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Simeon Schaffner

Biography

Hi, im a freelance concept artist and illustrator based in Switzerland. I specialize in environment design, propdesign and illustration and provide the entertainment industry with high-end concept design since 2016. My experience includes having worked on titles such as UNCHARTED: The Lost Legacy , THE LAST OF US: Part II, Call of Duty: mobile aswell as tv-series and indie-games alike. Ive recently worked with Axis animation studios on their cinematic trailers for Magic the Gathering and Dead Island 2. you can reach me under [email protected]

Skills

Roles

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Basic

Work Experience

2022 – Present day

freelance concept artist/ artdirector (Freelance)

Chromatic Studio (Zurich, switzerland)
providing concept design and artdirection for AAA games

2020 – Present day

freelance Environment Artdirector (Freelance)

Axis Animation (Zürich, Switzerland)
Providing concept art and Artdirection for Environments Magic: the gathering trailers (zendikar, kaldheim) and Dead island 2 trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RtsXnvVIk8&t=2

2016 – Present day

freelance concept artist/ illustrator (Freelance)

OnePixelbrush (Zürich, Switzerland)
Providing concept art and illustration for the entertainment industry. Most notably worked on The Last of Us: Part II and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy with Naughty Dog Inc.

2021 – 2021

freelance concept designer (Freelance)

Shapefarm (zürich, Switzerland)
Providing concept design for unnanounced fantasy RPG

Education

2017 – 2017

Brainstorm School, Burbank CA

Concept design

Taking different evening classes with industry veterans. learning from the best.

2013 – 2016

Bachelor

Zurich University of Arts

Scientific Illustration