Ricardo Guimaraes – and Concept Art Curriculum Vitae

- Graduation and Academic:

• Conceptual Design (1997) - Faculdade da Cidade - Prof. Richard Wilde (NY School of )

• Bachelor in Painting (2002)- Escola de Belas Artes - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

• Illustration and Digital Painting Teacher (2000 - 2010)

• Life Drawing Teacher (2004-2005/ 2008-2009) – Escola de Belas Artes – Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

• Life Drawing Teacher at Cria/2D Lab School

• Character Design and Concept Art Teacher at MOVILUC – Animation and Visual Arts School

• Post Graduate Concept Art Teacher at Veiga de Almeida University (UVA) (current)

- Past Works:

• Concept Art - Solaris 104 - Appolo Entertainment

• Concepts and – "O Clone" – Globo TV

• ImagineFX - Fantasy and Sci Fi Digital Art

• Exotique5- The World's Most Beautiful CG Characters - Ballistic Publishing

• Concepts and Illustrations – "Passione" – Globo TV

• Cover Illustration - Irregular Magazine Winter Special

• ImagineFX - Fantasy and Sci-Fi Digital Art

• ImagineFX Special - Fantasy Creatures

• Exotique 6- The World's Most Beautiful CG Characters - Ballistic Publishing

• Freelance Concept Artist – Multiplayer Game- still under NDA

• Selected as “ArteTop” - TheConceptArtBlog (TheCAB)

• Invited Artist - Share One Planet: Wild Animals CG Art Elites Invitational Competition

• Art Director and Concept Artist at Ratto Software

• Published Article - EGW (Entertainment + Game World) Magazine Brasil – January 2011

• Published Article - EGW (Entertainment + Game World) Magazine Brasil – April 2011

- Nowadays:

• Art Director and Team Lead at Mega Pickle Entertainment

• Freelance Illustrator at Wulven Game Studios - “Shadow Era” Card Game

• Book Cover – 2 Muses Publishing – “Chloe Diggins and The Eternal Emperor”

• Freelance Concept Artist at Seagulls Fly

• Movie Poster – Mean Time Productions – “A Death Story”

• Freelance Concept Artist at Blizzard Entertainment – “Diablo III”

• Illustrator and Concept Artist at Critical Studio – “Dungeonland”

- Skills:

• Mastery of Traditional Media of Drawing and Painting

• Mastery of Photoshop, Painter, ArtRage

• Advanced Level of SketchUp, Zbrush

• Notions of 3DS Max, Maya,

• Fluent English

- Contact:

Website: http://www.onmyownstudios.com/

Email: [email protected]

Mobile: (5521) 8858-1638

Linkedin: http://br.linkedin.com/in/ricguim