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Luis Alvarez Castanon
Digital Painting

+7 years of experience as professional Concept Artist, Digital Matte Painter, Environment Artist and Art Director in the Video Game and Film / VFX industries.

Biography

My name is Luis and I am a Concept Artist and DMP located in Northern Spain currently working as Senior Concept Artist for an international AAA Video Games company. About my background, I started working as a Generalist Artist for video games back in 2014 and then I focused myself in the Concept Art field after studying in Los Angeles, learning and being motivated by some of the best artists of the industry. Then, in 2017 and after attending some art congresses like Industry Workshops in the UK and Trojan Horse was a Unicorn in Portugal I started getting more interested in the VFX industry trying to take advantage of all the experience I had achieved working for video games. As a DMP artist I have experience working in some TV Series like The Witcher (Seasons 1 and 2), The Winx Saga, Avenue 5 and The Wheel of Time; and Films like 007: No time to die and Marvel's Black Widow. I always try to be “updated” researching new softwares and tools that will allow me to improve my workflow. This research allows me to be more proactive and solve the day to day design problems in a more versatile way. My diverse experience includes Art Direction, Environment Art, Storyboarding, Pre-Visualization, Concept Art and Digital Matte Painting for Video Games, Films and Series.

Skills

Roles

  • Mastery
  • Advanced

Technical Skills

  • Advanced

Soft Skills

  • Intermediate

Work Experience

2022 – Present day

Senior - Concept Artist

HEXWORKS (Barcelona, Spain )
▪ Creation of conceptual art that will define the style and look of Lords Of The Fallen 2. ▪ More information soon.

2021 – 2022

Senior - Concept Artist

CI Games (Remote)
▪ Creation of conceptual images that will define the style and look of a game in development. ▪ More information soon.

2014 – 2021

Concept Artist

Freelancer (Remote)
Clients: Abylight Studios, Ubisoft Barcelona/Annecy, DK Films, NetEase Games, JellyFish Pictures, Trazos, Cruelman Studio, Team ASOBI

2019 – 2020

Concept Artist and DMP

Cinesite VFX (London, United Kingdom)
Projects: - The Witcher, Netflix - Avenue 5, HBO - Fate: The Winx Saga, Netflix - 007: No Time to Die, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Black Widow, Disney / Marvel - The Wheel of Time, Amazon

2019 – 2019

Art Director

Virtway (Asturias, Spain)
▪ Provided full art direction for a Social Game project to be announced. ▪ Managed studio and outsourcing artists to develop the aesthetic of the project.

2018 – 2019

Lead Artist

Enero Arquitectura (Madrid, Spain)
▪ Develop of hyper realistic real time renders and rough sketches for several architecture projects. ▪ Managed the studio architects and 3D artists to maintain an agile workflow.

2015 – 2016

Art Director and Lead Artist

Bigtree Games (Asturias, Spain)
Projects: - Last Round (Mobile Game, 2014) - De Chapas (Mobile Game, 2014) - Insecticide Wars VR (VR Mobile Game, 2015) - Mythonimals: Health Guardian (Mobile Game, 2016)

Education

2017 – 2022

Concept Art

Brainstorm School

Arts

2014 – 2016

Masters Degree in Visual Development and Concept Art

Trazos

Arts

2010 – 2014

BA in Video Games Design and Development

Universidad Camilo Jose Cela

Arts and Computer Engineering