Igor Staritsin is known concept artist and matte painter in the world of visual effects. He started working in the industry back in 2008 for Disney. Since then Igor contributed to over 40 films and video game cinematics, including projects such as Ford vs Ferrari, Godzilla, Black Panther, Justice League, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, Assassin’s Creed, Maleficent , Game of Thrones, Final Fantasy, Destiny, Uncharted, Call of Duty and many more.
Igor's artworks were featured in "D'artiste Matte Painting 3" as best entry as well as in other Ballistic Publishing's art books. He has a background in traditional painting that has helped him work both digitally and traditionally.
Igor had a privilege to study with Scott L Christensen who is currently one of the greatest living landscape painters in the world.
CGMA-CGSOCIETY WORKSHOP (2017 - Present) Concept Art and Matte-Painting Instructor
Matte Painting Instructor at CGSociety/CGMA with students around the world
GNOMON WORKSHOP (2015 - Present) Epic Matte-Painting Instructor Creating a matte-painting tutorial for www.thegnomonworkshop.com. Be sure to check theInterview
POLDEN FX (July 2015 - September 2015) Senior Matte Painter Creating environments for feature film
AXIS ANIMATION (March 2015 - July 2015) Senior Matte Painter Creating environments for video game cinematic "Grey Goo"
PIXOMONDO (May 2014 - December 2014) Senior Matte-Painter, Concept Artist Creating environments for or feature film "Gone With The Bullets" and "Sci-Fi Project"
PIXEL BEARS VFX (March 2014 - May 2014) Lead Matte-Painter, Concept Artist Creating matte-paintings for commercial "Aeroflot Airlines"
SPIDER GROUP (May 2010 - September 2013) Lead Generalist Creating 3D assets, modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering, concepts, matte-paintings, 2.5D and 3D projections, compositing
GENESIS FLUX PRODUCTION (March 2013 - July 2013) Senior Matte-Painter, Concept Artist Creating concept paintings and matte-paintings for short film "Sophie's Fortune"
1000 VOLT POST PRODUCTION (November 2012 - March 2013) Senior Matte-Painter, Concept Artist Creating concept paintings and matte-paintings for feature film "The Dream of a Butterfly"
MAKACO (June 2012 - September 2012) Senior Matte-Painter, Concept Artist Creating concept paintings and matte-paintings for short film "Peru, Empire of Hidden Treasures"
EMBER LAB (July 2012 - August 2012) Matte-Painter Creating matte-painting for short film "The Dust"
BREWERY VFX (February 2012 - May 2012) Concept and Matte Artist, Compositing Artist Creating concept paintings, matte-paintings and compositing for feature film "Welcome to the Punch"
CATZWOLF PRODUCTION (March 2012 - April 2012) Concept Artist Creating concept paintings for commercial
CG FACTORY (December 2011 - February 2012) Matte-Painter Creating matte-paintings for feature films "Rzhevskiy protiv Napoleona"
RED KEDS (August 2011 - September 2011) Illustrator Creating an illustration for a famous brand
UNDERDOGS INX IMAGINE (July 2011 - August 2011) Matte-Painter Creating matte-painting for short film "Burn to Shine"
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (October 2010 - November 2010) Illustrator Creating an illustration for the monthly magazine National Geographic, November 2010
CGARRYBOWEN (July 2009 - October 2009) Illustrator Creating a painting for Disney that was on display in Disneyland Paris
SPELL SYSTEMS (May 2007 - May 2010) Designer Creating illustrations and designs for websites and video presentations
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
Concept Art, Key Frames, Concept Design, Mattepainting, Traditional Art, Art direction, 3D/2.5D Matte Projections, 3D Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing, FX
SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE:
Photoshop, Blender, Nuke, Maya, Vray, DAZ Studio, World Machine, 3D Coat, Keyshot, Speed Tree, After Effects, Vue
