Rishi Patkar

Rishi Patkar has a diverse work experience in the gaming industry. Rishi began their career at Atman Software as a Junior Artist in 2010. From there, they joined Nine Tail Studios, Inc. in 2012 as a Technical Artist, where they played a key role in setting up the art pipeline and optimizing shaders for iOS. In 2014, they worked as a UDK Technical Artist at Goldtooth Creative and then as a Senior Technical Artist at Hothead Games, where they focused on lighting, color grading, and optimization tasks. In 2020, Rishi became the Lead Technical Artist at Next Level Games, leading a team and contributing to various projects until 2022. Rishi then worked as a Technical Artist (Consultation) at PopReach Corporation for a few months before joining Obsidian Entertainment as a Senior Houdini Technical Artist in 2022. Finally, in 2023, Rishi founded Vec5 Technical Arts, where they serve as the Technical Art Director, specializing in delivering technical art services for video game studios and companies requiring real-time 3D graphics expertise.

Rishi Patkar completed their education with a diploma in Game Design from Vancouver Film School (VFS) in 2012. Prior to that, they obtained a Professional Diploma in Game Art from the Asian Institute of Gaming and Animation (AIGA) in 2010.