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Maokai Xiao
Maokai Xiao
Former Associate Art Director @ Riot Games
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Summary

Maokai is a passionate gamer and artist who devotes his heart to create the best possible art for video games while supporting their core gameplay needs. He believes that game art is the engineering of pure art and functioning product. With that in mind, he focused around structured art problem solving, and working with other game development professionals.

Skills

Character ModelingTexturingGame DevelopmentCharacter DesignDrawing

Software proficiency

Photoshop
Photoshop
ZBrush
ZBrush
3DCoat
3DCoat

Productions

    • Video Game
      League of Legends
    • Year
      2009
    • Role
      Concept Art, Character Art, Environment Art, Illustration
    • Company
      Riot Games

Experience

  • Art Lead at Riot Games Hong Kong Studio
    Hong Kong , Hong Kong
    March 2016 - Present

    Leading art development for a variety of projects.

    Building a world-class multidisciplinary team of artists to create stunning, iconic visuals for Riot Games.

    Foster a trustworthy creative environment that empower artists to create their best work.

  • Artist at Riot Games Hong Kong
    Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    March 2014 - February 2016

    Art directing for feature development and publishing for League of Legends in China.

  • Character Artist at Riot Games
    Los Angeles, United States of America
    January 2014 - March 2014

    Worked on character concept and 3D character art for League of Legends.

  • Associate Character Artist at Riot Games
    Los Angeles , United States of America
    March 2011 - December 2013

    Worked on illustration, character concept and 3D character art for League of Legends.