Mark Skinner Email & Phone Number

• King of the Castle (fantasy multiplayer/party game)My work encompasses a wide range of roles that includes: concept art, character & creature art for NPCs, outfits for player customisations, event illustrations.
• Demonstrated my ability to quickly adapt to and master the games visual style with minimal impact on schedules
• Surpassed time estimates for art tasks from the outset, improving the production output of the art team
• Succeeded in consistently achieving production targets ahead of time, freeing our schedule to take on extra work
• Delivered additional art content by unlocking extra production time and also improved the game further with polish tasks
• Enlisted my expertise for the production of trailers & promotional footage by directing and creating technical scripts & storyboards

Remote Work

• Rising Lords (medieval low-fantasy strategy)My role primarily involved designing and creating 2D in-game assets for characters, structures, terrain and misc. map features as well as story illustrations for the.
• Devised, directed and co-created a cinematic trailer for Early Access launch from scratch with a rapid turn-around and limited budget
• Exceeded expectations by making concept art on a voluntary basis, establishing the design of many characters and locations
• Revamped single-player campaign setting and story, enhancing player immersion and game-play options
• Co-wrote the games fictional setting, single-player campaign story and wrote several scripts for trailers and the games cinematic intro
• Corresponded with the player community in designing a Rising Lords themed emoji-set for use on the Rising Lords discord server

Through private commissions and contracted work I have worked on a wealth of projects ranging from package design, storyboarding and concept design, to animation, 2D game art and portraiture.