Hello! My name is Michiel van den Heuvel. I am a freelance artist living in the Netherlands. Since 2013 I have been active as a independent illustrator / concept artist with experience in game- and animation projects. I have mostly been responsible for creating marketing- and concept design, as well as game-art. Examples of my freelance work and personal artwork can be found at https://www.michielvdheuvel.com/

My true passion is in visual development and background paintings. Creating worlds and painting moody scenes that set the stage for characters is what I love to do most of all. I also love to develop world building documents and concepts that go hand in hand with my environments. My tools of the trade are Photoshop, Blender and 3Dcoat. 

In my free time I like to dabble with new software or techniques, that I find on Youtube or purchase via online courses. One of my strong qualities is a natural curiosity to learn new skills and explore different methods in order to be creative. Some examples would be Unreal Engine, Gaea, AI software and VR tools.

I have a strong passion for films by Ridley Scott, Dennis Villeneuve en Pixar. One of my favorite films ( and artbooks ) is Pixar's 'Zootopia'. The designs by Matthias Lechner are really captivating.My love for grounded science fictional stories I find in the novels of Dan Abnett.