Derek Marunowski

Project & Production Leader

Derek Marunowski

Transforming reflection into clarity, process, and growth.

I turn complex ideas into structured plans through communication, self-awareness, leadership, and creative problem solving.

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People Process Growth

Selected Work

People, process, and production in practice.

A selection of projects that demonstrate how I approach leadership, creative problem solving, production, and the systems that help people turn ideas into finished work.

Education & Leadership

Full Sail University

Project Summary

A leadership and education case study focused on organizing complex information, guiding people through production processes, and developing systems that support communication, accountability, and professional growth.

Selected Systems & Learning Projects

These examples show how I combine curriculum design, technical prototyping, production workflows, and practical tools to give students structured environments in which to practice professional skills.

Third-person Adventure project template in Unreal Engine showing a player character approaching an interactive key in a forest environment.
Adventure — Level Design I. An Unreal Engine project template I worked on so students could practice level-design theory while building content for a simple third-person game. The template included climbing and interaction systems used to support environmental puzzle solving.
Third-person SCRAPS project template in Unity showing a player character in an outdoor industrial environment.
SCRAPS — Level Design. A Unity project template I worked on for students to apply level-design theory inside a simple third-person game framework, using physics-based interactions as the foundation for puzzle solving.
Microsoft Excel GDP Teams workbook showing connected team-assignment fields, team names, members, status indicators, and project information.
GDP Teams Sheet. A system of connected Microsoft Excel spreadsheets used to balance student teams based on grades, skills, and preferences. Students could assign themselves and update selected unlocked fields while protected data and formulas maintained the larger team structure.
ClickUp bug report for Mega Man Remix showing an issue title, expected and actual behavior, reproduction steps, and supporting documentation.
Mega Man Remix — QA Testing Assignment. Students tested my Unity-based Mega Man Remix project and documented defects as formal bug reports in ClickUp, including expected behavior, actual behavior, reproduction steps, and supporting evidence.

3D Design & Fabrication

The Last Green Horde

Project Summary

An ongoing custom 3D-printed Warhammer 40k terrain project that moves from visual concept development into a repeatable digital-to-physical production pipeline. I use ChatGPT to explore and refine the design language, Unreal Engine to assemble and evaluate modular terrain, Blender to prepare printable STL assets, and physical 3D printing to test the pieces at tabletop scale.

Project Gallery

This gallery can show the project moving from concept art to digital construction, printable assets, and finished physical pieces.

The Last Green Horde concept board showing the terrain set's design language, modular dimensions, example structures, and visual direction.
Concept & Design Language. ChatGPT-assisted concept development established the visual language, modular dimensions, recurring construction motifs, and the overall direction for the terrain set.
Modular Green Horde terrain pieces assembled and tested inside Unreal Engine.
Unreal Engine. Modular pieces are assembled digitally to test scale, connections, silhouette, play-space, and how individual terrain components work together.
Green Horde terrain components prepared as printable models in Blender.
Blender & STL Preparation. The modular assets are refined and prepared in Blender for conversion into printable STL files and physical fabrication.
A completed white 3D print of one Green Horde modular wall structure.
Physical Prototype. Printed components provide a real-world validation step for proportion, structural integrity, detail readability, and tabletop usability.

Feature Film & Production Design

Blood Widow

Project Summary

I served as Production Designer on Blood Widow, helping establish the physical environments and visual spaces used throughout the feature film. Before construction began, I built the sets digitally in Unity so the team could evaluate layout, scale, camera access, and spatial relationships before committing time and material to the physical build. Those plans then informed the construction of the practical sets used during production.

Production Gallery

The images below emphasize the finished film and production-design process first, with the Arcani Pictures team included as supporting context for the collaborative production.

Blood Widow movie artwork featuring the masked central character and the film title.
Blood Widow. The finished feature film is the centerpiece of this case study.
A finished scene from Blood Widow showing the dark industrial production environment.
Production Design. The completed environments translated the planned spaces into the visual world seen on screen.
The Blood Widow soundstage during physical set construction.
Physical Construction. The practical sets were built after the spaces had been planned digitally, allowing design decisions to be evaluated before construction.
Members of the Arcani Pictures film production team together outdoors.
Arcani Pictures Team. The film was a collaborative production involving a small team working across creative and technical responsibilities.

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