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ROB FOOTE ILLUSTRATOR - ILLUSTRATION/CONCEPT ART
CLIENT LIST
Clients include, Gameloft, Supercell, Coca Cola, Times Newspaper, Vodaphone, BBC, Triggerfish Animation, Huhu Studios, Gizmo Animation, Blizzard, Pukeko Pictures, Buckstakes Studio, Capstone, Oxford University Press, Macmillan Publishing
March 2017 - Present
BUCK STAKES - Online Casino Art development and creation
FUN BURO - Online Casino Art development and creation
GIZMO ANIMATION - Marketing art for Supercell game development
FLATTER THAN EARTH - Art direction and Concept art for Nintendo Game
AXIS ANIMATION STUDIO - DMP artist for League of Legends
PUKEKO PICTURES - Illustrator
May 2016 - March 2017
TRIGGERFISH ANIMATION - Senior Concepts artist
Senior Concept Artist on full length Animated Feature SEAL TEAM Released DEC 2021 by Triggerfish Studio. Currently showing on Netflix
HUHU STUDIOS — Lead Concept Artist
Lead environment artist on full length Animated Feature MOSLEY Released Oct 10 2019. Worked with a team of creatives developing characters and environments for children's TV show, currently in production.
September 2015 - MAY 2016
GAMELOFT — Senior Concept Artist
Helped to create concept artwork and visuals for a Sci Fi FPS. Key team player helping to define conceptual and visual direction on a number of projects.
450 DEGREES United Kingdom — Founding Partner
June 2012 - PRESENT
Co Founded a digital startup creating apps and interactive content for children. Responsible for app design, sound design, content creation, assets and animation.
Rob Foote Illustration South Africa — Freelance Illustrator
October 2008 - September 2015
Illustrated over 100 titles and worked on a range of educational, film and media projects. Two awards and a number of commendations.
TIMES NEWSPAPER United Kingdom — Concept artist/Illustrator
June 2011 - June 2012
Worked with News International Director of innovation and helped to create a revolutionary app. Played an integral role, providing both artwork assets and conceptual direction.
BULLSEYE FILM CONSTRUCTION, South Africa — Set designer
January 2004 - September 2007
Built and designed sets and props for film and commercials including Blood Diamond and Starship Troopers
EDUCATION
Durban Institute of Technology, South Africa — Distinction
January 1995 - November 1997
Fine Art with Distinction
Kingsway High School, South Africa — Exemption Pass
January 1990 - November 1994
High School Education
NOTEWORTHY PROJECTS
TIMES — To bee or not to bee
I worked with News International Director of innovation to develop an interactive illustrated app highlighting the decline in Bee Populations around the world.
VODAPHONE — Facebook and Zoo Zoo’s
I’ve worked on a number of VODAPHONE ads, creating huge illustrated backdrops and helping to create concept art and visual development for new characters.
COCA COLA — Corporate Illustrations
Including winning the Coca Cola young designers award in 2007 I’ve also had the opportunity to work within the company creating illustrations and artwork for publications and gifts.
Oxford Pearson Macmillan Cambridge — Educational Illustrations
Since starting my freelance career I have worked on well over 100 titles for a number of South African and International Educational Publishers.
References
Noel Yang Creative Director — Huhu Studios
Email: noel.yang@huhus.com Phone: +64 9 425 4442
“Rob is one of the most talented concept artists I've worked with. He has superb sense of colours, most vibrant imagination when it comes to character creation, his environmental concepts are evocative. He is charming, professional, easy to work with and always deliver beyond expectation! I look forward to working with him again in future projects”
Kirby Atkins DIRECTOR — HUHU STUDIOS
EMAIL: kirby@kirbyatkins.com PHONE: +64 9 425 4442
“Rob Foote was the first concept artist to come aboard the Beast of Burden project and set the aesthetic tone for the entire film. He was particularly great at capturing the pastoral and dramatic landscapes the film required. His color scripts were a marvel, and tracked the emotional arc of the film. On top of this, Rob was able to solve practical concept problems by creating 3D renders, helping us plot how characters might interact with the environment.
A joy to work with. I would highly recommend Rob and certainly hope to work with him again.”
David Townsend Lead Producer — Huhu Studios
Email: david.townsend@huhus.com Phone: +64 9 425 4442
“I worked with Rob on "Beast of Burden" where he had the role of Lead Concept artist. He undertook environment design, character development, texture reference development and oversaw the building of the colour script for the movie.
I found Rob to be fantastic to work with, always willing, always flexible. Able to work on his own as well as part of a team. Whatever your creative project, Rob will add value to it - I wholeheartedly recommend him.”
Jason Brown — fx td Weta Digital
Email: jason.brown@huhus.com Phone: +64 9 425 4442
"Rob is easily the most skillful and easy going artist I have ever worked with, nothing is a problem to this guy, no matter what amazing piece of concept art he's working on at the time.
I'd recommend Rob to anyone who needs amazing concepts done, his skill level is world class and his humility and fun make him a joy to work with."
Hire this guy!
Toph Gorham— Art director Gameloft
Email: Toph.gorham@gameloft.com Phone: +09) 557 2040
“I worked with Rob as his Art Director at Gameloft New Zealand. Rob is a very talented artist who helped our project dramatically with his keen drawing skills. It was always a pleasure to work with Rob, he was hard working and enthusiastic, and his draftsmanship is beautiful. I would love to work with Rob again.”
Quentin Storer Senior Producer — Gameloft
Email: q.storer@gmail.com Phone: +64 21 106 3189
“I've had the pleasure of working with Rob as a concept artists in our Gameloft Auckland studio for the past few months. His talent and dedication are exemplary, his art was always of the highest standard and delivered on time. He is an excellent team player, communicates well and was liked by his team and upper management. I would not hesitate to recommend him for any position and am totally confident that he would be an asset to any company or team”
Zanri Kritzinger Commissioning Editor — Oxford University Press
Email: zanri.kritzinger@oup.com Phone: +27 21 596 2300
“Rob is a brilliant illustrator who provides excellent work, on time, every time. I thoroughly enjoyed working with him the first time and have therefore used him again and again and will definitely be contacting him for any future projects. Rob did black and white as well as full colour illustrations for my school text book projects, but you can commission him for any type and style of illustration; he is very competent and capable and I'm sure he would be able to pull almost any sort of rabbit out of a hat.”
Steve King Int Marketing Manager — National Geographic Learning
Email: steveking@cengage.com Phone: +81 3 5929 6132
“I would recommend Rob without hesitation. Rob Foote is a high professional, yet extremely personable artist and illustrator who delivers excellent results, on time and to a reasonable fee structure. I worked with Rob on illustrating a children's book for the Japanese education market. The results were stunning.”
AWARDS
2018
Honourable Mention
ARTSTATION CHALLENGE AWARD
2018
Finalist
PICTURE THIS ILLUSTRATION AWARD
2017
Finalist
GOLDEN BAOBAB ILLUSTRATION AWARD
2008
Winner
COCA COLA YOUNG DESIGNERS AWARD
SKILLS
Traditional and Digital Painting and Drawing skills.
Concept and Visual Development
Strong interpersonal skills
Adobe Creative Suite
After Effects
Blender
Zbrush
Sketchup
English: First Language
Afrikaans: Full Proficiency
Japanese: Elementary
Isizulu: Elementary
