David Freeman
David Freeman
Concept Art / Concept Illustrator
Newlyn, United Kingdom

Summary

Concept Art & Illustration for Film, TV and Games.

I have sixteen years’ experience working as a Concept Artist (along with some DMP work), previously working as a Design
Director creating opening Titles, VFX and Branding for Film and Television.

I am currently working as a Freelance Concept Artist for a variety of Film, TV and Games projects.
Companies that I have worked for include: Marvel, Industrial, Light & Magic, Belo FX, Untold Studios, Dneg (Double Negative VFX), Cinesite, Lola, Jellyfish Pictures, BBC, Studio Ellipsis, Longdue Games and Sharkmob.

Recent work includes Film / TV work: Avengers 5, The Creator, Blade, Willow (Lucasfilm), The Sandman (Netflix), Moon Knight (Marvel), Loki 2 (Marvel) and Antman Quantumania (Marvel).

Games work: Key Art, Props, Environment Concepts, Biomes ( and a little bit of creature / character work) for a range of AAA Games (none of which I can discuss online)

Concept work includes Key Art, Keyframes, Hard Surface designs (vehicles, spacecraft, props and architecture), Environments, Characters and Creatures and VFX.

I predominantly use Blender / Cycles / Octane, Zbrush, Keyshot, Maya / Arnold for sculpting and 3D work. I also use Unreal Engine for Games and Virtual Art Department work, I am a big fan of Gravity Sketch for creating concepts and ideas in VR (nothing compares to being able to walk around a life size scene or sit in the cockpit of a ship that you are designing).

For 2D work, Photoshop, Painter, Illustrator as well as the good old pencil and sketchbook, which I’m using a lot more.

I also have many years experience using Nuke X for Digital Matte Painting and Compositing, Adobe Premiere, Avid and Final Cut Pro for editing and Adobe After Effects and associated third party tools for Motion Graphics work.

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Skills

Art DirectionConcept ArtEnvironment DesignIllustrationStoryboardingDigital SculptingCreature DesignVehicle Modelingkey artvr

Software proficiency

Blender
Blender
Keyshot
Keyshot
Maya
Maya
Modo
Modo
Corel Painter
Corel Painter
Photoshop
Photoshop
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
ZBrush
ZBrush
Redshift
Redshift
Octane Render
Octane Render
Gravity Sketch
Gravity Sketch

Productions

    • Movie
      Avengers 5
    • Year
      2026
    • Role
      Concept Illustrator
    • Company
      Marvel / For All Time Productions
    • Movie
      Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
    • Year
      2025
    • Role
      Concept Artist (VFX)
    • Company
      Belo FX
    • Movie
      A Quiet Place Day One
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      Industrial, Light & Magic
    • TV Production
      The Rings of Power (Season 2)
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      Industrial, Light & Magic
    • Movie
      The Creator
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      Industrial, Light & Magic
    • Movie
      Blade
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      ILM Art Department / Production Art Department
    • Movie
      Antman and the Wasp_Quantumania
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      Industrial, Light & magic
    • TV Production
      Willow
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      ILM Art Department / Production Art Department
    • TV Production
      Moon Knight
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      ILM Art Department / Production Art Department
    • TV Production
      Sandman
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      ILM Art Department / Production Art Department
    • TV Production
      The Wheel of Time
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      Cinesite
    • Movie
      Fast and Furious 9
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      DNEG
    • Movie
      Wonder Woman 1984
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      DNEG
    • Movie
      Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      Dneg
    • Movie
      Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      DNEG
    • Movie
      Wonder Woman
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      DNEG
    • Movie
      Star Trek: Beyond
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      Senior Concept Artist
    • Company
      Dneg

Experience

  • Concept Artist / Production Illustrator at Freelance
    BRADFORD-ON-AVON, GB
    November 2024 - Present

    Working as a Freelance Concept Artist for the Games, TV and Film Industries

  • Principal Concept Artist at Sharkmob
    London, GB
    June 2023 - November 2024

  • Senior Concept Artist at Industrial, Light & Magic
    London, United Kingdom
    September 2020 - May 2023

    Working in the Art Department at ILM London

  • Senior Concept Artist at Cinesite
    London, United Kingdom
    September 2020 - October 2020

  • Senior Concept Artist at Lola Post Production
    London, United Kingdom
    July 2020 - August 2020

  • Art Director at DNEG
    London, United Kingdom
    April 2019 - September 2020

  • Senior Concept Artist at DNEG
    London, United Kingdom
    April 2013 - March 2019

  • Concept Artist / Lead VFX Artist / Digital Matte Painter at Jellyfish Pictures
    London, United Kingdom
    June 2012 - April 2010

  • Senior Visual Effects Designer at BBC
    Cardiff, United Kingdom
    May 2010 - June 2012

  • Concept Artist / VFX Artist / Designer at Freelance
    Bath, United Kingdom
    March 2004 - April 2010

  • Design Director at BBC
    Bristol, United Kingdom
    September 2000 - September 2004