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MACIEJ KUCIARA CONCEPT DESIGNER Maciej Kuciara is a concept designer working for film and video [email protected] games industries. His recent projects include Wachowski's sci-fi epic JUPITER ASCENDING, Sergey Bodrov's THE SEVENTH SON and Naughty Dog's highly anticipated Playstation 3 exclusive THE LAST OF US. CREDITS Film and Video Game work: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 2013-current Concept Artist (MPC), Marvel (In Production) Jupiter Ascending (2014) 2011-current Concept Artist, Warner Bros (In Production) The Seventh Son (2013) 2011-2012 Creature Concept Artist, Thunder Road Pictures (In Production) The Last of Us (2013) (VG) 2010-2012 Concept Artist, Naughty Dog Inc, (In Production) The Legend of Tembo 2011-2012 Visual Development Artist, Digital Domain Tradition Crysis 2 (2011) (VG) 2007-2010 Concept Artist, Crytek GmbH Crysis (2007) (VG) 2005-2007 Concept Artist, Crytek GmbH CLIENTS Film, TV, Animation, Visual Effects, Video Games and Publishing Marvel Warner Bros. Pictures Moving Picture Company Rocket Pictures Thunder Road Pictures / Legendary Pictures Digital Domain Media Group Ten Thirteen Productions Media Rights Capital Quick Draw Productions Blur Studio Axis Animation Platige Image Naughty Dog Inc. Eidos Montreal CD Projekt RED Crytek GmbH People Can Fly Wizards of The Coast PUBLICATIONS Publications, interviews and workshops Expose 10 Digital Art Masters 7 Gorilla Artfare vol.1 Imagine FX issue 75 - tutorial Imagine FX issue 68 and 69 - DVD workshops Advanced Photoshop #88 - interview Book of Creation #7 Digital Art Masters 4 Playboy Polska d'Artiste - Concept Art d'Artiste - Matte Painting Expose 3 Exhibitions Art.Fair/Blooom! - Cologne, Germany (October-November 2011) Maciej Kuciara [email protected].

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