d3t welcomes George Garton, Senior Lighting Artist

22nd Jan 2025

Tell us a bit of information about your experience/career background?

I’ve worked in a variety of roles throughout my career including being a Material Artist at Sumo Digital on Sackboy: A Big Adventure, 3D Artist at Inflexion Games Canada on Nightingale, and as a Senior Lighting Artist at Bulkhead/Splash Damage working on Transformers: Reactivate and Wardogs. I also spent a year working in the film industry at Narwhal Studios as a Lead Artist specialising in photogrammetry working alongside Marvel and ILM.

Why d3t?

I had a really positive experience during my interviews for d3t where everyone I met was extremely friendly and welcoming, speaking very highly of life here at d3t. This was only further supported by everything I read online and the numerous best place to work awards!

I also find co-dev really appealing because of the opportunity to work on a variety of projects with different teams from around the world.

What do you love about games?

I love the interactivity of games. It’s something so unique to our industry. That I’m able to jump into these simulated worlds and lose myself in these finely crafted universes is so magical to me.

I also love the challenge of games, the feeling of triumph when you beat that final boss, when you win that race by the skin of your teeth, or you finally work out that puzzle that’s been bewildering you for days. There’s nothing else quite like it!

What games are you currently playing, and what is your favourite game?

I’ve recently fallen madly in love with Outerwilds! My girlfriend and I have this really fun dynamic when we’re playing this game where she’s really good at all the intellectual stuff and helps me solve all the puzzles and piece together the clues, while I do all the difficult platforming, flying of the ship and avoiding all the hazards on the various planets!

For my all-time favourite game, I’d probably have to go with either the first Jak and Daxter, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, or Bloodborne. Some very different games there but they all hold such dear places in my heart for very different reasons.

Do you have any fun facts or hobbies?

So, a fun fact that I only recently learned myself is that my great grandfather invented Worcestershire Sauce! I didn’t believe it myself but if you look at really old bottles of it they have my family’s surname on them! Unfortunately, we didn’t see any sort of massive fortune from it because my great grandfather sold the recipe before it really became popular. RIP

As for hobbies, I’m really big into my extreme sports; snowboarding, wakeboarding, rock climbing, mountain biking, etc!

I also really enjoy photography, specifically photographing and creating videos of all the action sports mentioned above!