MICHAEL KNOWLAND
Mike is also a fan of painting and here are a selection of some of his abstract texture work.
Resume
Framestore
Oct 2018 - May 2019
Modeller TD
Contract Character Artist
May 2019 - Present
- Salesforce
- Iron Maiden
- Toptal
- Share Creators
- Heatblur Simulations
- Ubisoft
- Mad Head Games Studios
- Arrowhead Studios
- Unity
- Gameloft
Painting
Frontier Developments
Aug 2009 - Feb 2010
Character Artist on Kinectimals
Feb 2010 - Dec 2010
Character Artist on The Outsider
Naughty Dog
Jan 2011 - Aug 2013
Lead Character Artist on The Last of Us
(Winner of over 200 Game of The Year Awards)
Sep 2013 - Apr 2014
Special Credit given on Uncharted 4
Avalanche Studios
Jul 2014 - Feb 2017
Senior Character Artist
Splash Damage
Feb 2017 - June 2018
Principal Character Artist
Michael Knowland was born in England, and grew up with an interest in art and design whilst studying at Ipswich School. He took a course in Computer Games Design at Staffordshire University, and then went on to work as a Character Artist at Frontier Developments in Cambridge working on Kinectimals and then The Outsider. In 2011, he went to work at Naughty Dog, and became the Lead Character Artist for the The Last of Us. Michael then moved to New York to work with Avalanche Studios and contributed to the Just Cause franchise. He has also been working at Framestore, Heatblur, Ubisoft, Unity, Arrowhead Studios, Iron Maiden and in recent years Mad Head Games Studios and Gameloft.