David Tilton
David Tilton
Lead/Senior Concept Artist | Open to Work🟢
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Summary

My name is David Tilton. I am a Lead/Senior concept artist with 10+ years of experience crafting visually compelling environments, vehicles, and props for AAA games, feature films, and industrial design projects. With a proven ability to drive pre-vis, worldbuilding, and key art in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. My clients include EA, Lucasfilm, Tesla, NetEase, and many more.
Here's a link to my portfolio: https://www.tiltonart.com

Specialties:
Pre-Vis Concept Art

Prop and Vehicle Design

Visual Development

Environment Design

Art Direction

Key Art Illustration

IP Development
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For inquiries, please contact me at:
dtiltonart@gmail.com

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Skills

Environment DesignConcept DesignConcept ArtDigital PaintingPaintingArt Directionmood paintingIllustrationProp Designdesignart

Software proficiency

Photoshop
Photoshop
Blender
Blender
3DCoat
3DCoat
ZBrush
ZBrush
Octane Render
Octane Render

Productions

    • TV Production
      gen:LOCK
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Concept Artist and Matte painter
    • Company
      Warner Media
    • Movie
      Sicario 2: Soldado
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Cocept Artist
    • Company
      Rodeo FX
    • Movie
      A Wrinkle in Time
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Concept Artist
    • Company
      Luma Pictures
    • Movie
      Black Panther
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Concept Artist
    • Company
      Luma Pictures
    • Movie
      Thor: Ragnarok
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Concept Artist
    • Company
      Luma Pictures
    • Movie
      Blade Runner: 2049
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Concept Artist
    • Company
      Rodeo FX
    • TV Production
      Game of Thrones: Season 7
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Concept Artist
    • Company
      Rodeo FX
    • Movie
      Spider-man: Homecoming
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Concept Artist
    • Company
      Luma Pictures
    • Movie
      Doctor Strange
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      concept artist
    • Company
      Luma Pictures
    • Movie
      Underworld: Blood Wars
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      concept artist
    • Company
      Luma Pictures

Experience

  • Senior Environment Concept Artist II at Electronic Arts
    August 2022 - July 2025

    Responsibilities:

    •Collaborated closely with the Art Director and Concept team to define the visual

    direction of the project, from overarching vision to detailed designs.

    •Created illustrations of scenes, environments, props, vehicles, and weapons,

    with an emphasis on compelling composition, atmosphere, lighting, and

    material definition.

    •Assisted the Art Director in providing feedback to external outsourcing partners.

    •Partnered with the 3D Environment and Level Design teams to ensure alignment

    between concept and implementation.

    •Produced keyframes and mood imagery to support narrative and gameplay

    beats.

    •Conducted visual research and gathered real-world reference materials to

    support grounded and believable world-building in relation to the Black Panther

    IP.

    •Maintained a strong understanding of the IP's universe and the design

    constraints of the game world.

    •Created supporting style sheets, material callouts, and documentation to ensure

    clarity and consistency.

    •Collaborated with the Art and Creative Directors to ensure visual development

    aligned with product goals and narrative themes.

    •Developed Miro boards and visual style guides to support look development and

    team alignment.

    •Actively participated in cross-discipline brainstorming sessions to enhance

    worldbuilding, story, and gameplay integration.

    •Interviewed candidates for open roles within the art team.

    •Supported onboarding efforts for new concept artists to the team, providing

    mentorship and guidance during ramp-up.

  • Concept Artist at Tesla
    Los Angeles, United States of America
    November 2021 - August 2022

    - Closely work with creative directors, managers and engineers for production design, creating pre-production sketches and generating ideas

    - Creating high-quality concept design using 3D tools

    - Creating keyframe illustrations for presenting futuristic products

    - Visualizing exploration for production needs

  • Concept Artist at Netease
    Los Angeles
    December 2019 - November 2021

  • Concept Artist at Lucasfilm
    April 2021 - June 2021

  • Concept Artist at BabyFoot
    February 2021 - April 2021

  • Concept Artist at RoosterTeeth
    January 2021 - January 2021

  • Concept Artist at The Mill
    October 2020 - November 2020

  • Concept Artist at Luma Pictures
    April 2020 - June 2020

  • Freelance Concept Artist at HiRez Studios
    July 2019 - September 2019

    Map design on a new project.

  • Concept Artist at RoosterTeeth
    Austin, United States of America
    January 2018 - December 2019

    World building on the new series Gen: Lock and RWBY

  • Freelance Concept Artist at Roosterteeth
    October 2017 - January 2018

  • Concept Artist at Luma Pictures
    Santa Monica, United States of America
    May 2017 - August 2017

  • Concept Artist at Rodeo Fx
    Venice, United States of America
    March 2017 - May 2017

  • Concept artist at MPC
    Santa Monica, United States of America
    January 2017 - February 2017

  • Concept Artist at Method Studios
    Santa Monica, United States of America
    November 2016 - February 2017

  • Concept Artist at Luma Pictures
    Los Angeles , United States of America
    August 2016 - November 2016

  • Freelance concept artist at STUDIOCANAL
    December 2015 - March 2016

  • Freelance concept artist at Syndicate Seven Films
    August 2015 - September 2015

    PRECURSOR short film