
Chad Van Patten
Hi! My Name is Chad Van Patten, I have a Masters in Critical Game Design from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as well as my Bachelors in Games Simulations Arts and Sciences(GSAS) with a concentration in 3D Animation and Modeling. 
Check out my Demo Reels on Youtube below!
Here is my showcase of the work I did when I was working for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute!
3D Animation
Here are examples of my Highlighted 3D Animations!
A Looping Character Idle Cycle
A Looping Character Walk Cycle (Sneak Style)
RubeGoldBurg Machine
Inanimate Object Brought To Life Animation
Traditional Bouncing Ball
Face Placed on Inanimate Object
Basic Object Movement Animation
Games
Here is a collection of games I have worked on! Each picture takes you to the itch.io webpage!
GAMEFEST 2023 MOST EXPERIMENTAL GAME WINNER

Shortest Fuse: I Created many of the 3D Models and textures for those models along with some object oriented animations

Company Time: I Created many of the 3D Models and textures for those models along with the character model and animations

Steal Yourself: I rigged and animated all the charcters,enemys,bosses and NPCs

Krack-Lacken: I created the Kraken and the animations along with it, as well as I created the Largest Ship model, along with some 2d UI elements like the health bars
3D Models
Here is a collection of my Highlighted 3D Art! Each Image takes you to my ArtStation webpage to further allow inspection of the model!

Here is my showcase of the work I did when I was working for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute!






Visual Effects
Here is a collection of my Highlighted Visual Effects!
Charged Wires
Colorful Smoke
Particle Nebula
Vellum Wires
Breaking Apart Objects
Morphing Objects
No Keyframe Animations
About
My Name is Chad Van Patten,I have a Masters in Critical Game Design from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as well as my Bachelors in Games Simulations Arts and Sciences(GSAS) with a concentration in 3D Animation and Modeling.I have always had a passion for games and the game industry alongside the interest of the animated films industry and hope to one day be apart of a company in those fields.Most of my work involves 3D modeling and animations done in Maya software, I have experience working in Houdini to create visual effects. Along side this I have experience working in game engines like Unity and Unreal.
Contact
Thanks for stopping by!
 Feel free to reach out to me via phone: (607-205-5301) or via my Email at [email protected]Icons below will take you to my Email, Itch.io Page, Artstation Page, Sketchfab Page and My Youtube Channel.
