01 / CHARACTER ART
Character Art
High-fidelity human characters and assets pipelines; precise modeling, sculpting, topology, materials, skinning, animation.
Resume
Portfolio · Professional Resume
Alexander Ignatenko
3D Character Artist & Technical Artist | XR Simulation Expert
Character creation, animation and technical implementation for real-time 3D, immersive VR training and interactive simulation systems. Focused on combining high-quality character art with functional, production-ready assets and behavior.
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Profile
3D Character Artist and Technical Artist with experience delivering character assets, animation and interactive real-time systems for medical, industrial and XR applications. At TriCAT GmbH, I worked as the primary character artist across medical R&D projects, contributing to character production, animation, interactive equipment and dynamic simulation behavior.
My work spans the full path from modeling and sculpting through topology, materials, rigging and animation to technical implementation in interactive real-time environments.
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Core Specialisations
02 / ANIMATION
Animation
Character and assets animation, rigging, VR ready animation systems for real-time applications.
03 / TECHNICAL ART
Technical Art
Asset pipelines, runtime optimization, technical implementation and visual-quality/performance balance.
04 / XR SIMULATION
XR Simulation
High quality Interactive avatars/characters without compromises also for VR, dynamic and complex systems as real-time symptom behavior for medical and industrial simulations.
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Professional Experience
Senior Character Artist / Tech Artist / Animator / VR Gameplay Designer
Worked as the primary character artist on medical R&D and industrial training projects, producing human characters and supporting their use in interactive real-time simulations.
- Created and prepared human characters and other 3D assets for real-time VR applications.
- Produced character and equipment animations, including interactions designed for immersive training scenarios.
- Contributed to technical implementation, asset preparation and optimization for real-time use.
- Worked on dynamic character and symptom behavior for medical simulation scenarios.
- Supported interactive VR gameplay and training workflows, combining art production with functional implementation.
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Selected Projects
Medical R&D · VR
EPICSAVE
VR emergency-care training project. Character work and interactive simulation content supported realistic emergency scenarios and training workflows.
Project period: 2016–2019 · BMBF-funded research project
Medical R&D · VR / AR
ViTAWiN
Immersive training systems for emergency medical care, building on VR training approaches and simulation environments. TriCAT contributed to production of the VR/AR training system.
Project period: 2018–2022 · BMBF-funded research project
Medical R&D · Simulation
i:medtasim
Medical simulation work involving interactive 3D assets and training content. Character art and animation formed part of the wider real-time simulation workflow.
Industrial Training · VR / Desktop
Porsche
Produced 3D content for desktop and VR training applications, alongside 3D visualization work for a COVID-era office and whiteboard environment.
Industrial / Infrastructure
SBB · Gotthard Base Tunnel
Contributed 3D content for training and visualization contexts related to railway and infrastructure operations.
Industrial Training
TRUMPF · Siemens · Daimler
Industrial and technical training content involving 3D assets, visualization and real-time learning environments.
Additional Clients / Subjects
Audi · Bayer · Bosch
Additional industrial project and client experience across technical, commercial and training-related content.
XR / Emergency Services
Spaces® XR · ABS · Public Safety
Additional XR, emergency-service and applied simulation work, including training contexts involving Deutsche Bahn and Bundespolizei.
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Companies, Research & Project Partners
Selected companies, institutions and organizations associated with projects and professional work. Logos link to official websites.
Industry & Technology
Porsche
Audi
Daimler / Mercedes-Benz
Siemens
TRUMPF
SBB
Bayer
Bosch
Research, Universities & Emergency Services
H-BRSHochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
EPICSAVE coordinator
HsHHochschule Hannover
ViTAWiN coordinator
Fraunhofer IESE
TriCAT GmbH
Johanniter
Malteser Hilfsdienst
Research funding
EU / ESF co-funding
HANSEInstitut Oldenburg
Hanse Institut Oldenburg
German Red Cross
BUNDESPOLIZEI
Public safety training
Deutsche Bahn
The partner and client selection highlights the professional and research environments connected with these projects; it does not imply that every organization commissioned every individual asset.
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Earlier Career
New World Interactive
2010–2017 · Earlier career
3D characters and character-related production for Steam game: Insurgency
FOX 3D Entertainment
2010–2017 · Earlier career
3D production and asset creation for Steam game: Natural Selection 2
Quarter Circle Games
2010–2017 · Earlier career
3D asset and main characters production for Steam game: The Peterson Case
IC3D Media
2010–2017 · Earlier career
3D modeling and content production for British Army internal E-learning Application
University of Sydney
Academic / project-related experience
University-associated experience within the broader 3D Animation and digital
production background