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Category: Concept & Visual Dev.

  • Painting in Pixels, An Exhibition of Concept Art at the Riverside Art Museum

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    Concept art has become essential to the entertainment industry. Conceptually envisioning scenes before they’re created has evolved as a key part of a production process that often involves computer generated imagery or compositing. For those of us who love the genre — which can combine some of the best aspects of painted sketches, finished illustration,…

  • Björn Hurri (update)

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    Björn Hurri is a concept artist working in the gaming industry, He has worked for companies like NCsoft, Catalyst Game Labs and SEGA and is currently the Lead Artist for Opus Artz, a production design agency based in London. When I wrote about his work back in 2008, I highlighted his fun and, at the…

  • Patrick Faulwetter

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    Originally from Germany, Patrick Faulwetter is a concept artist who started with an interest in architecture that then then shifted into automotive design and led him to work with the Volkswagen and Audi Design Center in California. He later moved into concept design for the entertainment industry, and his film credits include Priest, GI Joe…

  • David Roberts

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    19th Scottish century painter and printmaker David Roberts was known primarily as an orientalist, producing richly detailed paintings and a large number of finely executed lithographs of Egypt andt the near east, using as reference sketches made during several extended trips to the region. Roberts began his career as a designer and painter of stage…

  • Josh Kao

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    Josh Kao Is a concept designer and illustrator whose clients include Disney, Rythym and Hues Studio. Irrational Games, Microsoft 343 Industries and Electronic Arts, among others. Kao has a nice touch with atmosphere and atmospheric perspective, as well as a nicely theatrical use of lighting and a strong ability to use restricted palettes to advantage…

  • Charles Santoso

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    Charles Santoso is a concept artist and art director based in Sydney, Australia and currently working for Animal Logic. In his spare time he takes on illustration projects and maintains a website, blog and Tumblr account on which he posts those projects, preliminaries, and his wonderful quirky and visually charming personal work. On the blog…