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Dominik Gümbel
Dominik Gümbel
Concept and Vis Dev Artist
://:.Glitch..-_:-/, Germany

Summary

Dominik Gümbel is a freelance concept artist/illustrator from German who has worked for studios like Massive Black, Nuare Studios and many more.

His skillset covers a wide range of fields like character design, advertisement illustration and 2D/3D animation. Outside of the gaming and movie industry he has experience working as an exhibition designer for museums all over Germany.

Besides his professional client work he focuses on his personal art career with multiple exhibitions all over the world. His work was shown on the New York Time Square and also on Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo.

Skills

Character DesignVisual DevelopmentCostume DesignGraphic DesignIllustration

Software proficiency

Photoshop
Photoshop
Illustrator
Illustrator
InDesign
InDesign
After Effects
After Effects
Premiere
Premiere
Blender
Blender
Procreate
Procreate

Experience

  • Character Design at Massive Black
    May 2022 - January 2023

    Working on initial concepts and ideas for characters and props.

  • Production Design at Nuare Studios
    December 2020 - March 2021

  • Visual Development and Animation at Whitebox
    Dresden, Germany
    October 2019 - Present

    Developing visuals , storyboards as well as assets for short animation movies.

  • Illustrator and Graphic Designer at Whitebox
    Dresden, Germany
    September 2017 - Present

  • Bachelor of Arts - Communication Design at HTWG Konstanz
    Konstanz, Germany
    January 2012 - January 2017

    My studies included various fields like classic graphic design but also illustration for advertisement, animation and UI/UX design.

    Finished my Bachelor with my thesis about worldbuilding for video games with focus on character design and splash illustration.

  • Workshop Concept Art / Digital Illustration at HTWG Konstanz
    Konstanz, Germany
    August 2016 - August 2016

    Giving several lectures about concept art, character design and how to approach illustration in the digital medium.

  • Junior Art Director at Red Monkeys
    Konstanz, Germany
    January 2015 - May 2017

    Working on several different project. Including Advertising, Graphic Design and Illustration. Also leading a small team for few illustrative projects.

  • Internship at Ogilvy & Mather
    Frankfurt, Germany
    September 2014 - January 2015

    Working on Advertising Campaigns for several bigger companys (Coca Cola, Radeberger, Deutsche Bahn)