Man Arenas

Man Arenas

Visual Development Artist at

Hamburg Area, Germany

Current
  • Visual Development Artist - Concept artist at Dodecaden - Ninoneno
Past
  • Visual development - set designer at Studio SOI
  • Owner and Production designer at Inuendo s.p.r.l. (Brussels)
  • concept artist and Set designer at Vanguard Animation
  • Production Designer at Studio Hamburg
  • Senior Production Designer/ Art Director at Rothkirch/Cartoon Film (Berlin)
  • Production Designer/Art Director at TFC trickompany (Hamburg)
  • designer/key layout /Workbook Artist at A. Film A/S
  • Visual Development Artist at Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Designer at S.E.P.P. Brussels
Education
  • Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles - Ecole supérieure des Arts
Connections
87 connections
Industry
Motion Pictures and Film
Websites

Man Arenas’s Summary

Production Designer and Art Director with a broad experience in all fields of motion pictures production and visual development in animated film industry since nearly 20 years.
Man Arenas started his career in Brussels in 1988, working for la S.E.P.P. in the visual development department for several animated TV series. Since then, he has worked on many animated feature films for companies such as Warner Bros, A Film, Cartoon Film, Studio Hamburg, TFC Trickompany.or Studio Soi.
From the beginning, he developed an interest for production design bringing to the normal design tasks a strong level of originality and poetry, inspiring other artists, not only in traditional animated films but also in 3D animated feature films and computer games.

Man Arenas’s Specialties:

Visual Development and Concept Art, Illustration, Workbook and Storyboard Art,
Production Design, Graphic Novels, graphic Design.
All medias.
languages: English, Spanish and French


Man Arenas’s Experience

  • Visual Development Artist - Concept artist

    Dodecaden - Ninoneno

    (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    January 2009Present (7 months)

    Currently working as Art Director, Concept Artist and Storyboard Artist for the Animation Film production, Ads, TV and Comicbook Industries.
    Clients: Warner Bros, Rothkirch/cartoon Film, studio SOI, Soleil...

  • Visual development - set designer

    Studio SOI

    (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    May 2008May 2009 (1 year 1 month)

    On "the GRuffalo" feature film

  • Owner and Production designer

    Inuendo s.p.r.l. (Brussels)

    (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    January 2007January 2009 (2 years 1 month)

    Production Designer, Concept Artist and Storyboard Artist for the Animation Film production, TV and Game Industries.
    Clients: Warner Bros, Rothkirch/cartoon Film, Vanguard animation, studio SOI, Twintime software & entertainment GmbH, A Film...

  • concept artist and Set designer

    Vanguard Animation

    (Animation industry)

    January 2007March 2007 (3 months)

    Set designer, Visual development and concept artist for the 3D feature film "Space Chimps".

  • Production Designer

    Studio Hamburg

    (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    September 2006January 2007 (5 months)

    Visual Development Art and Production Design for 3D animated feature projects ( Alphabet City) (producer: Ronald Kruschak)

  • Senior Production Designer/ Art Director

    Rothkirch/Cartoon Film (Berlin)

    (Partnership; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)

    March 20012006 (5 years)

    Leading the visual development and concept Art department for the animation projects produced by Rothkirch/cartoon-film
    Production Designer of "Laura's Star" (animated Film). The film won a German Film Awards for Outstanding Children or Youth Film (Deutsche FilmPreis Bester Kinder- und Jugendfilm)in 2005

  • Production Designer/Art Director

    TFC trickompany (Hamburg)

    (Animation industry)

    May 1999December 2003 (4 years 8 months)

    Production Designer, Visual development artist, Workbook & Storyboard artist for animated feature films and TV series like "Ottifanten", "Werner", "Derrick" or "Nick knatterton" etc...

  • designer/key layout /Workbook Artist

    A. Film A/S

    (Animation industry)

    April 1998December 1999 (1 year 9 months)

    Visual development, Workbook and Key layout artist for "Help! I'm a fish" the animated feature film.

  • Visual Development Artist

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    (Public Company; Animation industry)

    May 1996July 1996 (3 months)

    Visual development artist and production illustrator in preproduction for "The Quest For Camelot " animated feature film.

  • Production Designer

    S.E.P.P. Brussels

    (Animation industry)

    April 1988March 1990 (2 years)

    Production Designer and Visual development artist for all the animated TV series production stages licensed by S.E.P.P.
    Toy designer.


Man Arenas’s Education

  • Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles - Ecole supérieure des Arts

    Fines Arts


Additional Information

Man Arenas’s Websites:

Man Arenas’s Interests:

Cinematography, Graphic Novels and Poetry


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