Jacob Norris

Creative Director at Sierra Division
|| Previously | Lead at NVIDIA | Naughty Dog | Kojima Productions | Insomniac Games | & More ||

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

This is one of those #PortfolioDay 's :D
Tons of awesome artwork all over Twitter today. Here's a couple pieces I've done throughout the years. Enjoy!

Feel free to checkout my ArtStation for more
https://t.co/QjPJYCc5hE

[Sierra Division @sierra_division]

We're excited to finally share a client project from late 2024 and early 2025, where our studio was brought on to create a futuristic loft for Bella, a super-intelligent being.

The creative brief was particularly interesting. Bella lives in a world of her own design, constantly building and reshaping her surroundings to reflect her mood and imagination. Her living space needed to feel warm and inviting while revealing its digital nature.

Inspired by a solarpunk aesthetic, the loft environment features organic shapes, warm wood tones, vegetation, and cityscape backdrop.

This project brought together our expertise in environment art and cinematic production to create a detailed, atmospheric world that feels both futuristic and inviting.

Our team was involved in environment creation, ideation, and overall production, contributing to everything from concept development, art direction, 3D modeling, cityscape creation, foliage, materials, texturing, lighting, camera work, cinematic animation, and final rendering.

Tools used: Blender, 3dsMax, Substance and Unreal

[Sierra Division @sierra_division]

Will you be at Lightbox this year? Maybe you can't make it, but you're in the area?

Join us for a chill evening of networking at Stone Brewing Tap Room in Pasadena on October 24th from 7-10 PM. No RSVP needed, just bring yourself, your friends, good vibes, and come say hi.

Looking forward to connecting!

@LightBoxExpo @PurePolygons

[Sierra Division @sierra_division]

Come meet your mentors. We’re headed to #LightboxExpo!

We’re thrilled to be attending LBX this year. While we won’t have a booth, we'll be checking out the expo and offering informal portfolio reviews. If you see us wearing our Academy swag you’re welcome to come say hi and ask for feedback. We’d be happy to chat!

Attending from the Sierra Division Academy team:

- @PurePolygons (Jacob Norris) CEO and Creative Director at Sierra Division
- @JonArellano3D : Sr. Environment Artist at Santa Monica Studio
- Gabriel Cervantes Sr. Environment Artist at Naughty Dog
- @peyart13 (Peyton Varney) : Sr. Environment Artist at Naughty
- Sarah Swenson: Sr. Environment Artist at Naughty Dog

To find out where we'll be or request a meeting, connect with us on our Discord https://t.co/f7o7UaujF2. We'll be posting pics and updates there.

See you next week!

[Sierra Division @sierra_division]

(Reposting due to typo. Crazy how we only have an hour to edit. Anyway!)
Most people know us as a studio specializing in realism, but we love the creativity and character of stylized art too!

Our Senior Environment Artist @MiroslavBaev95 is a huge fan of Arcane and World of Warcraft and has been experimenting with different stylized techniques and workflows. We’ve been seriously impressed with what he’s been able to create.

As part of this R&D, Miroslav created this stunning fan art inspired by Jordan Powers’ Battle for Azeroth: Kul Tiras Monuments from WoW.

Made with Blender, 3Dcoat, and Photoshop.

[80 LEVEL @80Level]

Dmytrii Semenov has launched an advanced bounding-box scaling tool for Unreal Engine 5 that supports both single- and multiple-object selections, including mirrored objects and objects rotated relative to one another.

Get it here: https://t.co/KrekP8Aw36

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

Which one of these two would you be more proud to be the father of? Is it a face only a mother could love?

Repost or Like for (Before and After)
Before - Repost 🔃
After - Like ❤️

Quite a way to introduce one of the characters for the game we are working on, but why not start showing a few things off. This is Hairy Gary by the way, quite an interesting fellow to say the least.

We'll be starting to show more of the game, as we're getting a lot of things in a great place to finally be able to share it with ya'll! More updates to come from @sierra_division

Also please DM me if you know some talented Game folks currently living in 📍Ireland

And feel free to sign up if you want to find out more about Hairy Gary, the world, the game, the man, the myth, the legend
https://t.co/6V7sSDJc1M

[Sierra Division @sierra_division]

Our Asset Pack sale is LIVE on FAB! Which pack(s) would you pick for your game?

Find both free and 50% off props and modular environments: https://t.co/iuotHDYtB9

[bieleckki @_bieleckki]

Some materials i created in Houdini Copernicus. Thanks @sidefx it is really nice environemnt to work in!
Check them out here:
https://t.co/kbN8pEhU5A

#houdini #procedural #cgi #sidefx

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

This is big news and an amazing first step from @ArtStationHQ !! You love to see it

Make ArtStation Great Again hahaha 😆

[Koola @Koola_UE5]

#ue5 Quick breakdown

[Koola @Koola_UE5]

#ue5 Lighting is fun

[Sierra Division @sierra_division]

Heading to Gamescom !? Come meet our team and get your game art portfolio reviewed. Limited spots, sign-up here: https://t.co/UP6fmV3GEA

[Sierra Division @sierra_division]

Reference vs 3D asset. What do you think?

[Adrian Campos 𒉭 @FrieNDA_2]

The game industry is so fucking back

[Sierra Division @sierra_division]

Check out our latest @RizomUV tutorial where our CEO and Creative Director @PurePolygons shares best practices for optimizing games with UVs, Modularity, & Trim Sheets!

https://t.co/huOXkrgpwe

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

My latest Fan Art ya'll
Enjoy!

#GodofWar

[Jacob Norris @PurePolygons]

Unpopular opinion? The games industry has been so obsessed with making everything super realistic at the expense of actually making games fun.

Its great to see SSM giving Laufey some hangtime and bending the rules of realism for the sake of fun. The art is beautiful as always🔥

[Doru Bogdan @DoruArt]

I've just finished a project I was chipping away at in my free time . As many others in the industry with no work it I've also been affected. If you need an experienced Environment Artist with great versatility ( Materials, Lighting, props, weapons, sculpting, level art) ,msg me!

[Sierra Division @sierra_division]

Have you been playing @CounterStrike 2?

Our team recently had the opportunity to create some more assets for another Counter-Strike Map!
de_cache was released and we were happy to take part in creating some of the vehicles and assets for the map.

Congratulations to the team and everyone @valvesoftware for putting together such a beautiful update to the community map.

Please take a look at some of our work and find more posts on #ArtStation. Then see if you can find the assets while playing the game!

Truck
https://t.co/Td4sIpCZHM

Bus
https://t.co/er1SYh6xut

Cleaning Robot
https://t.co/85mfFpR967

Forklift
https://t.co/oTOm38R9B7

BTR
https://t.co/AFDE4Jini8

Large Assets
https://t.co/PEHu41jx5E

Small Assets
https://t.co/9UemaC9cD1