Natalia Shilimina

Senior 3D Environment Artist at Wargaming

Belgrade, Serbia

Summary

Senior Environment / Level Artist with 8+ years of experience in AAA and mid-scale projects
including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Remastered), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, SnowRunner, Armored Warfare, and Ram Pressure.
Specialized in creating immersive, optimized environments that balance artistic vision with technical performance.

I cover the full environment pipeline - from blockouts and modular kits to asset requests, optimization, and final release - ensuring levels are both visually compelling and performant.
I collaborate daily with level design, art direction, and tech art to maintain consistency, meet creative goals, and achieve performance benchmarks.

Core Skills:
Level & Environment Art (blockouts, composition, storytelling)
3D Modeling (Maya)
Texturing (Substance Painter, Substance Designer)
Optimization (LODs)
Engines: Unreal Engine 5 & proprietary engines
Cross-team collaboration

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Skills

Software proficiency

Photoshop

Maya

Substance 3D Painter

Substance 3D Designer

Marmoset Toolbag

Unreal Engine

Houdini

ZBrush

Marvelous Designer

3DCoat

Illustrator

Productions

- Video Game
  WOT HEAT
- Year
  2026
- Role
  3D Environment Artist/Level Artist
- Company
  Wargaming
- Video Game
  Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
- Year
  2025
- Role
  3D Environment Artist/Level Artist
- Company
  Room 8 Studio
- Video Game
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
- Year
  2023
- Role
  3D Level Artist/3D Environment Artist
- Company
  Room 8 Studio
- Video Game
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Year
  2022
- Role
  3D Level Artist/3D Environment Artist
- Company
  Room 8 Studio
- Video Game
  Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond
- Year
  2020
- Role
  3D Level Artist
- Company
  Room 8 Studio
- Video Game
  SnowRunner
- Year
  2020
- Role
  3D Level Artist
- Company
  Sunstrike Studios
- Video Game
  Armored Warfare
- Year
  2015
- Role
  Texture Artist
- Company
  SunStrike Studios
- Video Game
  Ram Pressure
- Year
  2020
- Role
  Texture Artist
- Company
  SunStrike Studios

Experience

Senior 3D Level Artist / 3D Environment Artist at Wargaming WOT HEAT
Belgrade, RS
March 2024 - Present
- Created high-quality 3D assets and level art from the blockout stage to the final polishing that works within technical constraints;

- Communicated directly with the art lead and art director, discussed the tasks and proposed solutions;

- Analyzed and optimized nearly finished environments and ensured compliance with visual requirements.

- Ensured the visual quality of each asset through tuning, bug fixing, and testing in the Engine;
3D Level Artist / 3D Environment Artist at Room 8 Studio
Yerevan
May 2021 - January 2024
- Created AAA 3D art from the blockout stage to the final polishing that works within technical constraints;

- Experienced the entire game environment creation pipeline: 3D modeling, texture masks creation, layered material set up, decorated and customized environment, optimized art, and fixed bugs;

- Integrated finished quality assets into the levels;

- Communicated directly with the art lead, discussed the tasks and proposed solutions;

- Analyzed and optimized nearly finished environments and ensured compliance with visual requirements.

- Collaborated with artists, engineers, and designers to ensure effective integration of art and game design;

- Ensured the visual quality of each environment through tuning, bug fixing, and play-testing;

- Maintained level optimization.

- Took part in the development of Call of Duty Modern Warfare II (remastered).
3D Level Artist at SunStrike Studios
Saint-Petersburg
January 2021 - May 2021
- Communicated directly with the client, discussed the tasks and proposed solutions;

- Participated in the creation of ideas and plans for locations;

- Integrated assets into levels;

- Worked closely with the art lead and the game designer to create 3D content that visualizes the vision of the game;

- Collaborated with team members to cope with technology difficulties.

-Props placement, terrain sculpting
Texture Artist (Game Graphics) at SunStrike Studios
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
August 2018 - January 2021
Texture Artist (Game Graphics)

-Creating hand-drawn (style hand painted) textures of characters and objects.

-Create PBR textures (Substance painter).

-Creation of procedural textures (Substance designer).

-Sculpting (Z-brush)

-Modeling (Autodesk Maya)

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