Josh Rutledge
Junior 3D Animator
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Toronto, ON, CanadaMember since August 21, 2026
BlenderUnity
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About
Lead Visual Development on RaceTrap.
Experience
Co-Founder & 3D Animator / Lead Technical Artist at GnomeFire Labs Inc. (2023-05 – 2024-12)
Lead Visual Development on RaceTrap.
- Co-founded an independent game studio to develop and commercially launch RaceTrap on Steam over a 1.5 year production cycle.
- Built, rigged, and animated the entire cast of 3D characters in Blender, ensuring appealing silhouettes and expressive movements.
- Set up and tuned Unity Animator controllers, blend trees, and state machines to successfully launch the game on Steam.
Education
Diploma in Advanced Character Animation Studies – Animation Mentor, AnimationMentor.com (2025-01 – 2026-07)
Honours Bachelor of Computing in Game Development – Queen's University (2018-09 – 2023-07)
Skills
Junior 3D Animator
