“Wow, how did you do that?!” According to professional concept artist Eliott Lilly, that’s the reaction your portfolio should evoke from the art directors standing between you and your next job.

Lilly has been a concept artist in the video game industry for over a decade on hit games like DOOM, F.E.A.R, and Black Ops. He also runs a concept art career website, and has written two best-selling books to help artists create “wow” in their own work.Read more »

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“Draw every day.” Those three words of advice appear simple on the surface, but they’re the foundation of a long and successful art career for video game concept artist Caleb Parrish.

Parrish has been creating gorgeous interactive game environments for nearly twenty years. He’s worked on art teams for over a dozen video games, including blockbuster franchises like Spiderman, Assassin’s Creed, and Spore. He’s also been a consultant and technical resource for game teams, to maximize fidelity and performance on resource-limited devices like mobile phones and handheld consoles.Read more »

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