visual-art:concept-artist

A concept artist invents the look of characters, creatures, vehicles, props, and places that do not yet exist, so a production can see and build them. Working fast from a brief, the artist paints these designs into key art, design sheets, and turnaround views a modeler can follow. Direction comes from an art director, and resources come from a commissioner. The finished designs guide illustrators, animators, and sculptors who build from them. The artist gives a world its first concrete image.