Caleb Tomplait

Caleb is an associate environment artist. He grew up in a very small town called Claysville just outside Cambridge Ohio. There wasn't much to do as a kid in a small town except ride his bike, play with friends, and of course play video games (which he did a lot of). During his early years in school he was always into the art classes and could remember buying quite a few "how to draw...." books. Over the years he developed his skills and then he did what a typical younger brother would do. He followed in his brothers foot steps of being a carpenter. He really enjoyed being a commercial carpenter and he couldn't really see himself making a living in traditional art but then through a change of events in his life, he found himself in college. Now he didn't study game development right away. He studied web development and e-commerce for his first two degrees at Zane State Community College. After graduating in 2006, he moved to Phoenix Arizona to further his education and work in his field of study (after all, farmers weren't looking for websites). He spent an additional 4 years studying "Game Art and Design" at The Art Institute of Phoenix while he worked as a graphic designer and web developer. After graduating in September of 2010 he started the process of applying for environment art jobs in the game industry where he was picked up by Raven Software. He has been at Raven working as an environment artist for almost a year now he couldn't picture himself being anywhere else!