Sean Higgins
Concept Artist
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About
Highly skilled and adaptable Concept Artist with 15 years of experience in AAA game development, excelling in composition, lighting, anatomy, art And design principles. Highly proficient in Photoshop, Blender and Unreal.
Experience
Assistant Art Director / Lead Concept Artist - Second Dawn Interactive
(2026-01 - 2026-01)
- Lead a team of Artist by maintaining a visual vision for an atmospheric suspense / horror / survival game
- Collaborated with Creative directors, Art directors and other departments to create templates, benchmark art and style guides
- Worked extremely fast to produce a game title that has secured 2 million in funding
- Testing assets from paper to in-game assets to ensure quality and adjust for best look and feel
Senior / Lead Concept Artist - Meta / Twisted Pixel
(2020-06 - 2026-01)
- Became an AI expert to increase production time by ~50%
- Excellent time management skills and extremely fast learner allowed me to learn 3 new programs and support understaffed departments to get our product to launch 3 months sooner than expected
- Critiques, red-lines and review of art work, in-house and outsourced
- Produced marketing and pitch deck material that secured funding from Marvel and Nintendo
Senior Concept Artist / Art Director - Ramen VR
(2020-09 - 2020-06)
- Managed production pipelines with multiple disciplines and kept schedules on track and ahead of time
- Provided management support by solving visual development issues with creative solutions
- Outperformed milestone expectations and helped create more efficient pipelines for the visual development department
Concept Artist - Liquid Development
(2019-02 - 2019-11)
- Produced character and prop content for AAA Game titles
Concept Artist - Outact Entertainment
(2014-04 - 2019-01)
- Created concept art, character designs, architecture, props, illustrations, storyboards, logos, marketing art and UI assets in Photoshop
Concept Artist and Designer - S2 Design Company
(2011-11 - 2014-02)
- Collaborated with teams to create strong visual designs, marketing art etc
Education
BA - Architectural Design - BYU-Idaho (2008 - 2012)
AA - Studio Arts and Illustration - BYU-Idaho (2008 - 2012)
