CHASE CURTIS

CONCEPT ARTIST

714-767-1609  /  chasecurtis91@gmail.com  /  www.pkcaconcepts.com / IG: @pkcac / Anaheim, CA 92868

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Brewery X Live event painter, April 2023

  • Coachella and Stagecoach live event painter

  • Live Acrylic paintings of celebrities and fictional characters

Freelance Graphic Designer, Kingsman Digital Ventures / Irvine, CA, 2019-2023

  • Creating original concepts while incorporating company brand image and engaging with other employees

  • Digitally painting large scale murals intended for print in conference rooms

Descanso Gardens “Carved” live event pumpkin carver and illustrator, September 2022 - November 2022

  • Applied stencils and illustrated pumpkins to be prepped for carving

  • Live pumpkin carver

Live Event PainterDisney / Marvel Studios, October 2017

  • Hired to promote Thor Ragnarok through live event acrylic painting and pumpkin carving

Short-Term Concept Artist: Ubisoft / San Francisco, CA, June 2019 – July 2019

  • Created concepts and designs for video games Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game, and War Dogs 2

  • Communicated with art director and designers to create concepts for all three video games’ cover art

  • Created multiple styles using matte painting and digital painting techniques in Photoshop

Short-Term StoryBoard Artist W Brand Studio / Costa Mesa, CA, June 2019

  • Created an effective story representation for car commercial marketing the Renault Zoe Electric Car

  • Storyboarded an easy-to-interpret breakdown of angles for shooting scenes in black-and-white using Photoshop and Apple Procreate

  • Worked with creative director to complete the story board under a 2-day deadline to present to client

Visual Development & Graphic Design: Trinity Capital Investments/Sochara and Divey Rewards / Costa Mesa, CA, 2014- 2018

  • Created clean logos for branding

  • Created short animations by designing and painting props and backgrounds for phone app content

  • Designed characters and voiceover acted

    Virtual Reality Designer

3D Live / Los Angeles, CA, 2016-2017

  • Created concept development for virtual landscapes and prop design using matte painting

Character Artist: Counter Punch Studios / Los Angeles, CA, 2016-2017

  • Designed aliens/creatures

  • Concept painted for client, Snoop Dogg

Graphic Designer: Oakley / Foothill Ranch, CA, 2014-2015

  • Worked on short film production of 2015 Rio Olympics

  • Hand-lettered typefaces

EDUCATION

Art Institute of California, Orange County, Santa Ana, CA, May 2014

  • Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts and Animation

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Featured Visual Development Artist in Imagine FX Magazine, Bath, United Kingdom, August 2019

  • Created a compilation of original personal sketches that were presented in a three-page spread in ImagineFX from Bath, United Kingdom

  • Wrote a copy for each piece that included process, concept development, and storytelling

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

  • Concept Development, 2D Character Design, Illustration, Storyboarding, Anatomy Sketching, Digital and Traditional Painting, Comic Book Illustration, Logo Design, Voice Over Acting

  • Photoshop, Illustrator, CAD, Autodesk Revit, Zbrush, Microsoft Suite