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Category: Concept & Visual Dev.

  • Florian Aupetit

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    Florian Aupetit is a French illustrator, concept artist, art director and “3d generalist” based in Paris. Aupetit has an effective minimalist style of digital painting that is best appreciated in large images, though I’ve tried to give a suggestion of his approach to texture and subtle value changes in some of the detail crops above.…

  • Ben Lo

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    Originally from Toronto and now based in Montreal, concept artist Ben Lo has credits that include Bioshock Infinite and a Need for Speed title. He is currently working for Bioware on a new Mass Effect title. Lo’s digital painting style ranges from quick and efficient to refined and subtle, with much attention given to variations…

  • Sam Nielson

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    Concept artist and illustrator Sam Nielson works in a lively, cartoony style, in which he almost seems to be rendering caricatures of his already far-out imaginary characters. Nielson combines his springy drawing style with a digital painting approach that pays great attention to the lighting of his subjects — sometimes dramatic, other times muted and…

  • Jake Panian

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    Jake Panian is a visual development artist workign in the animation, film and gaming industries. His animated film credits include Rio, Rio 2, Epic, Ice Age 4, and the upcoming features Peanuts and Ice Age 5. Panian has a blog and Instagram feed that feature some of his professional work but focus largely on his…

  • Jen zee

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    Jen Zee is an illustrator and concept artist for the gaming industry, and art director at Supergiant Games. I initially came across her crisp, colorful and strongly geometric illustrations for Transistor (above, top). In searching out more of her work, I was also impressed with her more moody and atmospheric pieces, and her strong, theatrical…

  • Sung Choi

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    Sung Choi is a concept artist based in Seattle, working in the gaming and entertainment industry. His concept work is dramatically atmospheric, with subdued colors and muted values not only creating depth but mood. Choi has tuned his digital painting tools to create a very brushy, painterly effect, and uses the same characteristics in what…