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Elizabeth M.

Burbank, California

$75/hr
5.0
1 jobs

Elizabeth is a visual artist with over 13 years of experience creating style guides, key art, icons, logos, character art, brand illustration, and social content for film, animation, and AAA games. She partners with award-winning agencies on projects for Disney, Marvel, DreamWorks, Warner Bros. Games, Netflix, Amazon, and NBCUniversal, combining hand-drawn typography and illustration to create visually distinctive entertainment marketing campaigns. Her work has generated measurable audience engagement, including a Marvel holiday series that earned 197.5K likes and 5.3K shares, and a Nickelodeon and ESPN Super Bowl post that surpassed 465K likes on Instagram. A highlight of Elizabeth's career was posing dinosaur characters for the 2015 Jurassic World toy style guide, an experience that reflects a lifelong fascination with creatures, anatomy, and visual storytelling. Today, that same curiosity informs her personal work, where she explores the structure, behavior, and character of extinct, living, and imagined life. Working across traditional and digital media, she creates creature illustrations, natural history artwork, and entertainment design grounded in careful anatomical observation.

  • Character Design
  • Illustration
  • Sketching
  • Storyboarding
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Graphic Design
  • Icon Design
  • Logo Design
  • Social Media Advertising
  • Social Media Content Creation
  • Typography
  • Storytelling
  • Art Direction
  • Character Illustration
  • Concept Development
  • Brand Design
  • Brand Identity
  • Style Guide Development
  • Creative Direction
Charlene M.

San Diego, California

$55/hr
5.0
50 jobs

I am a professional illustrator with the talent and skills to carry your concept to finished project with passion and dedication. My experience with various clients has made me a flexible artist open to outside- of the box and innovative ideas. I work mostly in traditional drawing and painting illustrations, however can do excellent digital work on Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. I have worked digitally, traditionally and in public art. One of my most exciting accomplishments was working on the first- ever fully painted, 80- minute feature film, called Loving Vincent, in Poland. I worked on the film with a team of international painter- animators to complete the last frames of the 64000+ frames of the film. It premiered in the United States in October 2017 and is now available on Netflix, and other platforms. I illustrate children's books of all kinds of styles in gouache, watercolor, pen and ink, pencil and mixed media. Some of the most recently published and award-winning books I have illustrated, are called "In the Nick of Time", "This is the Earth", "Like Rain Water" written by D. Cummings, "Little Tuckie", written by A. Tucker and "Dear Danger", a novel written by T. Lowe. Other titles I have illustrated are, "Rudolph the Longhaired Dachshund", "Mathimals", and various others. They are available in Print, on Makeawaymedia, Amazon, Barnes & Nobles and Google. In the public realm, I design and paint murals indoors as well as outdoors, stretching up to 24 feet long on buildings. These experiences make me an excellent team worker and independent artist to see projects through with hard work, reliability and innovation. Feel free to see more of my personal work here: charlenemosley.com and on Instagram: Instagram.com/cm__art

  • Cartoon Art
  • Character Design
  • Drawing
  • Illustration
  • Sketching
  • Storybook
  • Book
  • Watercolor
  • Book Cover
  • Graphic Design
  • Fine Art
  • Book Layout
  • Painting
  • Oil Painting
  • German
  • Caricature
Juan L.

San Francisco, California

$35/hr
5.0
4 jobs

Howdy! I am an artist with over 10 years of experience and a passion for creativity, storytelling, and leadership. Over the years I've had the pleasure of diving deep into art direction, illustration, concept art, character design, background design, avatar design, creature design, ui, graphic design, 3D modeling, animation, and more. This has led me to have a wide set of skills and expertise to allow me to direct various teams as well as be the voice to help bridge the gap between artists, designers, developers, and other stakeholders. I am a passionate artist who loves collaborating with other passionate individuals.

  • Concept Artistry
  • Character Design
  • Illustration
  • Sketching
  • Game Art
  • Game Background & Environment
  • Vector Art
  • 2D Game Art
Frank H.

San Francisco, California

$81/hr
4.9
27 jobs

I have Worked in the Gaming Industry as an artist since 2008. But I'm not limited to it. I am deadline oriented professional, and reliable. I have managed large teams of artist to into a singular cohesive artistic voice. And have been the only artist in the room. Responsible for concept, in game assets, UI Flow and design, and Icons. I have a deep understanding of a multitude of styles and tones to suit what ever the project requires. As a concept artist I am comfortable with character design, creature design, props, weapons, environments, and whatever you can write up in a short description.

  • Concept Artistry
  • Cartoon Art
  • Character Design
  • Drawing
  • Illustration
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Logo Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Digital Painting
Varvara S.

Fullerton, California

$50/hr
5.0
11 jobs

My name is Varya and I'm an artist passionate about dynamic and colorful freehand painting. I have several years of working experience with illustrations for articles, posters, portraits, cartoons and books. Worked on video games as a concept artist and did backgrounds for an animated show. Lately seriously in love with books and book illustration. I work with Photoshop and watercolor paper and pencil and know exactly how to put life into any idea you can possibly have - from simple lineart to complicated scenes.

  • Concept Artistry
  • Illustration
  • Sketching
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Children's Book Illustration
  • Cartoon Character
  • Book Cover
  • Digital Illustration
  • Portrait Art
  • Poster Design
  • Comics
Jacquisha T.

Merced, California

$30/hr
4.6
9 jobs

Hi, I’m Jala, a digital illustrator and concept artist specializing in character design for games, TCG projects, and online creators. I focus on creating expressive characters and visual concepts that help define a project’s identity, whether that’s developing unique designs, exploring visual directions, or producing polished key art. I’ve worked on TCG-style artwork, comic projects, and branded visuals, giving me experience in both storytelling and production-ready art. I can help with: • Character & creature design • Concept art and visual development • Game key art and promotional visuals • Branding and assets for creators My goal is to create artwork that feels cohesive, professional, and ready to bring your world to life.

  • Concept Artistry
  • Illustration
  • 2D Illustration
  • Art & Design
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Procreate
  • Adobe InDesign

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