Jake L. Provo
@jleedesign.bsky.social
Environment Artist @ Gunfire Games
8 years of experience in Games
Worked on College Football, Madden, PGA, Rogue State Revolution, some unnanounced and canceled projects.
8 years of experience in Games
Worked on College Football, Madden, PGA, Rogue State Revolution, some unnanounced and canceled projects.
June 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I genuinely never thought I would get anywhere close to 100, let alone almost 1000 subs
June 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I genuinely never thought I would get anywhere close to 100, let alone almost 1000 subs
youtu.be/m-t8FBX98ow?...
Another new video; this time about what artistic realism is, how it pertains to video games, and how developers trick players into think it’s realism
Another new video; this time about what artistic realism is, how it pertains to video games, and how developers trick players into think it’s realism
What Exactly is Realism? (and How Video Games Trick You)
YouTube video by VertexLock
youtu.be
June 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
youtu.be/m-t8FBX98ow?...
Another new video; this time about what artistic realism is, how it pertains to video games, and how developers trick players into think it’s realism
Another new video; this time about what artistic realism is, how it pertains to video games, and how developers trick players into think it’s realism
youtu.be/uO-2zCQLzSg?...
New video on some tips to enhance your game scenes
(More beginner friendly tips, branching out later into more intermediate and advanced tutorials and videos)
New video on some tips to enhance your game scenes
(More beginner friendly tips, branching out later into more intermediate and advanced tutorials and videos)
4 Simple Tricks to Better Environment Art!
YouTube video by VertexLock
youtu.be
June 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
youtu.be/uO-2zCQLzSg?...
New video on some tips to enhance your game scenes
(More beginner friendly tips, branching out later into more intermediate and advanced tutorials and videos)
New video on some tips to enhance your game scenes
(More beginner friendly tips, branching out later into more intermediate and advanced tutorials and videos)
Doing some crazy unreal scale tests. The scene is something over 400square miles, all done procedurally
(All assets are placeholder for right now while I refine things)
All 400 square miles or so are traversable and populated with assets
(All assets are placeholder for right now while I refine things)
All 400 square miles or so are traversable and populated with assets
May 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Doing some crazy unreal scale tests. The scene is something over 400square miles, all done procedurally
(All assets are placeholder for right now while I refine things)
All 400 square miles or so are traversable and populated with assets
(All assets are placeholder for right now while I refine things)
All 400 square miles or so are traversable and populated with assets
Such a beautiful sight lmao
May 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Such a beautiful sight lmao
I love watching my ram creep up from 20FPs to 128gigs when converting an unreal scene to world partition over the course of an hour…
May 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I love watching my ram creep up from 20FPs to 128gigs when converting an unreal scene to world partition over the course of an hour…
Nearly every movie you’ve seen uses outside the US support studios.
How the hell do you even enforce a tarrif
How the hell do you even enforce a tarrif
May 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Nearly every movie you’ve seen uses outside the US support studios.
How the hell do you even enforce a tarrif
How the hell do you even enforce a tarrif
I’m getting random job-rejection emails from jobs I didn’t even apply to at 3am like it’s some sort of ghost, what the hell
April 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I’m getting random job-rejection emails from jobs I didn’t even apply to at 3am like it’s some sort of ghost, what the hell
Wait- republicans honest to god put up a bill to repeal OSHA on the anniversary date of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?! You’ve got to be kidding
April 3, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Wait- republicans honest to god put up a bill to repeal OSHA on the anniversary date of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?! You’ve got to be kidding
I was asked what the most helpful thing I learned in college was (in terms of my career):
Take a Modern Art class. It will fundamentally change how you view art, color, light and the process of creating art.
(This usually ranges from the 1860’s realism to the 1980’s Neo-Expressionism)
Take a Modern Art class. It will fundamentally change how you view art, color, light and the process of creating art.
(This usually ranges from the 1860’s realism to the 1980’s Neo-Expressionism)
April 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I was asked what the most helpful thing I learned in college was (in terms of my career):
Take a Modern Art class. It will fundamentally change how you view art, color, light and the process of creating art.
(This usually ranges from the 1860’s realism to the 1980’s Neo-Expressionism)
Take a Modern Art class. It will fundamentally change how you view art, color, light and the process of creating art.
(This usually ranges from the 1860’s realism to the 1980’s Neo-Expressionism)
If Build a Bear made an actually decent build a bear plush they would make so much money I alone would buy 3
March 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If Build a Bear made an actually decent build a bear plush they would make so much money I alone would buy 3
I can’t put this damn game down. I’m 25 hours deep and still mesmerized by how good it looks
March 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I can’t put this damn game down. I’m 25 hours deep and still mesmerized by how good it looks
This is such a cool glitch it might as well be a feature, somehow broke the game so that the “Ink” filter didn’t go away when I left photo mode. Even in the menus too
March 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This is such a cool glitch it might as well be a feature, somehow broke the game so that the “Ink” filter didn’t go away when I left photo mode. Even in the menus too
Environment artist tip:
Figuring out themes, forms, and styles of a place before you stylize it will always give you a drastically better result than creating a style first and trying to make something fit it.
Figure out the why,when, how first- then you can change it
Figuring out themes, forms, and styles of a place before you stylize it will always give you a drastically better result than creating a style first and trying to make something fit it.
Figure out the why,when, how first- then you can change it
March 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Environment artist tip:
Figuring out themes, forms, and styles of a place before you stylize it will always give you a drastically better result than creating a style first and trying to make something fit it.
Figure out the why,when, how first- then you can change it
Figuring out themes, forms, and styles of a place before you stylize it will always give you a drastically better result than creating a style first and trying to make something fit it.
Figure out the why,when, how first- then you can change it
Unreal nerds; why can’t I used a blueprint actor inside a tool?
Why can’t I use a spline tool inside of a blueprint?
WHY this would make life so much easier
Why can’t I use a spline tool inside of a blueprint?
WHY this would make life so much easier
March 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Unreal nerds; why can’t I used a blueprint actor inside a tool?
Why can’t I use a spline tool inside of a blueprint?
WHY this would make life so much easier
Why can’t I use a spline tool inside of a blueprint?
WHY this would make life so much easier
I saw a 15 second clip of Assassins Creed shadows where they were just riding through the mountains of Japan-
That clip was so gorgeous I immediately went to my PS5 and bought the game.
That clip was so gorgeous I immediately went to my PS5 and bought the game.
March 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I saw a 15 second clip of Assassins Creed shadows where they were just riding through the mountains of Japan-
That clip was so gorgeous I immediately went to my PS5 and bought the game.
That clip was so gorgeous I immediately went to my PS5 and bought the game.
I’m seeing a massive increase of people going after companies/recruiters on LinkedIn because they didn’t get a job-
They’re just doing their jobs man, the industry sucks right now- I get it. But that isn’t the way things are going to get better
They’re just doing their jobs man, the industry sucks right now- I get it. But that isn’t the way things are going to get better
March 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I’m seeing a massive increase of people going after companies/recruiters on LinkedIn because they didn’t get a job-
They’re just doing their jobs man, the industry sucks right now- I get it. But that isn’t the way things are going to get better
They’re just doing their jobs man, the industry sucks right now- I get it. But that isn’t the way things are going to get better
Full stop WWE2k25 is the best wrestling game in 20 years. This game is bonkers
March 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Full stop WWE2k25 is the best wrestling game in 20 years. This game is bonkers
You miss a toll in NY you get to wait on for phone for over TWO HOURS to pay it.
What the actual hell NY??
What the actual hell NY??
March 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
You miss a toll in NY you get to wait on for phone for over TWO HOURS to pay it.
What the actual hell NY??
What the actual hell NY??
Got some career news coming soon <3 stay tuned
March 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Got some career news coming soon <3 stay tuned
JOHN CENA TURNED HEEL?!?!?!?!?
March 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
JOHN CENA TURNED HEEL?!?!?!?!?
Man I was so upset about that gray hair I messed up my own title leak Senior ENVIRONMENT Artist haha
I HAVE A GREY HAIR?!? man I know I just made it to Senior level ARTIST BUT IM ONLY 29 IM NOT READY FOR GREY HAIR I DONT EVEN HAVE A BEARD YET
February 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Man I was so upset about that gray hair I messed up my own title leak Senior ENVIRONMENT Artist haha
Facial MOCAP animation test using lines from the game.
Not final design of the character, and probably not the final voice (IM NOT A VOICE ACTOR I TRIED) but it's surreal to see major progress like this that's causing some reworks to the overall plan of the game that make me excited
Not final design of the character, and probably not the final voice (IM NOT A VOICE ACTOR I TRIED) but it's surreal to see major progress like this that's causing some reworks to the overall plan of the game that make me excited
February 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Facial MOCAP animation test using lines from the game.
Not final design of the character, and probably not the final voice (IM NOT A VOICE ACTOR I TRIED) but it's surreal to see major progress like this that's causing some reworks to the overall plan of the game that make me excited
Not final design of the character, and probably not the final voice (IM NOT A VOICE ACTOR I TRIED) but it's surreal to see major progress like this that's causing some reworks to the overall plan of the game that make me excited