MAURICE KIMBALL

ART DIRECTOR

Sr. concept Artist

 

Before being an Art Director at Microsoft Studios focused on family entertainment. I spent 2 years as a freelance Sr. Concept Artist in their Creative Media Group. The images on this page represent work from the Creative Media Group.

 

My purpose: Create the “What” for original Microsoft Game properties as well as expanded existing games properties.

 

Duties included: Story Art, Highly rendered production illustrations, Matte paintings, Orthographic designs, Character & environment concepts, Color timing. Worked with multiple fellow Art Directors and Lead Artist on each project in efforts of establishing the art direction in the manner of mood, style, lighting and color.

 

Shipped projects: Kinectimals, Star Wars Kinect

 

Visual and story development on: Fable & Halo properties