

Tiago Pimentel
Digital Painting
Traditional Painting
Drawing
Biography
Tiago Lobo Pimentel is an independent illustrator, concept artist, painter and teacher.
He has created conceptual and illustration work professionally for diverse range of projects in the video game, advertising and publishing industries.
He's passionate about teaching and helping aspiring artists to begin their careers, and splits his time between freelance work and being the course leader of the concept art course and concept art teacher at the videogames course, both at the ETIC multimedia school.
Tiago currently lives, works and teaches in Lisbon, Portugal. And when he's not battling deadlines and working on top secret projects that he can't talk about, you'll find him sketching outside, drinking a good cappuccino, and playing one of the latest video games.
Skills
Technical Skills
- Mastery
- Mastery
Other Skills
- Mastery
- Intermediate
Work Experience
2019 – Present day
Course Leader
ETIC (Portugal)
Course Leader of the concept art course.
2017 – Present day
Teacher
ETIC (Portugal)
Digital Painting Teacher
2010 – Present day
Freelancer
Freelancer (Everywhere)
- Key framing and storyboarding art for client pitch
- Advertising pre-production
- Character development
- Art direction
- Book cover design and illustration
2009 – 2010
2D Artist and concept artist
Blitpop (Portugal)
- Gameplay design
- Visual definition of several games
- Character development
- UI and HUD design
2005 – 2006
Lead - Concept Artist
R.T.S. - Real time solutions (Portugal)
- Team lead
- Visual definition of several games
- Gameplay design
- Character and environment development
2005 – 2005
Concept Artist
Eworks (Portugal)
- Gameplay design
- Character development
- UI and HUD design
- 2D animation and Pixel art
Education
2001 – 2005
IADE
Graphic Design