Lead Look Development Artist
Texture, lighting, rendering and environments for animated films, commercials and Unreal Engine productions.
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Texture, look development and lighting work from studio productions.
Open any piece to see every render angle, plus the AO, wireframe and UV passes where I have them.
Short films and teasers I textured, lit and rendered on. Keep scrolling to move through them.
Ratul, a young boy in Bangladesh, is shown two futures. In one, rising seas have flooded the country. In the other, renewable energy has replaced fossil fuels and Bangladesh is thriving.
The film won 41 international awards and 113+ festival selections
The whole film was built inside Unreal Engine 5 and rendered in real time on a single GPU. No long render queues, just storytelling driven by craft and technology.
Teaser for the 2025 animated production. I handled texturing and rendering in Unreal Engine 5. Ritchie, the lead character, is in Selected work with every angle and his AO, wireframe and UV passes.
Teaser starring Pupzilla, a stylized puppy character. I textured the character, and the full set of renders with the wireframe and UV layout is in Selected work.
| Production | Type | My role |
|---|---|---|
| Tomorrow 2019 | Animated short film | Texture, lighting |
| Rickshaw Girl 2021 | Feature film | Hero asset and prop texturing |
| SAWBO 2023 | International educational animation | Texture, lighting, rendering, environment |
| Gularu | Real time animated short | Texture, lighting, rendering |
| Ritchie and the Rockstars 2025 | Animated production | Texture, rendering |
Photorealistic PBR and stylized surfaces, from clean UV layouts to final material maps.
Maya, Photoshop, Substance 3D Painter
Mood, depth and dramatic light that pushes the story and guides the eye.
Maya, V-Ray, Unreal Engine, Marmoset Toolbag
Shader creation and multi pass production rendering for real time and offline pipelines.
V-Ray, Arnold, Unreal Engine
Complete world building and set dressing for film, commercials and real time engines.
Unreal Engine, Maya, SpeedTree
I’m Asiqur Rahman, a lead look development artist with 9+ years of professional CG production, grown from intern texture artist to lead at Cycore Studios.
I specialize in UV mapping, photorealistic texturing, PBR workflows, lighting and look development across offline and Unreal Engine pipelines. My work spans animated features, commercials and visualization, delivering high fidelity characters, props and environments.
I have contributed to 200+ commercial projects and 25+ major productions, working closely with directors, art directors, supervisors and cross functional 3D teams. What drives me most is visual storytelling: turning ambitious ideas into worlds people believe in.
Nine years at Cycore Studios, driving texturing and look development for animated films, commercials and the award winning short Tomorrow.
Daffodil International University
B.Sc. in Multimedia and Creative Technology, 2014 to 2017
Built a strong artistic and technical base in 3D computer graphics, texturing workflows and animation pipelines, moving straight into studio production in my final year.
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Available for full time studio roles, remote contract work and freelance projects. If you need look development, realistic texturing or cinematic lighting for your next production, get in touch.
