11 Bit Studios
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Mar 2026Jul 2026 – present
Freelance 3D, Tech & Environment Art
About Me
Frederico Carneiro
Art Lead · Senior Environment, Level & 3D Artist
I direct and build the look of real-time game worlds, and the tools that make them.
9+ years in AA/AAA development, 5+ leading art teams. Hands-on from blockout to final lighting and polish across environments, level art, weapons and 3D, with deep Unreal Engine 5 expertise. I define visual direction, build the pipelines teams ship on, and keep visual quality and performance inseparable.
Experience
Sperasoft
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Apr – Jul 2026
Senior Level Artist
Contract · AAA project under NDA
Reikon Games
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Jun 2023 – Dec 2025
Associate Art Director
Lead Environment Artist
Principal Level Artist
Lead Weapon Artist
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Oct 2021 – Jun 2023
Lead 3D Artist
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Mar 2020 – Dec 2021
Lead Prop Artist
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Nov 2018 – Feb 2020
3D Artist
UNIT9
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2018
3D Artist
SwingDev
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2017 - 2018
3D Artist
From internship
Freelance
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2014 - 2017
3D, web, photo & video
Metal Eden · Art Direction
Leadership & Direction
From solo artist to directing the look across a 30+ artist team.
At Reikon Games I took on leadership across multiple disciplines: visual direction, efficient art pipelines, and growing artists, all while staying hands-on in production.
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Associate Art Director
Visual direction, with the Art Director, across the whole game.
- Defined and maintained the overall visual direction alongside the Art Director.
- Held artistic consistency across environments, props, weapons, VFX and animation.
- Reviewed and gave feedback to a team of 30+ artists.
- Balanced hands-on production with direction.
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Lead 3D Artist
Built and led the 3D art team from a solo role.
- Led a 3D art team of 6, scaled up from working solo.
- Mentored artists with regular feedback and reviews.
- Set quality benchmarks and style guides.
- Planned and ran sprints for the team.
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Lead Environment Art
Directed environment art across every map.
- Directed environment art across all game maps.
- Built modular workflows and asset libraries.
- Balanced quality against real-time performance budgets.
- Worked closely with level and gameplay design.
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Lead Weapon Art
Owned the weapon pipeline, concept to in-engine.
- Owned the weapon pipeline from concept to in-engine.
- Coordinated concept, gameplay, VFX, animation, tech art and production.
- Defined weapon art standards.
- Personally delivered weapon assets.
Hiring & Team Scaling
Helped build the art team from 6 to 30+.
I helped scale Reikon's art department from a small team to full production: reviewing portfolios, running art tests and interviewing, then mentoring new hires into the studio's standards.
- 8+
- Years of experience
- 6
- Artists led as Lead 3D
- 30+
- Art team at peak
- 30 120
- Studio growth
Mentorship & Development
- One-on-one feedback and regular art reviews.
- Style guides and quality benchmarks the team could rely on.
- Building a team capable of shipping high-quality visuals at scale.
Let's work together.
Open to new opportunities and collaborations. Available now.