imran sheikh

Bringing new worlds to life!

Hello, my name is Imran Sheikh and I'm a Concept Artist & Art Director in LA with 20 years of experience creating for games, TV, and film. From Niantic's AR adventures (Pokemon Go & Marvel World of Heroes) to Marvel & The CW's superhero shows (FF4, Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl!), I've helped ship countless projects and would love to lend a hand on your next endeavor.

Let's chat and see how I can take your vision to the next level!

I'm always excited to meet new Teammates and tackle the task at hand together. Cheers!

Specialties: Character Design, Environment Illustration, Storyboards and Lighting for Cinematic Sequences, Art Direction, Visual Development & Matte Painting.

Portfolio
https://www.imransheikhillustration.com/
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Blogs
https://www.imransheikhillustration.com/blog
https://www.artstation.com/artist/imransheikh

Work History

Senior Concept Artist

Niantic, Inc.

July 2018 - September 2018

Los Angeles, CA
Concept Artist

Seismic Games

May 2018 - July 2018

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Storyboard Artist

Infinity Ward

July 2017 - September 2017
visual development concept artist/ AD

Zoic Studios

March 2017 - May 2017
freelance concept artist

Encore VFX

July 2016 - August 2016

Working on The Flash, Supergirl, Crazy Ex Girlfriend and many other shows.
contract concept artist

The Game Agency

January 2016 - April 2016
freelance concept artist

Halon Entertainment

October 2015 - November 2015

Mass Effect 4D Ride, Concept and Storyboards.
Art Director/Concept Artist

Pixomondo

November 2014 - May 2015
Lead Artist/Art Director

Spark Unlimited

March 2014 - November 2014
Senior Concept Artist

Spark Unlimited

September 2012 - November 2013

Working with the great team at Spark Unlimited on the exciting new title Ninja Gaiden Z: Yaiba. Creating concept art for environments and visual development for the upcoming title.
Contract Concept Artist-Team Danger Close

Electronic Arts

October 2011 - September 2012

Concept Design, Visual Development, Marketing Artwork and Storyboards.
Created environment concept art for single and multiplayer levels as well as Character Design for our Tier 1 Operators in the game. Visual development of FX for in-game cinematic's and game play.
Created Key Art and Final Illustrations

Run Games

April 2012 - August 2012

Created Key Art and Final Illustrations for the wonderful talent at Run Games.
Concept and Matte Artist

Zoic Studios

2010 - November 2011

Created Matte Paintings and Character Designs for the animated episode of Fringe.
Painted Mattes for Red Riding Hood and Dead Space 2 as well as creating concepts for a variety of Television shows and Films.
Matte Painter

Create Advertising

May 2011 - July 2011

Created many matte and concept paintings for the PS3 title Twisted Metal. Worked on the full run of cinematic sequences, creating matte artwork and concepts for the in-game story shorts for characters as well as matte paintings for the E3 2011 trailer.
Freelance Designer-Production Artist-Concept Artist

Mattel

March 2007 - March 2010

Responsibilities include:

Developing projects with High Value Intellectual Properties such as He-Man, Rock em Sock em Robots and many others.

Responding quickly and precisely to art requests, creating Concepts/ Pre-Production art for Toys and Games in the Mattel Brand.

Creating concepts for pitches to Movie Studios for a handful of unannounced Big Budget Film projects. Toy and merchandise tie-ins as well as marketing illustrations.

Available for both Conceptual and Product/Toy development.
Concept Artist

Pandemic Studios

2005 - January 2010

Developing the visual style and direction of the the EA/Pandemic project Saboteur. On this project I had the privilege of working closely with Art Direction and Design to hammer out the needs and aesthetic influences of our project and it's unique requirements. Working very closely with World Building and Technical leads to keep art consistent and in the best of ways-Challenging, for the great artists on my team.
Assistant Art Director/ Illustrator/Art Director

Campbell Ewald

2004 - 2005
Student

College for Creative Studies

2001 - 2004

Studied Illustration and Fine Arts as well as Entertainment art at CCS.
Graduated with Artist of the Year accolade, was also inducted into the Society of Illustrators for their collegiate exhibition 2005.