Axel Tillier

Led the PBR transition and art direction for the Plan de Rome project. Modeled and animated a wide range of assets (hard surface, vegetation, architecture, particles), including animals and characters (manual animation and retargeting). Modified CryEngine's source code to integrate new AI classes, ensuring stability and performance in an open-world environment. Designed scripts in Lua and Flowgraph for lighting, shading, texturing, and tool automation.

In charge of the real-time historical reconstruction of Caen (1936). Responsible for pipeline design, terrain generation, historical interpretation, data management, performance monitoring, shaders, interactions, modeling, texturing, shading, rendering, and MetaHuman integration. Coordinated workflows between researchers, students, and artists.

Teaches art direction and real-time 3D pipelines (Blender, 3ds Max, Substance, Unreal Engine, After Effects), with a focus on environment creation and technical art.