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Nathan Fowkes is a concept artist for feature animated films and video games as well as a teacher and fine artist.
Feature Films
Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney 2021, early development only) Wonder Park (Paramount Animation 2019) Ferdinand (Blue Sky Studios 2017) Legend of Tembo (Unreleased Feature, Digital Domain 2015) Rio 2 (Blue Sky Studios 2014) Disney's The Pirate Fairy (DisneyToon Studio 2014) The Legend of Puss in Boots (DreamWorks Animation 2011) Shrek Forever After (DreamWorks Animation 2010) How to Train Your Dragon (DreamWorks Animation 2010) Flushed Away (DreamWorks Animation 2006) Shark Tale (DreamWorks Animation 2004) Sinbad, Legend of the Seven Seas (DreamWorks Animation 2003) Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron (DreamWorks Animation 2002) The Road to El Dorado (DreamWorks Animation 2000) The Prince of Egypt (DreamWorks Animation 1998) Shorts and Home Video Puss in Boots and the Three Diablos The Pig who cried Wolf Shrek's Spooky Stories Madly Madagascar Shrek the Halls Joseph King of Dreams (Home video feature) Video Games Consulting and Workshops Blizzard Entertainment Infinity Ward Riot Games Ubisoft King Studio Stockholm King Studio Barcelona Rovio Supercell Volta CD Projekt Red FunPlus Beijing Happy Elements Beijing Big Fish Games Bonfire Studios Pop Cap Fatshark Stockholm Net Ent Stockholm Plarium, Ukraine Topjoy, Beijing Disney Imagineering (theme park design) ThinkWell (theme park design) |
Teaching
2007-present: Guest lecturer: Art Center College of Design and Laguna College of Art and Design. 2004-2012: Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art; Portrait Drawing, Portrait Painting, Advanced Portrait Painting, Sketching from Life, Color Theory and Fundamentals of Composition. 2022-USC School of Cinematic Arts: guest Lecturer. Online Teaching Schoolism.com: Designing with Color and Light, Environment Design, Pictorial Composition, Drawing Portraits in Charcoal and Landscape Sketching in Watercolor and Gouache. Gallery Shows Landscapes: Color and Light, solo exhibition at Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles, 2021. Landscapes II, solo exhibition at Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles, 2019. Landscapes, solo exhibition at Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles, 2018. Interlace, group show at Bynd Artisan, Singapore, 2017. Painting The Town 2, group show at Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles, 2017. Painting The Town, group show at Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles, 2016. Portrait Drawing in Charcoal, Solo Exhibition at Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, 2010. Moonshine, DreamWorks Artists...After Dark, group exhibition at Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles, 2010. Books How to Draw Portraits in Charcoal, Design Studio Press, 2017 How to Paint Landscapes in Watercolor and Gouache, Design Studio Press 2019 Color and Light; Artists Master Series. Contributor. 3DTotal Publishing, 2021 Composition and Narrative; Artists Master Series. Contributor. 3DTotal Publishing, 2022 Depth and Perspective; Artists Master Series. Contributor. 3DTotal Publishing, 2023 Moonshine, DreamWorks Artists...After Dark, Contributor. Design Studio Press, 2010 Publications ImagineFX Magazine 2024, "Artist Interview" ImagineFX Magazine issue 165, 2018, "Artist in Residence" International Artist Magazine, June/July 2017 "Drawing Portraits in Charcoal" ImagineFX Magazine issue 158, 2017, "The Values of Light and Shadow" Art of Watercolour Magazine, March/May 2017, "When Imagination Serves Reality" Pratique des Arts, October/November 2012, "Portfolio International" American Artist Watercolor Magazine, Spring 2010. "Make Thoughtful Color Choices" Education Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Ca. Merit Scholarship awarded. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration and Entertainment Design with Honors. |