Wiley  Whatley
Wiley Whatley
Art Direction/Creative Direction/Concept Art
Alameda, CA, United States

Summary

- Creative Director, Sun Oracle Games
- Concept Art Lead at Headwind
- Entertainment Entrepreneur

All creative arts are communication. We can use the understanding of human visual psychology as a baseline to say anything. I want to use that basis as a stepping stone to pioneer into bolder new horizons for entertainment art, creating emotional, memorable, unique experiences beyond the limitations of our current expectations.

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Skills

Art DirectionConcept ArtDigital PaintingEnvironment DesignIllustrationStoryboardingCharacter DesignDrawingProp DesignCreative DirectionVisual DevelopmentSketchingNarrativeCharacter Costuming

Software proficiency

Maya
Maya
Photoshop
Photoshop

Experience

  • Creative Director at Sun Oracle Games
    Columbia,MO, US
    March 2019 - Present

    - Developing Style Guides

    - Character Concept Art

    - 2D Environment Art

    - Guiding and Training teams

    - Coordinating Production Timelines

    - Story Writing

  • Concept Art Lead at Head Winds Studio
    Canada
    January 2021 - Present

    - Developing IP style

    - Teaching artists

    - Creating designs for production

    (Characters, Props, Environments, story boards)

    - Hiring artists

    - Art outsourcing