Bob Cheshire - Concept Artist

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Films
“Clash of the Titans 2” (2012) Director: Jonathan Liebesman, Production Designer: Charles Wood, Warner Bros.
Concept Artist, Nov 2010 – Feb 2011

Games
“Dead to Rights; Retribution” (April 2010)
Senior concept artist at Volatile Games (part of Blitz Games Studios) for “Dead To Rights; Retribution”. This involved creating concept visuals for game levels, exterior and interior environments, elevations, detailed reference drawings for modellers and storyboarding for cut scenes and matte painting (Sept ’08 – Jan ’09)

“Karaoke Revolution” (2009)

Pitch
Spent 18 months on a dedicated team creating industry leading pitch documents for a broad range of clients including, amongst others, Paramount, Universal, Dreamworks, Microsoft, THQ and Konami.

Theme parks and visitor attractions
Madame Tussauds
Concept visuals for “Spider-Man 3” (Amsterdam) May ‘07.
Concept visuals for “Ocean’s 13” (Las Vegas) Summer ‘07.
Concept visuals and storyboards for “Behind the Scenes” (New York/ London) ‘07.
Creation of concept art and design for “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” (London, New York, Amsterdam and Las Vegas) July ‘06.
Concept art for “Connie Chan” exhibit Hong Kong.
Concept art for “Leon Lai” exhibit Hong Kong.
Various concept sketches for presentation of initial design ideas, including MT Berlin, Vegas and MT London.

Alton Towers and Thorpe Park
Creation of various illustrations and concept art for many different leisure and entertainment environments (interior/exterior) including artwork for planned rides and attractions at Alton Towers, Alton Towers Hotel, Thorpe Park and Chessington World of Adventures.
Concept illustrations for “Extraordinary Golf” Summer ’07.
Concept visuals for “Haunted Hollow” Summer ’07.

Warwick Castle
Concept visuals for “The Castle Dungeon”, a major new live scare attraction for 2009. Creation of concept visuals for new seasonal attractions (2007, 2008) at the UK’s best medieval venue, including the Castle’s ‘Ice Slide’, Winter ’06, and “Dream of Battle” experience Summer ’07.

Teaching
I taught art and design for ten years in secondary schools, 9 as a permanent member of staff. In this time I successfully fulfilled the duties of a secondary school teacher, leading classes, targeting and developing skills, providing quality learning resources, initiating clubs and activities for gifted and talented groups and given my skills to projects for the broader benefit of the school community.
Gallery Education: Devising and delivering KS3, KS4 and KS5 programmes of study in relationship with the gallery exhibitions, developing students’ understanding of approaches to art and design.
Adult Education: Developing and delivering adult education courses, including Teacher Inset training courses for school staff, focusing on developing specific skills (eg Master classes on key skills like perspective) run at Compton Verney House and art gallery. I’ve also lead sessions in ‘Adult Education Week’ for the county library services.

Articles
Gamasutra.com; (April 2010) “Creating Atmosphere in Dead To Rights” (April 2010)
CG Society; Feature (22 December 2009) Game Production Focus “Dead To Rights; Retribution – From Concept to Completion”.
Concept art for “Dead To Rights; Retribution” featured in various articles in GAMEStm magazine and EDGE magazine.
“Advanced Photoshop” (Sept 2008) Issue 48 – ‘Insight’ feature