Harid Taşkın
Harid Taşkın
Senior Lighting Artist - Grade 1 at Playground Games
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

Summary

Hey, I'm a Lighting Artist specialized in digital games and real-time experiences. With a teamwork focused attitude and strong self-motivation, I'm in love with creating games and experiences. I also like mentoring and sharing what experience I have with newcomers.

After finishing my Bachelor's and Master degree on Visual Communication Design, and a brief time as a Research assistant, I moved to Istanbul to chase my career in digital games industry.
Until now, I worked for several projects and studios about digital games, arch-viz and real-time cinematics, taking different roles in these projects such as; Lighting Artist, Level Artist, Look Dev Artist,and Cinematic Artist.

Currently, working at Playground Games, I love to learn new things and improve myself daily. With the goal of creating remarkable worlds and experiences, I'm always eager to contribute to the digital games industry!

Apart from video games, I also love making music, playing football and interested in history..

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Skills

LightingLevel DesignGraphic Design

Software proficiency

Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve
Photoshop
Photoshop
Substance 3D Sampler
Substance 3D Sampler
Maya
Maya
Blender
Blender
Megascans
Megascans
Premiere
Premiere

Productions

    • Video Game
      Forza Horizon 6
    • Year
      2026
    • Role
      Senior Lighting Artist - Grade 1
    • Company
      Playground Games
    • Video Game
      Kena: Bridge of Spirits
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Cinematic Lighting Artist
    • Company
      Ember Lab
    • Video Game
      Codemasters F1® 2021
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Cinematic Lighting Artist
    • Company
      REALTIME/ Codemasters EA

Experience

  • Senior Lighting Artist - Grade 1 at Playground Games
    November 2024 - Present

  • Senior Lighting Artist at Splash Damage
    GB
    June 2023 - September 2024

  • Lighting Artist at Splash Damage
    November 2021 - June 2023

  • Lighting Artist at Freelance
    Istanbul, Turkey
    October 2019 - November 2021

    Shipped Titles:

    Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab, 2021)

    Codemasters F1® 2021 ( EA Codemasters/REALTIME, 2021)

    KitBash3d KITS 4.0 Release Trailer (KitBash3d, 2020)

  • Realtime Lighting Instructor at Bahcesehir University
    Istanbul, Turkey
    February 2020 - September 2021

    Lecturer for In-Game Lighting class

  • Lighting Artist at Tatu Creative Studios
    Istanbul, Turkey
    September 2018 - October 2019

  • Research Assistant at Eastern Mediterranean University
    Famagusta, Cyprus
    February 2014 - June 2016