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Illustration & Concept Art Studio

We Paint The WorldsYour Stories Live In

Seven artists painting characters, environments and covers for game studios and publishers since 2012.

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Mara LindqvistElena VargaNoor HaddadTess Moreau+37 Artists, Five StylesBooking new projects
The lion from The Grand Menagerie
Characters For Books And Games

Characters With A LifeBefore Page One

A cast drawn from a paragraph of brief: turnarounds, expressions and a colour pass for every one of them.

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The chef from Folk Of Oak Street
Creatures, Sculpted And Painted

Creatures ReadyFor The Next Level

Sculpted in clay, painted over and handed to your team with a turnaround and every call-out they need.

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Hubble, the blob from Blob Brigade

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The Studio

Seven Artists Around One Long Table

Concept painters, character designers, book illustrators, a cover artist and a sculptor, working on the same brief from the first sketch to the last file.

  • Painting Since2012, in Portland, Oregon
  • Projects Delivered340
  • Clients This Year6 game studios and publishers
  • Next Free StartNext Monday
About The Studio How We Work
The Red Fox
Little Rocket
Star Whale
Selected Work

Pieces From The Studio

Lion At RestLion At RestNoor Haddad · The Grand Menagerie
The ChefThe ChefElena Varga · Folk Of Oak Street
The Red FoxThe Red FoxNoor Haddad · The Grand Menagerie
Bot In A SuitBot In A SuitHana Sato · Gearheart
Tall OrderTall OrderNoor Haddad · The Grand Menagerie
Birthday PizzaBirthday PizzaHana Sato · Kitchen Table
Star WhaleStar WhaleTess Moreau · Small Hours
The FarmerThe FarmerElena Varga · Folk Of Oak Street
Hubble The BlobHubble The BlobWren Calder · Blob Brigade
Tide SphereTide SphereTess Moreau · Tidebound
Dome HeadDome HeadWren Calder · Gearheart
The WandererThe WandererMara Lindqvist · Frostbound
Eye CakeEye CakeInes Duarte · Blob Brigade
Little RocketLittle RocketHana Sato · Kitchen Table
The Old ElephantThe Old ElephantNoor Haddad · The Grand Menagerie
The SeerThe SeerTess Moreau · Small Hours
Rain BootsRain BootsHana Sato · Kitchen Table
Many EyesMany EyesTess Moreau · Small Hours

Sixty-seven pieces from ten projects, every one on its own plate.

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Frostbound · Key Art

From A Grey Blockout To The Painting

Scroll, and the key art is painted the way Mara painted it: values first, then flats, shadows, light and the snow.

  1. BlockoutFour greys, big shapes0%
  2. FlatsLocal colour, no light0%
  3. ShadowsA multiply pass0%
  4. LightThe cold sky on the snow0%
  5. EffectsTexture, snow, the red coat0%
The Wanderer, Frostbound key art: a traveller in a red coat on a snowy pass The Wanderer Mara Lindqvist · Northwind Games
What We Make

Six Kinds Of Work, One Studio

Each has a lead artist, a rate on the estimate and the same two rounds of changes.

Characters

Heroes, villains and the crowd behind them, posed, costumed and coloured.

  • Lead ArtistElena Varga
  • From$189
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Environments

Places with a time of day and a mood, painted from the angle the level needs.

  • Lead ArtistMara Lindqvist
  • From$306
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Props

Weapons, machines and kitchen tables, drawn to scale with their call-outs.

  • Lead ArtistHana Sato
  • From$72
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Key Art

The one painting on the store page, the poster and the box.

  • Lead ArtistMara Lindqvist
  • Final Render$1,292
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Book Covers

Covers, spines and chapter openers that hold up as a thumbnail and on a shelf.

  • Lead ArtistTess Moreau
  • Final Render$798
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3D Sculpts

Clay sculpts and turntables for your modellers, and bases for our painters.

  • Lead ArtistWren Calder
  • Day Rate$650
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Live Estimate

Count The Pieces, See The Price

Characters, environments and props at clean concept. The full builder adds the finish, extras, a style and the dates.

  • Deposit To Book40%
  • Rounds Of Changes2, always included
  • From 10 Pieces6% off, 10% from 20
CharactersA character concept: the pose, the costume and a colour pass
Subtotal$0
EnvironmentsA location painted from one angle, with its light and time of day
Subtotal$0
PropsA weapon, vehicle, object or icon, drawn to scale
Subtotal$0
Turnaround
Estimate$0 Delivered By— Open The Builder
The Artists

Who Paints What

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Noor HaddadFree soon

Noor Haddad

Book Illustrator

  • StylesStorybook, Stylized
  • Day Rate$480
  • Based InPortland, OR
Northwind GamesPixel HarborIronleaf InteractiveLantern HouseMoonwell PressBramble & Finch

Two lines of brief went in, and thirty animals our readers still write letters to came out.

Lantern HouseHannah ColeArt Director, Lantern House

They painted the world of Frostbound before we had built a level of it. The team still works from those paintings.

Northwind GamesRafael OrtizCreative Director, Northwind Games

Every robot arrived with a turnaround, call-outs and a sculpt. Our modellers had nothing left to guess.

Ironleaf InteractiveJonas BergLead Artist, Ironleaf Interactive

Twelve covers, twelve moods, one shelf that looks like a set. Tess just gets what a cover has to do.

Moonwell PressPriya NairDesign Director, Moonwell Press
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Process, Paint And Studio Life

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