3D Design Portfolio

Kait Cartmell

is a designer based in Los Angeles, CA where she recently completed her Masters of Architecture at The Southern California Institute of Architecture. During her studies, she was awarded the Merit Thesis Award for exceptional thesis. After receiving her Bachelors in Architecture with a minor in graphic design, she worked as a graphic designer for Anthropologie/Terrain and Urban Outfitters. Her career as a designer flourished into a successful freelancing business, where she worked while traveling the States in a self-renovated Airstream. Today, she’s working as a Senior 3D Artist at Diorama, specializing in cinematic films for architectural projects.

Kait’s work is is drawn toward the exploration of the digital environment. She is interested in the narrative behind an image while giving the viewer space to write their own.

Kait Cartmell

Los Angeles

@kaitcartmell

765☺517☺0850 kaitcartmell@gmail.com

Education

2020-2022

M.ARCH II Southern California Institute of Architecture

2020 DREAMFLAKE V3.0 CERTIFICATION Design Morphine

2010-2014

B.ARCH, MINOR IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Judson University

Hard Skills

UNREAL ENGINE 4&5

BLUEPRINTS

POST-PROCESS

SHADERS

BLENDER

RIGGING ANIMATION

GEOMETRY NODES

C4D

REDSHIFT

OCTANE MAYA ARNOLD

UV EDITING SHADING LIGHTING

HARD & SOFT MODELING

RHINO VRAY HOUDINI ZBRUSH INDESIGN PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATOR MICROSOFT OFFICE

Soft Skills

PROBLEM SOLVING

I’ve renovated an airstream by hand with very little prior fabrication knowledge.

LEADERSHIP

I’ve successfully managed and directed teams of up to 10 people at a time in both school and work settings.

ADAPTABILITY

As an incoming class during a pandemic, there was very little communication between the students and between students and staff. I organized socially distanced events and communication to create a sense of community within the class.

Awards

MERIT THESIS AWARD SCI-Arc 2022

GRADUATE THESIS SCHOLARSHIP SCI-Arc 2022

CONTINUING STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP SCI-Arc 2021

GRUEN SCHOLARSHIP SCI-Arc 2021

2GAX & 2GBX CLASS REP SCI-Arc

TAO SIGMA DELTA BRONZE MEDAL NOMINATION Judson University

TOP 10% OF CLASS Judson University

NCAA SCHOLAR ATHLETE Judson University

Exhibitions/Publications

INTENTIONALLY OPAQUE BY BRASH COLLECTIVE 2022

FUTUREKIN BY LUCY MCRAE 2022

SPRING SHOW SCI-Arc 2021 & 2022

SOUND WALL Housing for Health - to be built in 2023

UNDERSCORE JOURNAL Fall 2021

A CHAIR IS A CHAIR SCI-Arc 2022

Work Experience

2022-now SENIOR 3D ARTIST (contract) Diorama

2021-2022

2021-2022

2020-2021

2021-2022

2018-2021

Key role: Environment, spatial and asset modeling, texturing, and animation

ROBOT LAB TEACHING ASSISTANT SCI-Arc

Key role: Supervise and instruct on use of the Robot Lab and ceramic fabrication

ARCHITECTURAL INTERNSHIP B+U Architecture

Key role: Assist in various architectural projects in design develop, ceramic fabrication, rendering, animations, and construction documents

FABRICATION SHOP MANAGER’S ASSISTANT SCI-Arc

Key role: Manage tasks for the Tech Team

VOLUNTEER DESIGN INSTRUCTOR ECCO Studios

Key role: Teach technical program courses to underserved youths

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER Anthropologie

Key role: Client management and design services like emails, packaging, social media posts, store signage and print material.

2015-2018 PRINT DESIGNER URBN, Inc

Key role: Design and manage fabrication of print assets and store displays

Screenshots from a simulated environment for Thesis, completed at SCI-Arc. Awarded the Merit Thesis Award.

TOOLS

Unreal Engine, Blender, C4D

Project final for a seminar course at SCIArc focusing on phygital materials.

TOOLS

C4D, Redshift, Octane

Studio final completed at SCI-Arc. Find the full animation here.

TOOLS

C4D, Redshift, Houdini, After Effects

TOOLS

Unreal Engine, After Effects, Rhino, Vray

Final studio project for 2GBX at SCI-Arc. Find the full animation here.

TOOLS

ZBrush, Unreal Engine, After Effects

Visual Studies final completed at SCI-Arc. Find the full animation here.

A replication of one of Sing Sing Studio’s interiors for rendering practice.

TOOLS

Rhino, Vray, Photoshop

Thank You

Los Angeles 765☺517 kaitcartmell@gmail.com

@kaitcartmell

Thank You

Angeles

☺ @kaitcartmell

517☺0850 kaitcartmell@gmail.com