top concept artists

October 15, 2009 10:58 AM

Who are the top concept artists working in video games and film today?

Bonus points for links to portfolios.

posted by roger ackroyd to media & arts (8 comments total)

Rich Mahon
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 11:08 AM on October 15

David Levy
posted by liet at 11:10 AM on October 15

There's a fair selection of artists highlighted on ConceptArt.org - a mixture of video game, comic, storyboard, fine artists, book illustrators, etc.

Besides the highlighted artists on the main page, many more (especially from the video game industry) post in the forums there.
posted by empyrean at 11:55 AM on October 15 [1 favorite]

Yoshitaka Amano
posted by ServSci at 12:11 PM on October 15

Samwise Didier
posted by shesbookish at 12:42 PM on October 15

I don't know about 'the best', but I had these bookmarked:
James Clyne
Harald Belker

There was a Mefi post not too long ago to Concept Art World, with some artist links.

And I'm still a big fan of Doug Chiang, but I'm not sure what he's been up to lately. Doesn't look like the site's been updated in awhile.
posted by Bron at 5:48 PM on October 15

Thanks guys. I'm specifically wondering about the go-to artists for big projects. These links are all helpful.
posted by roger ackroyd at 10:48 PM on October 15

Massive Black.
posted by poq at 9:37 AM on October 16