Ryan Stark Email & Phone Number

Culver City, California, Us

Wellington, Wellington Region, Nz

At PikPok I worked closely with the Studio Art Director across a range of titles as project Art Director, managing internal and external teams, establishing mood & tone for new IPs, maintaining high standards of artistic quality across pre-viz, production and post launch aspects of the various titles, such as:-Into The Dead 2-Viking Gods-Greedy Cats-I am Monster-Agent Intercept-My Cat Club-Rival Star Horse Racing-Kung Fu Clicker-Unreleased/Unannounced Projects

San Francisco, California, Us

I worked across various branded online Casino products in the "MyVegas" Facebook portfolio, creating both licensed and internal content. From UI animations and VFX, to marketing material and illustrations.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I taught a semester of, "Character Design for Games" at AAU, where I walked the students through a practical and real world approach to the design and implementation of character concept fundamentals and core concepts.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

At MZ I worked with a great crew across the studio's portfolio of games, from LiveOps on their hugely successful titles like "Game of War" and "Mobile Strike" to initial development and launch of their "Final Fantasy: A New Empire" game. Managing several artists, and working with art management to develop great art in a fast paced and intensely rewarding environment.

At Rumble Games I created the initial designs and concepts for their title, "Alliance: Heroes of the Spire" as well as various concepts for their game, "Kings Road".

San Francisco, California, Us

At Zynga I helped launch the incredibly successful "FarmVille 2" on Facebook. I helped design the characters, crops, animals, UI elements, storyboarded events and worked with the marketing team for various events. As a Senior Concept Artist saw the game through from production to transferring the work to the Bangaluru team, which I visited and helped train up to our standards when we put the game in their capable hands. After FarmVille 2 I worked as a Senior Concept Artist for their "Hit It Rich" mobile casino game.

Paris, Paris, Fr

At Gameloft I was the Principal Artist for their hit mobile game, "Oregon Trail: American Settler" where I developed the game from the ground up with a great team. I also worked on several other titles like, "Zombiewood" and "Cannon Rats" while at Gameloft.

I've worked on several shorts as a character designer, and as well as storyboard artist and visual developer with the Whynauts group for the past two years.

I designed characters, created storyboards and did illustrative work for mostly commercial work.