Summary
Ashleigh Warner is a Senior 3D Environment Artist who has worked in games since 2013. Originally from Virginia, she graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Communication Arts, then moved to Texas and graduated from The Guildhall at SMU with a Masters in Game Art Creation. She loves stylized and painterly game art, with many years experience creating both hand-painted and stylized PBR games. Ashleigh worked at Blizzard Entertainment on the World of Warcraft Prop Art team for eight years shipping 6 expansions. She currently works at Riot Games in R&D on 2XKO and several unannounced projects. She also taught an online class with CGMA for 6 years, and loves mentoring and teaching.
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Skills
Software proficiency
Productions
- Video Game2XKO
- Year2026
- RoleSenior Environment Artist
- CompanyRiot Games
- Video GameWorld of Warcraft: Dragonflight
- Year2022
- RoleSenior Prop Artist I
- CompanyBlizzard Entertainment
- Video GameWorld of Warcraft: Shadowlands
- Year2020
- RoleSenior Prop Artist I
- CompanyBlizzard Entertainment
- Video GameWorld of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
- Year2018
- RoleProp Artist
- CompanyBlizzard Entertainment
- Video GameWorld of Warcraft: Legion
- Year2016
- RoleProp Artist
- CompanyBlizzard Entertainment
- Video GameWorld of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
- Year2014
- RoleAssociate Prop Artist
- CompanyBlizzard Entertainment
- Video GameWorld of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
- Year2012
- RoleAssociate Prop Artist
- CompanyBlizzard Entertainment
- Video GameDOTA 2
- Year2013
- RoleFreelance Artist: Meepo Item Set
- CompanyValve Corporation
Experience
- Senior Environment Artist at Riot GamesAugust 2021 - Present
- Creating 3D environment art for multiple unreleased projects in R&D including 2XKO
- Establishing games’ visual styles and workflows as one of the first artists on small teams - Instructor / Creating Stylized Game Assets at CG Master Academy(Online Course)January 2020 - October 2025
- Created a 10 week course on creating stylized, hand-painted environment game art with recorded video demos and lectures. The class has 5 projects that vary in scope from painting cubes to a full environment scene
- Teaching students through weekly live Q+As and feedback videos on their assignments - Senior Artist I at Blizzard EntertainmentIrvine, CA, United States of AmericaMay 2013 - August 2021
- Prop art concepting, modeling, texturing, animation, and FX for World of Warcraft
- Point Prop Artist on many culture kits, including Bastion, Ardenweald, and Nazjatar, directing other Prop Artists and working with Point Artists and Designers on other teams
- Created the Prop Team’s onboarding plan and workflow guide wiki
- Tech Specialist role: advocated for the Prop Team’s technical needs getting us tools to improve our process and asset performance
- Created elekk and raptor in-game plushies, and helped translate them to merchandise - Lead Artist (Student Project) at The Guildhall at SMUPlano, TX, United States of AmericaAugust 2012 - December 2012
- Voodudes: http://voodudesgame.blogspot.com/
- Led a team of four artists over five months on a student game, Voodudes, made in Unreal
- Featured in the Intel booth at GDC 2013