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Ahoy! My name is CHRIS PALAMARA
Art Director - Character Designer - Animator
Creating HIT CHARACTERS & Brands/IPs for mobile/console gaming giants (Supercell, Riot) as a seasoned (Sr/Lead/AD) 2D Artist for 15 yrs.
I also work in TV & Feature animation (Gumball, Astérix, Ninja Turtles) for studios like Netflix, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon.
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Hi! I'm Chris and I specialize in character design and Illustration.
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EXPERIENCE
Contact:
+44 73941 54054
hi@chrispalamara.com
Skills
IP Creation
Art Direction
Character Design
2D Animation
Software
Adobe Creative Suite
Clip Studio Paint
TVPaint
10/2019 - Present
Principle Artist on Squad Busters at Supercell (Helsinki, Finland)
07/2024 - 08/2024
01/2023 - 10/2023
Sr Character Concept Artist on TBA at Riot Games (Los Angeles, USA)
04/2023 - 06/2023
Character Designer on TBA & Les Marsupilamis at Ellipse Animation (Paris, France)
04/2023 - 06/2023
Character Designer on TBA at Dada! Animation (Paris, France)
07/2022 - 10/2022
Character Designer / Auteur Graphique on Vet Academy at Superprod (Paris, France)
04/2022 - 06/2022
Character Designer on Superbuns! at Yowza! Animation (Toronto, Canada)
10/2021 - 12/2021
Character Designer on Astérix et le Royaume de Nubie at Superprod (Paris, France)
09/2021 - 10/2021
Character Designer on Frog and Toad at Titmouse (Los Angeles, USA)
12/2020 - 02/2022
07/2021 - 08/2021
Character Designer on TBA at Lammantra Studio (Dubai, UAE)
05/2021 - 08/2021
Sr Character Layout Artist on TBA at Cartoon Saloon (Kilkenny, Ireland)
05/2021 - 06/2021
Character Designer on Corgi & Calypso Cruise & Mick at Studio Redfrog (Lille, France)
News:
01/2021 - 04/2021
Lead Character Designer on Ivandoe at Sun Creature (Copenhagen & Bordeaux)
Dark Charizard
(age 10)
01/2021 - 04/2021
Sr Character Layout on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Flying Bark (Sydney, Australia)
11/2020 - 11/2020
Character Designer on Billy Cowboy Hamster at OOOLALA (Valence, France)
10/2020 - 11/2020
Character Designer on TBA at Gigglebug (Helsinki, Finland)
10/2020 - 11/2020
08/2020 - 10/2020
Props Designer on Taffy (S2) at Cyber Group Studios (Paris, France)
11/2017 - 07/2020
Character Art Director on Asterix 3 & Talking Tom at Ocellus Studio (Lyon, France)
04/2017 - 10/2017
Character Designer on Royal Charms at Playstudios x King (Cambridge, UK)
04/2016 - 04/2016
Character Designer on ZERA at Blue Pulse Studios (Cambridge, UK)
11/2013 - 04/2014
Character Designer on Champion of Dema at Ronu Creative (London, UK)
01/2014 - Present
Art Director on Grand Lukto + TBA at Gamkat (Brimingham, UK)
08/2013 - 09/2013
Character Designer on Venture Kid at FDG Entertainment (München, Germany)
01/2012 - 01/2013
Character & Prop Designer on Ninja PVP at Ninjutsu Games (Zagreb, Croatia)
01/2011 - 01/2012
Character Concept Artist on Unpublished Game at Almiku Games (Cambridge, UK)
01/2010 - 01/2011
Concept Artist on Nuclear Dawn at InterWave Studios (Sittard, Netherlands)
RECOGNITION
09/2024
Guest Speaker for Character Design Talk/Demo at Ubisoft x Kolibri
03/2024
Guest Speaker for Character Design for Video Games at Art Warrior Camp
09/2023
Guest Speaker for Character Design Workshop at Lumieres / KIPD Animation
10/2020
Contributer to Character Design Quarterly Magazine at 3dTotal Publishing
09/2020
Guest Speaker for Character Design Workshop at Zeptolab
10/2016
EDUCATION
02/2019 - 04/2019
01/2017 - 03/2017
09/2016 - 11/2016
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