Chris Woods

Chris Woods is an experienced Lead Technical Artist currently employed at Cold Iron Studios since April 2024, with a robust background in technical and visual effects artistry. Previously, Chris held the position of Lead Technical/VFX Artist at Twin Suns Corp from August 2021 to January 2024 and served as Lead VFX/Tech Artist at Valkyrie Entertainment, LLC from August 2020 to August 2021. Prior roles include contributing to AMD's Special Projects Team as a 3D, VFX, and Tech Artist, creating innovative demos, as well as working on the Hololens as a 3D and VFX Artist with Microsoft (Collabera). Chris's extensive experience at 343 Industries spanned from January 2013 to October 2016 in various roles, culminating as Lead Dynamic Artist, following earlier work as a Lead Mission Artist. Chris began a long tenure at Rare Ltd, starting in 1995, progressing from Visual FX Contractor to Principal Artist, and gathering expertise in environment and prop modeling, texturing, and next-gen shading techniques.