Thomas Elliott
Art Director and Lead Illustrator
Arch Villain Games
Thomas Elliott is a scifi and fantasy illustrator who works in traditional and digital media. He has over 5 years experience working in-house at Games Workshop as part of their world class team of illustrators. While there he produced many prestigious book covers and battlescenes.
He now works as Art director and lead illustrator for Arch Villain Games.
David Levy
Concept Artist and Art Director
David Levy is a leading international concept artist and art director. He studied industrial design and architecture in France and the Netherlands respectively, and is currently working in North Carolina, as an art director and concept artist in the movie and video-game industry. He has worked on the major motion pictures: Tron Legacy and sequel, from Disney, The Thing, from Universal, Prometheus, from 20th Century Fox, Ender’s Game, from Odd Lot Entertainment, Spectral, Tomorrowland at Disney, the AVATAR sequels, Starwars episode 9, Finch, suicide squad2, Black Panther 2. His interests and unique skills in video gaming, film and industrial design make him a sought-after expert in his field. He then launched his directing career, writing, directing and producing the short film Plug, released in 2014 which won multiple prizes. PLUG took the sci-fi community by heart, topping more than 100000 views in just a week on VIMEO after becoming a Staff Pick favorite and an io9 favorite blog post. He is working on a new independent sci-fi series done entirely in Unreal engine named "Moon Kontrol".
Bimpe Alliu
Concept Artist
Industrial Light & Magic
Bimpe Alliu joined Industrial Light & Magic London in 2016.
After initially beginning her professional career as a Social Media Manager in the Music Industry, Bimpe made the decision to focus on working as an Artist professionally. After a year she joined ILM London as a Runner, before joining the Art Department as Art Assistant, and eventually transitioning into the position of Concept Artist five years ago.
In 2022, she was one of the nominees for a VES award for Outstanding Compositing and Lighting in an Episode for Marvel's 'WandaVision'.
With experience in developing within an Art Department and reviewing portfolios, Bimpe can give advice and critique for those looking to get into the industry and develop their portfolio.
Jason Horley
Supervising Art Director at Industrial Light & Magic
Industrial Light & Magic
With a visual effects credit list consisting of over sixty films and television series, Jason Horley joined Industrial Light & Magic London's Art Department as Art Director in 2014. On graduating from the renowned Falmouth School of Art in Cornwall, England, Jason's early career in the 1990s was spent as a book illustrator before he moved into the world of TV and film. He spent five years at The Walt Disney Company as a traditional Background Painter for their Feature Animation films, and moved into Digital Matte Painting, Concept Art and Art Direction. In 2003, Horley was honored with a VES award for Outstanding Matte Painting in a Televised Program and in 2007 received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects for a Mini-series. Having had over twenty years of experience reviewing portfolios and hiring artists Jason is ideally placed in giving portfolio critique to anyone looking to take their work to the next level.
Paul Murphy
Lighthouse Games
Paul hires across all art disciplines within Lighthouse Games, happy to review any Concept, Environment, Vehicle, VFX, Lighting, Character, or Asset/Prop portfolios.
Catarina Wang
Lighthouse Games
Catarina coordinates interviews and reviews portfolios within Environment and Vehicle Art roles, ensuring that their work aligns with the industry standards and creative excellence.