Francis-Xavier Martins
Francis-Xavier Martins
Lead Artist at Electric Square •▼• Character Artist
Brighton, United Kingdom

My skills range from being lead character artist (Need for Speed) to lead artist (Warped Kart Racers, The Grand Tour Game)
I have experience in video game production, television and media.

Some of my clients have included:
• The Cartoon Network
• Axis Animation
• The History Channel
• Studio AKA
• Marvel
• AirBnB
• Channel 5 UK

I'm currently a lead artist at Electric Square in Brighton where I am based.

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Skills

Character Modeling3D ModelingDigital SculptingCreature ModelingCharacter DesignTexturingRetopologyGame DevelopmentHigh-poly ModelingLow-poly ModelingUV MappingRigging

Software proficiency

ZBrush
ZBrush
Maya
Maya
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
3ds Max
3ds Max
Photoshop
Photoshop
Mari
Mari
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
Unity
Unity
V-Ray
V-Ray
Marmoset Toolbag
Marmoset Toolbag
Keyshot
Keyshot
Marvelous Designer
Marvelous Designer
Arnold
Arnold
xNormal
xNormal
Knald
Knald
TopoGun
TopoGun

Experience

  • October 2017 - Present
    Lead Artist at Electric Square
    Brighton

    I was in charge of the art team for the release of The Grand Tour Game. Making sure the art quality was consistent and up to scratch. I was also client facing making sure they were happy with how the tracks were being created.

    I was art lead on Warped Kart Racers which came out in May 2022.

    More recently, I was in charge of the character team on Need for Speed Unbound, working with the Criterion leads, helping with a lot of the character outfits.

  • January 2017 - Present
    Senior Character Artist at Cartoon Network
    London, United Kingdom

    Worked on the new Happo series. Revamped a lot of the old characters and helped create new ones.

    Also helped with Ben 10

  • January 2010 - Present
    Character Artist •▼• CG Generalist at Polyjunky
    Brighton, United Kingdom

  • December 2014 - August 2015
    Principal Character Artist at Absolutely Cuckoo
    London, United Kingdom

    Principal character artist for Wissper. Handled sculpting, retopology, UVs and textures in the London studio whilst liasing with the team in India.

  • October 2005 - November 2010
    Senior Artist at Zoe Mode (Kuju Entertainment)
    Brighton, United Kingdom

  • January 2001 - January 2004
    3d Artist at Climax
    Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Productions

    • Video Game
      Need for Speed: Unbound
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Lead Character Artist
    • Company
      Electric Square
    • Mobile Game
      Warped Kart Racers
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Lead Artist
    • Company
      Electric Square
    • Mobile Game
      Detonation Racing
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Principal Artist
    • Company
      Electric Square
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Manor, The Drawing
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Character Artist
    • Company
      Red Knuckles
    • TV Production
      The Girl and the Cloud
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Character Artist
    • Company
      Red Knuckles/ Studio AKA
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Dom.ru
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      Character modeller
    • Company
      Red Knuckles
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Pip's Island
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      Character modeller
    • Company
      Pip's Island. NYC
    • TV Production
      Wissper
    • Year
      2015
    • Role
      Lead Character Artist
    • Company
      Absolutely Cuckoo/ Channel 5
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Vikings
    • Year
      2014
    • Role
      3d artist and Mari Texture artist
    • Company
      Digicave/ History Channel
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      The Captain America Experience
    • Year
      2014
    • Role
      Mari Texture Painter
    • Company
      Digicave/ Marvel
    • Video Game
      Furby Boom
    • Year
      2014
    • Role
      Freelance 3d artist
    • Company
      Relentless Software
    • Book
      The Wire and Philosophy
    • Year
      2012
    • Role
      Character Artist
    • Company
      Open Court Publishing
    • Video Game
      Grease
    • Year
      2010
    • Role
      Character artist
    • Company
      Zoe Mode
    • Video Game
      EyeToy Play: Hero
    • Year
      2009
    • Role
      Senior 3d Artist
    • Company
      Zoe Mode
    • Video Game
      You're In The Movies
    • Year
      2008
    • Role
      3d and VFX artist
    • Company
      Zoe Mode
    • Video Game
      EyeToy: Play Astro Zoo
    • Year
      2007
    • Role
      Senior 3d Artist
    • Company
      Kuju
    • Video Game
      EyeToy: Play Sports
    • Year
      2006
    • Role
      3d Artist
    • Company
      Kuju
    • Video Game
      Sudeki
    • Year
      2004
    • Role
      Character artist.
    • Company
      Climax