Freelance Concept Artist
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- co founder at Tyler West Studio, Inc.
- Instructor at Art Center College of Design
- Past
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- Freelance Concept Artist at Eat Sleep Play
- Concept Artist at NCsoft
- Lead Concept Artist at Electronic Arts
- Concept Artist at Electronic Arts
- Concept Artist at Echo Games
- Education
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- Art Center College of Design
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Tyler West’s Experience
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co founder
Tyler West Studio, Inc.
(Entertainment industry)
March 2008 — Present (10 months)
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Instructor
Art Center College of Design
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Design industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Vis Com 3 and 5
Instructing Entertainment, Product, and Grad ID students methods to communicate their ideas visually using digital techniques in Photoshop -
Freelance Concept Artist
Eat Sleep Play
(Entertainment industry)
March 2008 — September 2008 (7 months)
Worked with David Jaffe on unannounced PS3 title
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Concept Artist
NCsoft
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)
December 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Created environments, characters, and vehicles for high profile MMO titles Lineage, Guild Wars, and Tabula Rasa
Help establish studio production methods as a pre-production studio that provides concept art for all NCsoft titles -
Lead Concept Artist
Electronic Arts
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry)
March 2006 — November 2006 (9 months)
Worked directly with Art Director and Lead designer to create informative concept art that described the visuals and design scenarios for each level of the game that were referenced by lighters and modelers
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Concept Artist
Electronic Arts
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry)
January 2005 — February 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Created concept art for The Godfather and Lord of the Rings
Introduced a variety of techniques; including the use of basic 3D geometry as an underlay for concept paintings -
Concept Artist
Echo Games
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
2003 — 2003 (less than a year)
Created designs for characters, vehicles and environments for a massively multiplayer online game proposal
Tyler West’s Education
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Art Center College of Design
BS, Industrial Design | Illustration, 2001 — 2004
Focused on incorporating industrial design fundamentals with digital painting skills and methods
Additional Information
Tyler West’s Websites:
Tyler West’s Groups:
AIAS Art Direction Peer Panel
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Game Developers
Tyler West’s Honors:
Spectrum 15 (2008): Desert Monolith
Into The Pixel (2008): Canyon Dwelling
Into The Pixel (2008): Cavern Suspension
Into The Pixel (2006): Rooftop
Into The Pixel (2005): Vinegar Hill
Into The Pixel (2005): Navy Shipyard
Expose 4 (2006): Western-Sci Fi
