CONCEPT ART AND DESIGN
About Me
Hi，I'm Xu Zhang(ALan). Currently I work in NetEase Games. Committed to building top-notch global gaming teams and games. The establishment of a global game studio. Facilitate international project collaborations between different studios around the world. And lead the team to expand the international market. Responsible for the overall work of the art team. Establish an efficient game art development process, master the management of the development progress, and audit the project art quality. Analyze and research the industry's best products, grasp the trend of the times, and lead the team to produce industry-leading art quality.
Manage art team and lead core development team to create new worlds in video games. Including from the world view design to the realization of all visual art in game. Design and create a unique game experience of game world.
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Work experience
2022 - Present
NetEase Games www.neteasegames.com
Position: Art Director
Committed to building top-notch global gaming teams and games. The establishment of a global game studio. Facilitate international project collaborations between different studios around the world. And lead the team to expand the international market. Responsible for the overall work of the art team. Establish an efficient game art development process, master the management of the development progress, and audit the project art quality. Analyze and research the industry's best products, grasp the trend of the times, and lead the team to produce industry-leading art quality. Manage art team and lead core development team to create new worlds in video games. Including from the world view design to the realization of all visual art in game. Design and create a unique game experience of game world.
2018 - 2022
2013 - 2017
Ubisoft (Core development team) www.ubisoft.com
Position: Associate Art Director
AAA games core development. Focus on the work of art director for AAA games development. And participate in the whole process of game development from the establishment of the world view to the final game listing.Lead the core development team and creation of new IP (AAA Console game) . Lead artists in various fields Accomplish goals together and cultivate team members to grow. Determine the artistic style for the project and explore the create high-quality visual art and conceptual design. Guide artists and game development teams to improve the quality. One of the core roles of the creative team. From time to time, And I also provide art direction for artists in different studios around the world.
Position: Senior concept artist The work focuses on the conceptual design of AAA project. Help the project explore the early art style and determine the direction of high concept visual art. It mainly works in world view design, level art design, animation sequence, conceptual design, the establishment of some actual art resources in the game, and the quality control of outsourced art resources. Terrain design and environmental art design, and help and train junior artists.
2013
Augmentum www.augmentum.com
Position:Art Director
PC online games and mobile games development management. construction management and gaming platforms. Management and direction of the development team.
2007 - 2013
Virtuos Game www.virtuosgames.com
Position: Leader/Senior concept artist
Game development and outsourcing: High quality concept design,I have to control art quality,International AAA games and Hollywood movies visualization,games development,I have to lead and manage the art team. Led the team to complete the game development.Help junior artists improve professional skills and art director design work. Including Hollywood movies, CGI animation film, video games, online games, mobile games visual design and development. Illustration, conceptual art and design, advanced 3D models, mattepainting, etc.
