Emmanuel Valdez

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Art Director @ Autumn Games
San Diego, CA, US
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San Diego, California, United States, United States
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About Emmanuel Valdez

Over 30 years as an art director, multi-disciplined artist, game designer and team manager. Directed AAA console games and free-to-play social mobile casual games. Founded console and mobile game development studios. Established entire creative internal development departments including art, game design, animation, audio, cinematics, concept design, technical art, outsourcing production and motion capture. Identified, recruited and mentored top talent in all artistic disciplines. Emmanuel Valdez is currently Lead Artist at Visual Concepts Entertainment, a 2K studio. He was also an Art Director at Daybreak Game Company, Studio Art Director and Animation Director at Machine Zone San Diego and Studio Art Director, Animation Director, Game Director, and Co-Founder of Appy Entertainment, a social mobile game publisher and entertainment company. Prior to Appy, Emmanuel co-founded independent game developer High Moon Studios and was the Game Director of The Bourne Conspiracy and co-creator of the vampire western FPS, Darkwatch. Emmanuel is also an adjunct professor in the MFA Art of Game Design program at the Laguna College of Art and Design since 2015.Emmanuel was also the creator of Ready 2 Rumble Boxing and sequel Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 for Midway Home Entertainment. His other video game credits include B.I.O. Freaks, ESPN Extreme Games, NFL Gameday, and ESPN Baseball Tonight. He also worked at Sammy Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment, and Park Place Productions.Emmanuel has been featured in numerous industry books and publications including Game Development Essentials: Mobile Game Development (2012), The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effects (2001), and Game Design: Secret of the Sages (1999).Specialties: Art team management, studio art direction, game direction, interactive game design (console & mobile), game studio business, new IP development, art direction, animation direction, motion capture, technical art, concept art direction, outsourcing, game development startups, social games, casual games, and user interface design.

Emmanuel Valdez's Current Company Details
Autumn Games

Autumn Games

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Art Director
San Diego, CA, US
Emmanuel Valdez Work Experience Details
  • Autumn Games
    Art Director
    Autumn Games
    San Diego, Ca, Us
  • Visual Concepts
    Art Director
    Visual Concepts Jun 2019 - Present
    Novato, California, Us
    -Art directed, supervised, and mentored an internal art team for LEGO 2K Drive-Established art style and direction through visual development-Identified and cultivated partnerships with external developers-Games: LEGO 2K Drive, NBA 2K25 (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, PC,PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
  • Laguna College Of Art And Design (Lcad)
    Adjunct Professor
    Laguna College Of Art And Design (Lcad) Sep 2015 - Present
    Laguna Beach, Ca, Us
    Co-instructing Player-Centric Game Design and Management Psychology classes in the MFA Art of Game Design program.
  • Daybreak Game Company Llc
    Art Director
    Daybreak Game Company Llc Mar 2017 - May 2019
    San Diego, California, Us
    -Established art direction and art style guide for an Unannounced MMORPG-Built and supervised an art team and managed outsourcing companies for visualdevelopment and art content production-Games: Unannounced MMORPG (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One), Planetside Arena (PC)
  • Mz
    Studio Art Director And Animation Director
    Mz Sep 2014 - Nov 2016
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    -Established, supervised, and art directed 2D and 3D art content production for internalgame development and in-sourcing support for MMO games-Games: Mobile Strike (iOS, Android), Game of War (iOS, Android), Unannounced titles(iOS, Android)
  • Appy Entertainment, Inc.
    Co-Founder/ Studio Art Director/ Animation Director/ Game Director
    Appy Entertainment, Inc. Oct 2008 - Sep 2014
    Carlsbad, Ca, Us
    -Co-founded this bootstrapped, independent mobile social game development company-Successfully pivoted from a premium to a free-to-play mobile game developer, acquired35 million downloads, achieved top twenty status in their category, and all apps featuredin the Apple App Store-Built efficient 2D and 3D art production pipelines for proprietary and middleware gameengines-Established strategic partnerships with outsourcing art production companies-Games: Disney's Where's My Perry: Calling All Agents (iOS, Android), Disney's Where's MyMickey (iOS), Disney's Where's My Water 2 (iOS), FaceFighter Ultimate (iOS), Spellcraft:School of Magic (iOS), Animal Legends (iOS), Trucks and Skulls (iOS), Tune Runner (iOS),Zombie Pizza (iOS), Candy Rush (iOS)
  • High Moon Studios
    Co-Founder/Chief Creative Officer/ Studio Art Director/ Game Director
    High Moon Studios Jun 2005 - Aug 2008
    Carlsbad, Ca, Us
    -Co-founded studio, established and supervised all creative departments-Game Director of AAA third-person action title, The Bourne Conspiracy, led a team ofover 100 developers-Co-designed fight choreography and collaborated with Jason Bourne movie franchisefight coordinator, Jeff Imada-Contributed to the studio sale and acquisition by Vivendi Blizzard-Co-created concept for original intellectual property, Darkwatch-Games: The Bourne Conspiracy (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360), Darkwatch (PlayStation 2,Xbox)
  • Sammy Studios
    Co-Founder/Chief Creative Officer/ Studio Art Director
    Sammy Studios Jan 2002 - Jun 2005
    -Co-founded this startup video game publishing company-Identified and enlisted top talent for creative staff for multiple internal developmentteams-Established all creative departments: art, game design, audio, cinematics, technical art,animation, concept art, and motion capture-Directed and supervised creative departments, mentored the art and game design leadsto endeavor to deliver high-quality content, and closely collaborated with theprogramming and production departments to develop the best gameplay experiences
  • Midway Home Entertainment
    Game Director/ Lead Artist/ Game Designer
    Midway Home Entertainment Aug 1995 - Dec 2001
    -Creator of the Ready 2 Rumble Boxing franchise. Provided the vision and leadershipthroughout the development of both games: Ready 2 Rumble Boxing and sequel Ready 2Rumble Boxing: Round 2-Directed, managed, and mentored artists and game designers-Personally directed Michael Jackson's motion capture performance and audio recordings-Directed and scripted the Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Xbox announcement video-Games: Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 (PlayStation 2, Dreamcast, PlayStation,Nintendo 64, Gameboy Advance), Ready 2 Rumble Boxing (Dreamcast, PlayStation,Nintendo 64, Gameboy Advance), B.I.O. Freaks (Nintendo 64, PlayStation)
  • Sony Computer Entertainment America
    Senior Artist
    Sony Computer Entertainment America Jan 1994 - Aug 1995
    San Mateo, California, Us
    -Trained studio art staff to transition from 2D to 3D art production-Senior artist on PlayStation launch title ESPN Extreme Racing-Produced full-motion video introductions for all titles developed by the studio-Games: ESPN Extreme Racing (PlayStation), ESPN NFL Gameday'95 (PlayStation), NBAHangtime/ESPN2 World Tour Basketball (Sega CD), ESPN Speedworld (Super NintendoEntertainment System), ESPN Baseball Tonight (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
  • Park Place Productions
    3D/ 2D Artist
    Park Place Productions Mar 1993 - Dec 1993
    -Games shipped:“Mohammed Ali Boxing” (Genesis), “Dick Vitale’s Awesome Baby Basketball” (Genesis), “Champion World Class Soccer” (SNES), “Jeopardy!” (PC), “Wheel of Fortune” (PC), and “Beat the House” (PC).

Emmanuel Valdez Skills

Video Games Game Development Game Design Xbox 360 Animation Gameplay Ps3 Mobile Games Social Games Casual Games Unreal Engine 3 Character Animation Creative Direction Console Traditional Animation Cinematics Mmo Art Direction User Interface Design Maya Level Design Computer Games Concept Design Concept Art Motion Capture Storyboarding Texturing Game Mechanics 3d Studio Max Iphone Unreal Editor Xbox User Interface Online Gaming Mobile Devices Adobe Photoshop Uv Mapping Wii Computer Animation 2d 3d Modeling Conceptual Art Studio Art Direction Artist Production Visual Development Substance Designer Artist Development Perforce Mmorpg Video Game Development

Emmanuel Valdez Education Details

  • Artcenter College Of Design
    Artcenter College Of Design
    Environmental Design

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