Ashley Stanley-Webb

(he/they)

Technical Artist

I'm a 23-year-old technical artist and programmer, currently studying Computer Games Technology as a third-year student at the University of Portsmouth.

I just finished a placement year with EA & Codemasters, working as a technical artist and shader specialist on F1 25!

My passion for games stretches back across my entire life, and my professional experience has led me to proficiency with Unity, Unreal, Houdini, and more!

“Ashley is an incredible, talented programmer and dedicated student. I wholeheartedly recommend Ashley ... their academic achievements, unwavering passion for game development, and their strong work ethic makes them an ideal candidate.”

-Adam Jerett
Lecturer, Computer Games Technology, University of Portsmouth

Skills

Unreal Engine 5 & C++
- 24 Months Experience
- 5 Projects Completed

Unity Engine & C#
- 24 Months Experience
- 4 Projects Completed

Houdini
- 18 Months Experience
- 3 Projects Completed

3DS Max & Maya
- 18 Months Experience
- 2 Projects Completed

HLSL
- 18 Months Experience
- 2 Projects Completed

Perforce
- 24 Months Experience
- 4 Projects Completed

About Me

Past

I've been designing games since I was a child, and I've been coding them into reality since I was 14!

I've always been thorough with my creativity; often thinking about games I enjoy for longer than I'm actually playing them, and I'm very particular around colours and technical synergies.

This shows up in my hobbies, too; for example, I love writing about and painting Warhammer armies!

Future

A large part of undergraduate game development is deciding your speciality - and after enjoying both the work and collaboration from my internship as a Technical Artist, I'm sure it's the right role for me.

I currently see my future as an employee of a larger studio, using what I've learned as part of a team all contributing towards a singular goal.

As for now...

I'm graduating from the University of Portsmouth's Games Technology course in the summer, with a predicted 1st!

Inspirations

1. Outer Wilds: EotE
2. Divinity: Original Sin 2
3. Monster Hunter World
4. Satisfactory
5. Ark: Survival Evolved

2025 - 2026: I've since returned to my studies for my final year of University, where I'm tailoring each of my projects towards being a Technical Artist, certain that it's a role I can enjoy far into the foreseeable future.

This includes: A tools-facing Miniature Painting Simulator in Unreal, a mathematically intricate Terrain and Navmesh Generation System, a substantial Client-based SDK allowing companies to create custom controllers for Unreal with 12 incredibly talented peers, and more!

2025
2024 - 2025: I landed an internship with EA / Codemasters, working on F1 25! My time here developed a far more professional skillset; not only able to work cohesively in teams of any size, but able to meet deadlines and organise my time as needed for delivering a product as well.

Technically-speaking, I also familiarised myself with an in-house engine for the first time, and spent much of my time analysing and fixing bugs with existing shaders, leaving significant lasting impact on the finished product.

2024
2022 - 2024: I enrolled at the University of Portsmouth, studying on their Games Technology course. My first two years here were a diversified smorgasbord of different industry-relevant tools across different disciplines: Unreal, 3DS Max, and Houdini, to name a few.

These two years also marked my first time working as part of a larger team both in my studies and extracurricularly.

2022
2021 - 2022: Brimming with inspiration after being in education for so many years, I worked as a solo developer on my passion project, SolarSprite - teaching myself Unity, C#, and Blender in the process.

I had the professional and evaluative support of MTStudios to oversee my progress meanwhile!

2021
2014 - 2021: I moved on to secondary school for three-and-a-half A-Levels, attaining an A in Computing, B in Maths, and C for Physics and my EPQ.

I also earned high-performing STEM GCSEs to match (7 in Computer Science and Mathematics, among others!).

2014
2002 - 2014: I was a pre-secondary school kid, spending my days designing additional levels for my favourite games on paper and in level editors.

2002

My Projects

F1 25

Fixing shaders across the world of racing!

As an intern at EA / Codemasters, I learned to fix shaders put onto hundreds of thousands of screens, investigated procedural optimisations - saving crucial time for both our players on the track, and the artists behind them. I also researched and presented cutting-edge graphical techniques that the wider art team could implement into our own systems! My contributions to the team exceeded intern expectations, and will remain one of my points of pride for years to come.

Houdini Terrain & Weather

Houdini's many techniques, weathering three different peaks!

When I first heard about Houdini and its use in a Tech Artist's arsenal, I saw it touted for both its terrain generation, and its particle effect systems; so I set out to make a project that would utilise both. I designed a system with three terrains - featuring terrain blockouts, erosion, texture composition, paint masking, "points" manipulation, animation, and more! In the end, it showcased a lot of Houdini's standout systems, giving me a fantastic understanding of the tool and its different applications for many projects to come.

Source

SolarSprite

Explore and destroy a solar system that nobody's seen before.

SolarSprite features procedural and fully-destructible terrain generation, realistic orbital physics, and intuitive factory construction. As my first independent project, it was scoped as a learning project to explore procedural systems and physics simulation – I researched and designed for a much more expansive game, but in the end, decided university would better diversify my skillset. However, the result is still something I'm proud of, and I can't wait to show it off to you.

Play in your Browser! Source

TakeOut

Fight off a horde with blood, sweat and tears - but make sure you clean up when you're finished.

TakeOut was a larger group project where the player is tasked with defending their café from a horde of enemies and cleaning it up before the café opens for business. I worked as the lead coder and the creator of the “mess” system used for tallying the player's progress – TakeOut's entire raison d'être! Working in a team of ten peers faced me with many new challenges, but for my contributions, I earned a monumental 100% mark!

Play in your Browser! Source

Additional Artefacts

Take a look at some smaller projects I undertook while at University!

3DS Max: Abarth 124 Spider

Form, surfaces, and geometry — learning the craft of 3D modelling from the ground up.

Arachnophobia!

Delve deep, and escape with the idol — but first, escape from the spiders!

Cosmos Math

Hand-coded orbital physics — building the universe from scratch, one matrix at a time.

PS5 Shaders

First-party hardware, internal documentation, and a shader system built entirely from scratch.

Contact Me!

Thanks for taking the time to look at my portfolio!

If you like, you can get in touch with me using any of the methods below, or quickly ping me an email using the form. I'm excited to hear from you!

EMAIL: ashley@stanleywebb.com
PHONE: (+44) 7562 755 142
LINKEDIN: ashley-stanley-webb
DISCORD: sook.iii
ITCH.IO: sookiii

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