Christian Piccolo

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

SKILLS

ABOUT CHRISTIAN PICCOLO

Concept Creation and Art LeadershipUse my concept work as the primary vehicle to empower the art team. Explore a wide range of visual solutions with various sketch approaches to leverage speed and creative cadence. Create a large body of visual solutions to keep the team engaged with multiple directions, promoting an atmosphere of collaboration and team ownership as designs move forward. Help maintain a high level of energy and promote a constant creative flow of ideas. Create paintings and detailed work to ensure execution and provide clarity to support teammates in production. Support the Art Direction and game vision by sincere communication and mentoring. Create mood boards and documentation that helps detail, clarify, and expand the vision.Creative Contributor-Worldbuilding and Franchise Build positive and productive relationships with members of other creative departments. Ease concerns and build trust. Supplement my concept exploration with thoughtful, detailed narrative and design ideas and share them with key stakeholders, having a strong important voice in the projects worldbuilding and franchise expansion. Use my in-depth knowledge and experience with the franchise, its lore and history. Unleash my passion and love for the franchise, doing absolutely everything I can to drive the quality of the product. Help continue the overall legacy, and help create a successful game for ALL players -help generate profit. Studio ContributorProvide art department and studio leadership with input on team and studio dynamics. Help to drive interdepartmental communication. Develop and foster relationships and opportunities for the narrative team, design, and art to work together in the development process. Create and drive initiatives to incorporate the concept team into studio wide improvements efforts that empower all departments in their work by providing visual support.