Chad Van Patten

Hi! My Name is Chad Van Patten, I am a current Graduate student in the Critical Game Design program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. I am concentrating in 3D modeling and Animation.

3D Animation

Here are examples of my Highlighted 3D Animations!

A Looping Character Idle Cycle

A Looping Character Walk Cycle (Sneak Style)

Inanimate Object Brought To Life Animation

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!

Visual Effects

Here is a collection of my Highlighted Visual Effects!

Charged Wires

Particle Nebula

Vellum Wires

Breaking Apart Objects

Morphing Objects

No Keyframe Animations

About

My Name is Chad Van Patten,I am currently enrolled at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Critical Game Design Master's program. I have a Bachelor's of Science in Games and Simulation 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.