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Riccardo Pagni
Riccardo Pagni
Art Director at Skydance Animation
Madrid, Spain

Summary

EDUCATION:
• Degree in Entertainment Design from the Nemo Academy of Digital Arts in Florence.

LANGUAGES:
• Italiano • English • Español

BACKGROUND:
• October 2013 - June 2016: Nemo Academy of Digital Arts, Florence (Entertainment Design)
• 2014: Won the “Nemo Talents” scholarship at Nemo Academy
• 2016: Won the “Nemo Talents” scholarship at Nemo Academy

• April 2015: Game Art workshop at Genius Academy
• November 2015: Digital Painting workshop at Genius Academy

• July 2016: Visual development artist and background painter during the project “Animando Summer Masterclass” with Sandro Cleuzo and Tony Tarantini

PUBLICATIONS:
• GRAPHITE MAGAZINE - Issue 5, 3D TOTAL PUBLISHING - November 2017
• Beginner's Guide to Sketching: Robots, Vehicles & Sci-fi Concepts, 3D TOTAL PUBLISHING - January 2019

Skills

Art DirectionVisual DevelopmentDigital PaintingIllustration

Software proficiency

Photoshop
Photoshop

Productions

    • Movie
      My Little Pony - A New Generation
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Environment Concept Artist
    • Company
      Boulder Media - Hasbro

Experience

  • Art Director at Skydance Animation
    Madrid, Spain
    June 2021 - Present

  • Visual Development Artist at Skydance Animation
    June 2020 - June 2021

  • Environment Concept Artist at Boulder Media - Hasbro
    Dublin, Ireland
    February 2018 - June 2020

    My Little Pony - A New Generation

    - Early Visual development

    - Production concept design

  • Freelance Illustrator at Freakinware Games
    Firenze , Italy
    November 2017 - January 2018

    Illustrator for an online card game.

  • Freelance concept artist at 101% studio
    Rome, Italy
    October 2016 - December 2016

    Freelance concept artist for the pre-production of a small indie game

  • Freelance Illustrator at GAIA Edizioni
    Milan, Italy
    October 2015 - February 2016

    Freelance illustrator for a primary school history book