Joe Dicesare Email & Phone Number

Glendale, California

Greater Los Angeles Area

Senior Digital Artist skilled in Matte Painting, Concept Art and Texture Painting.My work fits seamlessly into projects that require live action photorealism as well as feature animation. I have more than 16 years of experience contributing to major motion pictures.Clients include: FuseFX, Riot Games, Framestore LA, Sony Pictures ImageWorks, Ignition Creative, Stargate Studios, Method Studios, BarnstormVFX.Projects include: Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), Man In The High Castle (Season 2 - 2017).

Glendale

Responsible for creating matte paintings for the computer-animated film How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), and also Turbo (2013). Paintings created in Photoshop under the direction of the Art Director and Matte Painting Supervisor. Paintings include large sky and cloud vistas as well as various beauty shots created for each film.. Also responsible for executing pre-visualization images to help develop keys for the look of the skies seen throughout the film.

Culver City, Ca

Responsible for a variety of complex tasks ranging from creating highly realistic and/or stylized matte paintings for feature films, texture painting for main characters, as well as leading a team of artists on a number of projects. Credits include: The Polar Express,Open Season, SpiderMan 3, Surf's Up, Beowulf, and other feature films.Matte Painting Supervisor for: Arthur Christmas Texture Lead for: Superman Returns Matte Painting Lead for: G-Force

Santa Monica, Ca

Created in-game texture maps for characters and environments for the Video Game, Minority Report (2002), published by Activison. Worked closely with the Art Director to visualize and create the final textures in Photoshop. Also worked within 3D Studio Max and Maya to create and edit UV mapping, as well as edit geometry received from the modelers. Responsibilities also included creating concept art under the direction of the Art Director for various cut scenes.

Created matte paintings for the Academy Award-winning feature film Shrek. Worked closely with the Production Artist and Art Director to visualize and create the final matte paintings used to enhance the film.

Responsible for creating photorealistic texture maps for the film Star Wars: Episode I. Used proprietary software (Viewpaint) to texture props and environments. Also created character texture maps and environments for the film Frankenstein And The Wolfman (unreleased).

New York, Ny

Enjoyed a successful career as a Freelance Illustrator in the mass-market paperback industry. Created over 200 photorealistic paintings for book covers. Paintings were executed with traditional oil paint techniques on canvas or masonite panels. Major clients include Scholastic, Harlequin, and Dell. Covers were created for all genres, especially figurative work for Romance and Young Adult titles.