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Gary Freeman
Gary Freeman
Freelance Concept Artist
Pelham, United States

Summary

• Over 15 years’ experience in the Video Game Market creating Concept Art, Illustration, Cartoons, Digital Art, Graphic Art and Design for a wide range of clients using multiple styles and techniques.
• Officially credited in over 11 games plus dozens of Game proposals and Mobile App projects.
• Assignments in the Video Game Market have included concept art for characters, costumes, environments, architecture, weapons, vehicles, armor, creatures, etc. plus promotional art, illustration, in-game assets & game proposals.
• Other assignments have included graphic novels, cartoons, book covers and book illustrations for a variety of Publishing clients including Science Fiction/ Fantasy magazines, the Educational Publishing Industry, Advertising and more.

Publishing Clients have included:
• Ace Paperback
• Baen Book USA, Inc.
• Bantam Doubleday Dell
• The Putnam Berkley Group
• The Wright Group/McGraw-Hill
• TSR Inc.
• Davis Publishing
• ROC Science Fiction Science Fiction Age Magazine
• Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
• Analog Magazine
• Heavy Metal Magazine

Other clients have included:

• The Las Vegas Convention & Visitor’s Authority
• Las Vegas Monorail
• Nevada Commission of Tourism
• Ocean Spray
• Busch Gardens
• Bellagio Las Vegas
• Bally’s Las Vegas
• Electronic Arts
• Sierra Entertainment
• Activision
• Vivendi
• Namco-Bandai
• Excalibur Hotel & Casino
• Hilton of Las Vegas
• TI Las Vegas
• Station Casinos

Awards and Recognition have included:

• Nominated for a Chesley

• Received Judge’s Choice Award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts.

• Voted Best Cover Art and Best Interior Art from Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine’s Readers Poll for 3 years.

• Chosen for inclusion in numerous editions of Spectrum “the Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art”.

• Chosen for inclusion in The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles 35th Annual and Exhibition

• Chosen for inclusion in Expose 3, “the Finest Digital Art in the Known Universe”.

• Received Multiple Addys from the Las Vegas Ad Federation as well as “Best Advertising Illustration” for 2 consecutive years .

Skills

Concept DesignMarketing IllustrationCharacter DesignCreature DesignphotoshopGraphic DesignCostume Design2d artBook Cover IllustrationWeapon DesignDigital artvehicle designchildren's artmechanicqlmechanical concepts

Software proficiency

Photoshop
Photoshop
3ds Max
3ds Max