Fred Gago

Fred Gago

Los Angeles, CA

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Storyboard Artist

Banshee (2013)

Storyboard artist

Falling Skies (2011)

Work History
  • Freelance Illustrator and Concept Artist

    Autodesk

    September 2010 - Present

    Illustration and Concept art for educational materials.

  • Owner/Artist

    Gagoism LLC

    July 2010 - Present

    I am now providing Freelance Concept Art and Graphic Design services for a variety of clients within the entertainment and advertising industries.

  • Freelance Concept Artist

    Spark Unlimited

    April 2014 - September 2014
  • Freelance Storyboard Artist

    Buddha Jones

    November 2013 - November 2013

    Created several storyboard options for feature film trailer.

  • Freelance Storyboard Artist

    The Bezark Company

    November 2013 - November 2013

    Illustrated storyboards for an animated film for 4D theater theme park experience.

  • Freelance Storyboard Artist

    Bandito Brothers

    August 2013 - August 2013

    Created Storyboards for 30 and 15 second Nissan promo spots.

  • Freelance Storyboard Artist

    Cast & Crew Entertainment Services

    July 2013 - August 2013

    Created Storyboards for Cinemax show Banshee

  • Freelance Storyboard Artist

    Zoic Studios

    February 2013 - June 2013

    at Zoic I had the opportunity to storyboard cinematics and promotional materials for a few AAA games and 2 television programs including TNT's Falling skies.

  • Freelance Illustrator

    Adult Swim Games

    May 2013 - May 2013

    Created a promotional Illustration for the game Fist Puncher and its Robot Unicorn DLC.

  • Freelance Character Artist

    King and Country

    March 2012 - March 2012

    Created character designs for animated TV spot

  • Contract Concept/Storyboard artist

    Total Immersion

    May 2011 - March 2012

    I create concept art and storyboards for Augmented Reality based apps for a variety of different clients.

  • Work Exchange Intern

    Gnomon School of Visual Effects

    June 2010 - August 2011

    Data Entry, and lots of fun office work in exchange for great art instruction and networking opportunities.

  • Freelance Illustrator and Concept Artist

    Zoic Studios

    January 2011 - April 2011

    Illustration and Concept art for video game cinematics. Also provided storyboards and pitch materials for high profile tv spots.

  • Concept Artist

    Virtual Play Games

    October 2009 - June 2010

    As a Freelance artist I created packaging artwork for Nintendo wii and DS games. "City Buider" and "Intellivision Lives"

  • Concept Artist

    Collision Studios

    January 2010 - February 2010

    Created UI elements for various games on freelance basis.

  • Concept Artist

    Majesco Entertainment

    2008 - January 2010

    at Majesco I get to concept everything from environments and characters to Interface and HUD. On our last project i acted as lead UI Artist and Game Designer.

  • Illustrator

    Interbang Entertainment

    November 2009 - December 2009

    Provided illustration for the textbook "Fundamentals of Game Development" by Heather and Raphael Chandler

  • storyboard artist

    Zoic Studios

    October 2008 - October 2008

    storyboarded television commercial entitled "the chase" adverstising Sony "bravia" televisions

  • Illustrator

    So Hood Clothing Co

    February 2007 - July 2008

    I create illustrations for Hip Hop Clothing Line.

  • Concept Artist

    The Game Agency

    November 2007 - March 2008

    Created character concepts for flash based game "Office Olympics"
    concepted ideas and characters for McDonalds web promotions "Chicken vs Egg"

  • Concept Artist

    Zoic Studios

    October 2007 - March 2008

    Created creature designs for future television pilot " The Middleman"
    Designs included initial sketches, final design, model sheet, color comps and final color version.
    Created vehicle and environment concepts concept for television project"Revolution"

  • Storyboard Artist

    Zoic Studios

    October 2007 - October 2007

    roughed out storyboards for trailer of the video game M.A.G. Massive Action Game

  • Concept Artist

    Zoic Studios

    August 2007 - August 2007

    Created concept art for the Bionic Woman television series

  • Concept Artist

    EDMC

    January 2007 - May 2007

    I created many character designs and environments for Second Life project.

  • Computer lab tech

    Bronx Community College

    1997 - 1999
Education
  • Gnomon School of Visual Effects

    2011 - 2012
  • The Art Institute San Diego

    2003 - 2006
  • City University of New York-Bronx Community Colleg

    1996 - 2000