Tanmay Songirkar

Senior Environment Artist with 10+ years creating immersive 3D worlds for games and simulations. Specialises in hard-surface modeling, Props Modeling, Level Art, and Unreal/ 3ds Max pipelines, with a track record of optimising performance and workflows collaborative mentor who drives concepts to polished, high-quality releases.

Senior Environment / Level Artist at LightfuryGames (2025-03 – Present)

• Engineered modular hard-surface environments and guided lookdev for competitive mobile titles, aligning visual fidelity with creative direction.
• Integrated generative AI pipelines for rapid concepting and texture generation, cutting iteration time from blockout to engine-ready assets.
• Light baking, level optimization across draw calls, LOD hierarchies, and memory budgets to maintain target frame rates across low- and high-end devices.

Senior Graphic Engineer at Sogeclair (2023-12 – 2025-03)

• Developed interactive 3D simulation environments for high-security government and aerospace clients. Contributed to complex real-time simulation modules, optimized 3D art pipelines, and collaborated with external engineering teams.
• Conducted R&D using SCANeR and photogrammetry for realistic low-poly assets, and mentored junior team members under strict NDA compliance.

Senior Environment Artist at Magic Media (2023-04 – 2023-11)

• Created hard-surface 3D assets, collaborated on concepts with the Art Director and Producer, and helped establish a modular art pipeline by aligning technical and environmental requirements across the team.

Senior Level Artist at Gameshastra (2021-05 – 2023-03)

• Lead a team of 7–8 artists, collaborated with Art Director and Tech Lead to maintain visual consistency, built optimised levels with strong environmental storytelling, validated map quality, profiled performance, and set up materials and shaders for high-quality results.

Senior Artist at Keywords studios (2020-09 – 2021-03)

• Delivered modular buildings and hard-surface assets, aligned benchmarks with the Art Lead to meet client requirements, validated materials in Unreal Engine, and finalised assets for QC through focused feedback review.
• Review the artist's feedback and make the asset/prop/building ready for QC

Experienced Artist at Codemasters Studio (2018-08 – 2020-05)

• Created level art in EGO Engine for GRID RP16 and DiRT Rally 2.0, handling object placement, terrain and level geometry, city map execution within budget, next-gen asset creation from references, and PBR texturing.
• Making level geometry, Smart materials for terrain or repetitive objects, technicalities of the game Environment

3D Game Artist at Gameshastra (2016-05 – 2018-07)

• Created AAA levels in UE4 for Euro Fishing and Immortals, handling level vision and pre-production, blockouts, level geometry and architecture, overseeing environmental art direction, and delivering next-gen assets from references.

3D Modelling and Texturing Artist at Optimus Visuals (2014-06 – 2016-05)

Govt. Diploma of Art (G.D. Art) in Painting – J.K.

Nandre Kala

Mahavidyalaya (2013 – 2017)

Bachelor of Arts (B.A) in English Literature – Yeshwantrao chawan open university (2013 – 2016)

Diploma In Animation in Game Art Design, Modeling and Texturing – Maya academy of advance cinematic (2012 – 2014)

Fine Art Foundation in All art Subjects for Fine Art – Yashwant Kala Mahavidyalaya (2011 – 2012)

S.S.C. in All School Secondary Subjects – S.B. High School (2008 – 2009)