Mentor Bio

Josh Lynch | Materials Specialist

With over a decade of industry experience, Josh has contributed to multiple AAA projects including Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare & DLC, and Defiance.

Storytelling, visual cohesion, and eye rest are the driving forces of Josh's Texture / Material creation philosophy. As a power user of Substance Designer, Josh has helped to push the possibilities of what is possible in Substance Designer.

 Josh was an invited speaker at these events:

• SIGGRAPH 2015 - ”Studio Course” On Substance Designer

• Gnomon 2016 - Substance Designer Workshop

• GDC 2016 - Allegorithmic Booth Speaker

• MiGS 2016 - Substance Designer Masterclass

• Gnomon 2017 - The Art of Environment Storytelling for Games

• GDC 2017 - The Substance of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

• GDC 2018 - The Substance of 'Middle-Earth: Shadow of War'

• Substance Days Asia 2018 (Tokyo & Seoul) - Substance Designer Masterclass

• ArtStation Masterclass 2018 - Substance Designer Masterclass

• CGFutures 2019 - Masterclass & Bio Motivational Presentation

Publications & Articles:

• 3D World Issue #206

• 3D World Issue #207

• 3D World Issue #219

• 3D Artist ”100th Anniversary Issue'

• 3D Artist Issue #110

Awards:

• Polycount Greentooth Award 2016 & 2018

Podcasts & Interviews:

• Ryan Kingslien - Podcast Interview

• Game Dev Discussions - Podcast Interview

• Environment Art Podcast - Podcast Interview