ALEX CHIN YU CHU
http://www.conceptsofalex.com/
2727 Edison St apt 128
San Mateo CA, 94403
tel. 626.298.0584
EDUCATION
Art Center College of Design - Sept. 2004 ~ April 2009
Major in Illustration and focused in the Entertainment Design minor program.
Concept Design Academy - 2008 – 2009
Gnomon School of Visual Effects 2005 - 2006
EXPERIENCE
KABAM
April 2011 ~ present
Art Lead - Handling various aspects of production from concept to production artwork. Establishing style guides, leading artists, as well as managing expectations and schedules to ensure timely delivery of product.
BUNGIE LLC
May 2009 ~ April 2011
Concept Artist - designing various types of concept art work for Halo: Reach and unannounced next gen title.
Lego Concepts Lab
July 2009 ~ Sept 2009
Concept artist – developed original IPs and idea generation for upcoming products.
Electronic Arts
Jan 2009 ~ March 2009
Contract Concept Artist - Environment concept development for Deadspace 2.
Art Director – Ian Milham
Eddie Yang Studios
July 2008 ~ Feb 2009
Contract Concept Artist – Environment Concept designs for various projects.
Art Director – Eddie Yang
Firaxis Games
July 2008 ~ September 2008
Concept Artist – Created character / creature designs for unannounced next-gen title.
Art Director – Greg Foertsch / Seth Spalding
Aaron Sims Company
July 2008
Concept Artist – Created designs for characters and environments for the upcoming movie God of War
Art Director – Aaron Sims
Gary Goddard Entertainment
June 2008 ~June 2008
Concept Illustrator – created concept illustrations for future theme park development.
Creative Director – Taylor Jeffs
Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive
January 2007 ~ March 2008
Concept Artist – Created artworks for unannounced next-gen title and Tomb Raider Anniversary Edition.
Art Director: Darrell Gallagher / Lee Petty
Gnome International Incorp.
May 2006 ~ May 2009
Designer - Designing various elements ranging from layouts to graphics for t-shirts. Manage as an sales representative at conventions such as Anime Expo
Director: Mickey Lu
Metropolis 3D Entertainment
June 2002 ~ August 2002
Creative Services / Graphic Designer – Created logo designs and user manual layout for PS2 title SubRebellion.
Art Director: Sean Tsai
PUBLICATION
Imagine FX Magazine
September 2006
Interviewed and featured for 'Rising Star' article in the September 2006 Issue of the magazine.
March 2009
Interviewed and featured for ‘Creating Unique Alien Worlds’ article
GameInformer Magazine
Feb 2010
Interviewed for illustrating the cover featuring upcoming Halo: Reach game.
LANGUAGE
English
Chinese
Japanese
PACKAGES
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Microsoft Office Package
Corel Painter
Dreamweaver
3DSMAX
Zbrush 3.5
MACOSX
QuarkExpress
REFERENCES
References may be provided upon request.