PROFILE
Art Director, Concept Artist
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATION
I have a long experience in animation for the entertainment industry as Art Director and Concept Artist, also as Set Designer and Illustrator in theatre and publishing . My best skills are a strong knowledge of fundamentals of traditional and digital drawing and painting, versatility in the concept styles, autonomy and flexibility, attention to the details, speed of execution and propensity to work in team.
I’m a person with a great passion for own work and always attracted to new challenges, with interests in many fields as art, music, science, comics, movies, fantastic literature and science fiction.
As Art Director and Concept Artist, I create the artworks that show the first look of the projects we work on, following the indications of the Director, and the scheduled time from the Production, to achieve the best results respecting scheduled plans mantaining the artistic direction chosen. I lead the team of the pre-production artists giving suggestions, revising the daily work, helping the progress of the artists, sharing knowledge and opinions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 - present
Art director (environments)
Rainbow srl, LORETO (AN) ITALY
Project: Animated TV series
Regal academy
- Creation of the environments and backgrounds concepts for new Animated 3D Tv Series
- Supervise the productions artworks of the Background and Environments department from the concept art to coloring giving artistic feedbacks.
- Supervise and revise the creation (concepts, modeling, shaders and texturing ) of 3D environments
- Revise the assets produced in home and in external studios at every step: modeling, shade, color and texturing.
- Check scripts and storyboards to give any feedbacks relative to the environments.
Art director (Visual development)
Rainbow srl, LORETO (AN) ITALY
Project: Family entertainment center
Winx Club F.E.C.
- Concepts of the project, drawings of the master plan, drawings and study of the main attractions, shops and areas.
- Develop and supervise the artworks produced in home and in external studios.
- Creation and direction of new stereoscopic interactive attraction for the main brand, with scripts, sketches, storyboards. (Work in progress)
2012 - 2014.
Art director (environments)
Rainbow srl, LORETO (AN) ITALY
Project: APP
winx game alfea butterflix adventure
- Support the exterior studios providing sketches, concepts, feedbacks to create and build the environments of the game.
Art director (environments)
Rainbow srl, LORETO (AN) ITALY
Project: Animated TV series
winx club (season 6)
- Concepts of the main locations and environments of the whole production.
- Supervise the productions 2D artworks of the Background and Environments department from the concept to the coloring.
- Revision of the artworks produced in home and in external studios.
- Check scripts and storyboards to give any feedbacks relative to the environments.
Art director (visual development)
Rainbow srl, LORETO (AN) ITALY
Project: concept and temporary stores (Russia, turkey, italy)
WINX SHOPS
- Concepts for the projects, drawings of the master plan, the structures of the shops and the internal areas, 3d study of the whole projects.
- Develop and supervise the productions artworks
2010 - 2012
Art director (visual development)
RAINBOW MAGICLAND, ROME ITALY
Project: Theme park
Rainbow magicland theme park
- Art Direction, Concept design and visual development of the main attractions, Set Constructions for the interior and exteriors areas, Supervision of the realization of whole project. Creative and Artistic Direction for the thematization of the Rainbow brand Areas.
- Technical support for the realization of the scenographies, attractions and thematized buildings.
- Artistic and Creative Direction of Huntik 5D darkride. Stereoscopic interactive multidimensional attraction. Visual development of the whole project.
2004 - 2009
Environment supervisor and Lead artist
Rainbow srl, LORETO (AN) ITALY
Projects: Animated TV SERIES
Huntik Secrets and Seekers (s.2) 2009
poppixie (s.1) 2009
Winx Club (S.4) 2008
Huntik Secrets and Seekers (s.1) 2006- 2007
Monster Allergy (s.1) 2005
Winx Club (s.2) 2004
- Concepts of the main locations and environments of the whole production.
- Supervise the productions 2D artworks of the Background and Environments department from the concept to the coloring.
- Revision of the artworks produced in home and in external studios.
- Check scripts and storyboards to give any feedbacks relative to the environments.
Background artist
Rainbow srl, LORETO (AN) ITALY
Project: Animated feature film
Winx-the secret of the lost realm 2006
- Concepts of backgrounds of some locations and environments for the production of the movie.
2002 - 2004
BACKGROUNDS SUPERVISOR AND LEAD ARTIST
Rainbow srl, LORETO (AN) ITALY
Project: Animated feature film
Tommy and oscar the movie
- Concepts art of the main backgrounds and environments of the whole production.
- Supervision of the 2D artworks of the production BG artists.
2001-2002
Assistant set designer
Dante ferretti Studio, Rome ITALY
Drawings and development of the main sets for the followings Operas
"Un Ballo in Maschera" Teatro alla Scala Milano, (Italy)
"Trovatore" Royal Opera House London, Teatro Real Madrid.
"Francesco the Musical" Assisi, Italy
2000-2001
Assistant costume designer
Franca Squarciapino studio, Paris FRANCE
Drawings of the costumes for the followings Operas
"Nozze di Figaro", "Turandot","Fidelio","Otello".
1998-2002
ILLUSTRATOR
Do.gi publishings, Florence italy
Projects: illustrated books
“Merlino e Artù” (ISBN 978-88-88514-33-8)
“Musashi” (ISBN 978-88-88514-32-3)
“Il vero libro dei mostri” (ISBN 978-88-88514-47-5)
“La tecnologia”, “L’età delle scoperte”, “Il rock”
“Il barone di Munchausen” (unreleased)
Concept art, illustrations and previz of whole books
1997-1998
Illustrator
Bonechi publishing, Florence (Italy)
CD-ROM : The Roman Empire (ISBN 978-88-86788-09-0)
1994-1995 assistant Set Design Director
Arena Sferisterio Theatre, Macerata (Italy)
Drawings and development of the main sets for the followings Operas
“Aida”, “La Gatta Cenerentola”, “Trovatore”
1989-1996
Assistant set and costume designer
Attilio Colonnello Studio, Rome-New York
Drawings and development of the main sets for the followings Operas
“Traviata”, “Andrea Chenier”, “Manon”, “Manon Lescaut”, “Otello”, “Assedio di Corinto”, “I Puritani” and many others Operas.
EDUCATION
1983-1988 Art Academy of Venice (Italy)
1979-1983 Art Institute of Florence (Italy) MFA
LANGUAGE
France, English, Spanish, Italian
SOFTWARE
Pro knowledge of Photoshop, Corel Painter, Sketchbook, Indesign, Sketchup,
Standard knowledge of Mudbox, Blender
PLACE/DATE OF BIRTH
PHONE+39 366 6325960
ADDRESS 19, v.Calcagni 62019 Recanati MC ItalyTommaso Gomez
