what do you do for a living?

[generalbulldog]

What exactly is a concept artist?

We do exactly what the title says. Concept artists will take an idea for something that the visonist came up with and wants to look like, a character, a location, an enemy, a weapon, a vehicle, etc. And sketch it out, color it, and just make it look good in many different positions.

So basically we give the visual representation of what a video game, animated movie, comic book, sci-fi or fantasy movie will look like. We do the 1st look of the work of what the rest of the project will look in the end.

Just think of us as the starting pitchers and the visionist (person who came up with the idea) as the manager and the 3d artist and the rest as the bullpen.

Some of my stuff from the past from character sketches, props, to finished environments.

Really cool stuff man, so is this done by hand?

Some stuff I still do by hand especially characters, some environments. But nowadays in the world of professional arts it's done mainly by computer software like Adobe Photoshop, Krita, paint.net, because of the convenience, less messier, and many mistakes can be rectified with the click of a mouse.

In the art schools they still teach the traditional methods of creating artwork by hand, but they also have a huge emphasis in using computer software, because of the many benefits as I've described, You are still creating artwork but it's just done digitally now. And yes one still needs artistic talent even with the usage of computer software. It's just a different kind of canvas.