Jakob Vandenabeele
Jakob Vandenabeele
Concept Artist - Illustrator
Ghent, Belgium

Summary

I'm a concept artist, illustrator and digital matte painter with experience working in Games, Animation and the Themed Attraction Industry. I specialise mostly in environmental concept art & design, backgrounds and layouts for animation, and character design. I love to create worlds and characters full of life, personality and charm! I'm always striving to grow as an artist and I'm eager to learn new things. If you like my work, let's talk! Feel free to email me and tell me a little about you, your project, and how I might be able to help.

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Skills

Concept ArtCharacter DesignIllustrationVisual DevelopmentConcept DesignStoryboardingMatte PaintingCompositingComic ArtTraditional ArtPaintingDigital PaintingVisual Effects3D Modeling

Software proficiency

Photoshop
Photoshop
Blender
Blender
Illustrator
Illustrator
After Effects
After Effects
Toon Boom Studio
Toon Boom Studio
SketchUp
SketchUp
Nuke
Nuke
Blackmagic Design Fusion
Blackmagic Design Fusion

Productions

    • TV Production
      Daens: The Musical
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Set Designer (concept art & visuals)
    • Company
      KING Concept
    • Movie
      Cash for Trash: Urbanus
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Background Artist
    • Company
      Studio Bal Gehakt
    • Movie
      Electric Girl
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Background & Layout Artist
    • Company
      Lunanime
    • Movie
      Funan
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Background Layout Artist
    • Company
      Lunanime
    • Movie
      Another Day Of Life
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      Walking The Dog
    • Movie
      The Night
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Background Artist
    • Company
      Walking The Dog
    • Movie
      A Stork's Journey
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter
    • Company
      Walking The Dog

Experience

  • CONCEPT ARTIST at GET UP GAMES
    Ghent
    March 2022 - November 2022

    Designed environments, characters, costumes, creatures, props, weapons and vehicles for multiple game projects.

  • ILLUSTRATOR at FREELANCE
    Ghent
    September 2015 - Present

    Providing illustrations and designs for a number of products in a variety of styles.

  • CONCEPT ARTIST at KING CONCEPT
    Aalst, Belgium
    January 2019 - June 2020

    Making concepts and designs for theme parks, waterparks, theater, shows, hotels and museums.

  • BACKGROUND ARTIST at STUDIO BAL GEHAKT
    Bruges, Belgium
    January 2018 - December 2018

    Background Artist on 'Cash for Trash: Urbanus'

  • LAYOUT ARTIST / BACKGROUND ARTIST at LUNANIME
    Ghent, Belgium
    June 2017 - December 2017

    Background Layout Artist on 'Funan'

    Layout Artist and Background Artist on 'Electric Girl'

  • DIGITAL MATTE PAINTER / BACKGROUND ARTIST at WALKING THE DOG
    Brussels, Belgium
    March 2016 - March 2017

    Digital Matte Painter on 'Richard The Stork'

    Background Artist on 'The Night'

    Digital Matte Painter on 'Another Day of Life'