Omar Aweidah

Omar Aweidah has diverse work experience in the gaming and visual effects industry. Omar currently works as the Lead Character Artist at Sucker Punch Productions since February 2020. Prior to that, they served as the Character Art Lead at Amazon Game Studios from January 2019 to February 2020. Before that, they worked at Obsidian Entertainment as the Lead Character Artist from August 2018 to January 2019 and as a Senior Character Artist from September 2017 to August 2018. Additionally, they worked as a Character Modeling Instructor at Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Games + Animation from April 2018 to January 2019. Omar Aweidah also gained experience as a Character Artist and an Associate Concept Artist at Cloud Imperium Games from October 2015 to September 2017 and from September 2014 to October 2015 respectively. Omar started their career as a Scene Assembly Intern at Blur Studio in July 2014.

Omar Aweidah pursued their higher education in the field of illustration. Omar first attended Columbia College Chicago from 2008 to 2012, where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Illustration. Following this, Omar enrolled at Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Games + Animation from 2012 to 2014, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Illustration, specializing in Digital Arts and Visual FX.