Paul PHIPPEN

Paul PHIPPEN

Matte painter, concept artist, illustrator, storyboarder

Senior Matte Painter (DMP) / Concept Artist / 8 yrs

London

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Senior Matte Painter

Nautilus (2024)

Concept Artist

Eric (2024)

Senior Digital Matte Painter

The Creator (2023)

Digital Matte Painter

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)

Senior Matte Painter

Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

Digital Matte Painter

Asteroid City (2023)

Concept Artist

ACME (2023)

Senior Matte Painter

The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022)

Concept Artist

Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (2022)

Digital Matte Painter

The Baby (2022)

Digital Matte Painter

Chasing Satellites (2021)

Concept Artist

The Nevers (2021)

Senior Matte Painter

I Hate Suzie (2020)

Digital Matte Painter

Beecham House (2020)

Senior Matte Painter

Gangs of London (2020)

Digital Matte Painter

Summer of Rockets (2019)

Digital Matte Painter

Gentleman Jack (2019)

Concept Artist

Eleven Eleven (2019)

Digital Matte Painter

The Widow (2019)

Digital Matte Painter

Patrick Melrose (2018)

Concept Artist

Stranger Things (2016)

Artist

Might & Magic Heroes VII (2015)

Digital Matte Painter

Black Mirror (2011)

Concept Artist

Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Legend of Aang (2006)

Senior Matte Painter

Lee (2024)

Storyboard Artist, concept artist

Prehistoric Planet (2022)

Digital Matte Painter

The Book of Boba Fett (2021)

dmp artist

Troy: Fall of a City (2018)

Cover Artist

Heavy Metal (1981)

Concept art / illustrator

Nexus Heroes

freelance concept artist

Ghost Recon: Wildlands (2017)

Illustrator / Concept artist

Heroes of Might and Magic

Illustrator / Graphics

Prophets of the Ghost Ants

Concept artist / Illustrator

Lord of the Dragons

Galaxy Assault

HellFire

Concept artist / Illustration

Chains of Durandal

Author/Artist/Publisher

Salsa Invertebraxa

Concept artist/ character design/level designer

SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! (2005)

Concept artist / CG Art

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius - Attack of the Twonkies

Concept artist / CG art / level designer

Rocket Power: Beach Bandits

Concept artist / CG art

Warhammer Online

Game designer / Concept artist / CG artist

Re-volt

Batman and Robin

Fantastic Four (2005)
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Matte painter/concept artist/illustrator/general CG artist for major companies in TV/ feature production, video-game and print media industries since 1996, from hometown London, UK, to various postings around the world, - USA, Australia, Hong Kong and SE Asia.
I love what I do, I'm never bored!
Work History

  • Concept Artist

    ...

    September 2023 - Present

  • Concept Artist & Matte Painter @ Freelance

    Freelance

    November 2015 - Present
    United Kingdom

    Recent projects :- Dog Man (Dreamworks), Prehistoric Planet (Apple, BBC) - Stranger Things 4 (Netflix) - The Creator (20th Century Studios) - Book of Boba Fett (Disney )- Wes Anderson's Asteroid City - Gangs of London 2 (Sky Atlantic) - The Witcher; Blood Origin (Netflix) - Nautilus (Disney) - I Hate Suzie Too (Sky Atlantic) - Last Voyage of the Demeter (Universal) - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Netflix) - The Baby (HBO) - Coyote Vs Acme (Warner Bros) - Lee (55 films) - Eric (Netflix)

    Digital matte painting 2, 2.5 & 3D, concept art, storyboarding, technical illustration

  • DMP

    ...

    August 2022 - August 2023

  • Concept Artist

    Anonymous

    July 2021 - July 2022
    London

  • DMP

    n/a

    August 2020 - January 2022
    London, United Kingdom

  • Concept Artist

    Magnopus

    February 2020 - August 2020

    Supplied a broad range of concept designs, storyboards and solutions for visitor VR and AR experiences at the World Expo Dubai 2020, going live October 2021. https://www.expo2020dubai.com/en

  • Rewind

    March 2020 - July 2020

  • Concept Artist

    Warp Digital Entertainment

    February 2020 - February 2020
    Cambridge, United Kingdom

  • Concept Artist

    Jellyfish Pictures

    March 2019 - January 2020
    London, United Kingdom · On-site

    Concept art, various projects - both realistic and stylized, - characters, vehicles and environments and lots and lots of storyboards.

  • Illustrator

    Penguin Random House UK

    May 2019 - July 2019
    London, United Kingdom

    Concept roughs and final illustration for Dorling Kindersley's Myths and Legends.

  • dmp artist

    Vine FX

    May 2017 - February 2019
    Cambridge, UK

    DMP's for a few high profile TV series, Black Mirror, Beecham House, The Widow, Summer of Rockets, Patrick Melrose for Sky Atlantic, and Troy for BBC/Netflix.

  • Digital Matte Painter

    Vine FX

    June 2017 - February 2019
    On-site

    DMP's for a few high profile TV series, Black Mirror, Beecham House, The Widow, Summer of Rockets, Patrick Melrose (Sky Atlantic), Troy (BBC/Netflix) and feature film Chasing Wonders.

  • dmp artist

    Technicolor

    September 2018 - December 2018
    London, UK

    Matte painting for Gentleman Jack Tv series, plus concepting and finalizing Technicolor's website landing page image.

  • Concept Artist

    NBCUniversal

    September 2018 - October 2018
    London, United Kingdom · On-site

    Concept work (environments, props and materials) on VR project pitch.

  • Concept Artist

    Cannybots

    October 2017 - February 2018
    Remote

    Side project for the Cannybots co-founder, Anish Mampetta, to design concepts for achievable and customizable robot racing dogs for corporate branded events.

  • Concept Artist

    Warp Digital Entertainment

    June 2017 - October 2017
    London, United Kingdom · On-site

    Huge range of concept art, environments, characters, mechs etc for 4 different VR game proposals.

  • Illustrator

    Heavy Metal

    September 2016 - July 2017
    Greater New York City Area

    Illustrating the cover art, and re-designing my own graphic novel,Salsa Invertebraxa, for six monthly issues spanning 2016 17.

  • Concept Artist

    Rewind

    March 2017 - May 2017
    St Albans, United Kingdom

    Concept art for immersive sci-fi VR experience Eleven Eleven.

  • Concept Artist

    Seeper

    January 2017 - April 2017
    London, United Kingdom

    Environment concept designs for Bristol Zoo, plus interactive augmented wall mural.

  • Concept artist / Illustrator

    Crucible Creative

    September 2016 - February 2017
    London, England, United Kingdom

    Art direction, concepts and final delivery for the Underleague table-top game, produced by Crucible Creative.

  • contract concept artist

    Seeper

    January 2017 - January 2017
    London, United Kingdom

  • Illustrator

    HarperCollins Publishers

    July 2015 - December 2016
    Greater New York City Area

    One of those lovely projects where you can push your limits. Building a fantasy world from the ground up, concept design and a range of covers and interior illustrations for the fantasy novel Prophets of the Ghost Ants.

  • Illustrator

    HarperCollins Publishers

    August 2016 - October 2016
    Greater New York City Area

    Illustrations for fantasy novel series Prophets of the Ghost Ants.

  • Senior Concept Artist

    Wego.com

    September 2015 - August 2016
    Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea

    Video game concept art for props, environments, supplied art direction and promo art support.

  • Storyboard Artist

    Blastframe

    March 2016 - July 2016
    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Storyboarding, character and world concept design - project still under NDA

  • Concept Artist

    Sproing Creative

    July 2015 - March 2016
    Austria

    Concept art and final game illustrations for a Pandemic themed multi-platform video game.

  • Senior Concept Artist

    Sproing

    September 2015 - December 2015

  • Freelance Concept Artist

    GAMECO Studios

    January 2015 - September 2015

  • Freelance CG artist/illustrator

    Ubisoft

    January 2013 - September 2015

    Freelance concept art & illustration on Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Heroes of Might & Magic VII, plus unmentionable projects.

  • Freelance Illustrator

    Ubisoft

    February 2014 - March 2015
    Montreal, Canada Area

    Concept designer for characters, promotional illustration and layouts.

  • Illustrator / Concept artist

    DeNA

    April 2012 - December 2014
    Shibuya-ku, Japan

    Online card game concepts and final illustrations for a range of games including ; Hellfire, The Summoning, Lord of the Dragons, Chains of Durandal and Galaxy Assault.

  • Illustrator, writer, publisher.

    Pecksniff Press

    January 2006 - September 2013
    Hong Kong SAR · On-site

    A personal art journey that started in 1995, for the original insect adventure Salsa Invertebraxa, comprising over 220 paintings.
    More details about the book at pecksniffpress.com

  • Art Director

    Pecksniff Press

    December 2005 - December 2012

  • Senior 3D / Concept Artist

    THQ

    March 2003 - December 2005
    Brisbane, Australia · On-site

  • Senior 3D / Concept Artist

    Evolution Games

    March 2001 - March 2003
    Greater Brisbane Area · On-site

  • 3D/2D Concept Artist

    Hotgen Entertainment, London

    September 2000 - March 2001
    London, United Kingdom

  • 3D/2D Concept Artist

    Climax Studios

    March 2000 - September 2000
    London, United Kingdom

  • Lead & 3D Artist

    Acclaim Entertainment

    June 1996 - March 2000
    London Area, United Kingdom

  • Modelmaker

    Complete Design Fabrication (CDF)

    August 1994 - March 1996
    London, United Kingdom

    Modelmaking props and frameworks, small and large, for various adverts and expositions. Contracts included work for Audi, Perrier, De La Rue, London Olympia, Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios and Madame Tussauds.

  • Administrator

    UK Ministry of Defence

    April 1989 - June 1991
    London, England, United Kingdom · On-site
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Education

  • BA (Hons) Illustration

    University of the West of England

    September 1991 - July 1994