SIMON
KRATZ
@ Mimimi Games.
In gamedev biz since 2013.
VFX ARTIST
Outline
Hi and welcome!
You're currently browsing the personal website of Simon Kratz, a German gamedev in biz since 2013, mostly known as 'essimoon' online.
My work focuses mainly on VFX but I also have solid experience with 3D modeling/sculpting, realtime lighting and performance optimization. I'm currently working on Desperados 3 with amazing colleagues at Mimimi Games as VFX artist and previously worked for a couple of years as Technical Art Director at both our own startup Klonk Games and later Daedalic Entertainment Bavaria.
Here you can find a showreel,
information about professional
and personal projects,
about myself,
and about my career so far.
You can also reach out to me if you wish, or you can just follow me on social media to keep in check with what I'm up to :)
Projects
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