About
Rafe Johnson
- Currently
- Technical Artist & Designer
at Tolan, San Francisco
I'm a technical artist and designer from Scotland. I moved to San Francisco to work on Tolan, where I design characters and figure out how they look, move and respond to people.
My work at Tolan covers character design, shaders, effects and animation systems. Before that, I built Wisp and its world for Apple Vision Pro, and worked on the VR experience of Virgin Galactic's spaceship cabin.
Outside work
Outside of work, I'm usually up a mountain, gaming, painting, or behind a camera.
Experience
- 2019
- 2020
Freelance
3D Artist
Scotland
- 2021–22
- 2022–24
- 2024–25
Freelance
Technical Artist
Scotland
- 2025—
Awards
| Webby Award — Best Use of AR and AI | WOL | 2024 |
| Lovie Award | WOL | 2024 |
| Raindance — Best Game nomination | Wisp World | 2024 |
| Red Dot — Best of the Best, Luminary | Virgin Galactic | 2021 |
Press
| Wired | Tolan | 2025 |
| The Verge | WOL AI | 2023 |
| Adobe | Virgin Galactic design | 2021 |
| TechCrunch | Virgin Galactic design | 2021 |
| Business Insider | Virgin Galactic design | 2021 |
| Transform Magazine | The future of AR | 2021 |