Steven Cormann
Steven Cormann
Env & DMP artist / Art direction / VFX / Design
Spa, Belgium

Summary

CG Environments / Matte Painting / Concept Art

With my studio, I work on crafting environment shots and scenes from concept to final, set extensions, VFX, matte paintings, visual development and finding design solutions for all kinds projects ranging from films, tv, animation to real world applications.

Projects, companies and clients I had the pleasure to work with include Industrial Light & Magic, Axis Studios, Paramount Pictures, Rings of Power, Netflix, BLUR Studios, Amazon, Magic The Gathering, Jurassic World, Outriders, Netflix, Love Death and Robots, Sehsucht, Lexus, Mercedes Benz.

Please email me to cormannstevensrl@gmail.com or through Artstation for rates and availability.

Skills

Concept ArtConcept DesignVFX SupervisionMatte PaintingPhoto-manipulationEnvironment Design3D ModelingDigital Painting3D VisualizationPropsLandscapeVehiclesShot designCGEnvironment Modeling3D AnimationArt Direction

Software proficiency

Photoshop
Photoshop
Nuke
Nuke
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
Blender
Blender
Maya
Maya
After Effects
After Effects
Premiere
Premiere
Redshift
Redshift
ZBrush
ZBrush
Quixel Mixer
Quixel Mixer
Houdini
Houdini
linux
linux
Marvelous Designer
Marvelous Designer
Keyshot
Keyshot
Illustrator
Illustrator
SpeedTree
SpeedTree
Mari
Mari

Productions

    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Official Launch Trailer
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      DMP artist
    • Company
      BLUR Studio
    • Movie
      The Pod Generation
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      VFX/Environment artist
    • Company
      Benuts
    • Movie
      Divinity
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      VFX/Environment artist
    • Company
      Freelance
    • Movie
      La Sociedad De La Nieve
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      VFX/DMP artist
    • Company
      Netflix
    • Movie
      Astérix & Obélix: L'Empire du Milieu
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Matte Painter
    • Company
      Benuts
    • TV Production
      Lord Of The Rings : Rings Of Power
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Concept Artist
    • Company
      Amazon
    • TV Production
      The Dreamer - Becoming Karen Blixen
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Matte Painter
    • Company
      Benuts
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Diablo II : Resurrected
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Lead Matte Painter
    • Company
      Axis Studios
    • TV Production
      Love, Death and Robots, volume 3
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Lead Matte Painter
    • Company
      Axis Studios
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Star Atlas - The Trailer
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Matte painter, environment TD
    • Company
      Hydra Studios
    • TV Production
      Love, Death and Robots, volume 2
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Matte painter, environment TD
    • Company
      Blur Studios
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      RETAKE // Episode 2 Cinematic - VALORANT
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Matte Painter
    • Company
      Blur Studio
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Tomorrowland official trailer
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Matte painter/art director/CG artist
    • Company
      Orange Studios
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Magic: The Gathering : Throne of Eldraine trailer
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Lead Matte Painter
    • Company
      Axis Studios
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      War of the Spark Official Trailer – Magic: The Gathering
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Lead Matte Painter
    • Company
      Axis Studios
    • Video Game
      Deathloop Reveal trailer
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Lead Matte Painter
    • Company
      Axis Studios
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Outriders reveal trailer
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Lead matte painter
    • Company
      Axis Studios
    • Movie
      Jurassic World : Fallen Kingdom
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      matte painting
    • Company
      Industrial LIght & Magic
    • Video Game
      DESTINY 2: WARMIND - OPENING CINEMATIC
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Lead DMP
    • Company
      Axis Animation
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      LEXUS LS concept
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      concept artist/art director
    • Company
      Sehsucht
    • Commercial / Advertisement
      Mercedes X-Class
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Matte Painter
    • Company
      Sehsucht
    • Movie
      Umakala
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Concept artist
    • Company
      Umakala
    • Movie
      The Fall Of Men
    • Year
      2015
    • Role
      Concept artist, matte painter
    • Company
      Black Smoke Films
    • Book
      Digital Painting Techniques, Volume 8
    • Year
      2016
    • Role
      Digital Matte Painter/concept artist
    • Company
      3D Total

Experience

  • DMP/environment artist at Hydra Studios
    August 2023 - Present

  • DMP artist at Revenant
    Glasgow, Royaume-Uni
    April 2023 - June 2023

    Matte Painter on cinematics

  • Matte Painter / VFX artist at Netflix
    October 2022 - Present

  • Matte Painter / Concept Artist at Goodbye Kansas
    January 2023 - April 2023

  • Matte Painter at Rohtau
    December 2021 - February 2022

    Matte Painter on a commercial

  • Matte Painter at BLUR Studios
    March 2022 - July 2022

    Matte Painter on a CG animated piece

  • Matte Painter at Benuts
    Belgique
    March 2022 - October 2022

    Matte Painter on feature films and tv shows

  • Matte Painter at BLUR Studios
    July 2021 - September 2021

    Matte paintings for an upcoming music video

  • Matte Painter at Axis Studios
    July 2021 - October 2021

    Creation of matte paintings, skydomes, projection setups, full CG/DMP shots

  • Matte Painter/Environment artist at Hydra Studios
    June 2021 - September 2021

    Environment shots creation, matte painting, comp on a cinematic

  • Matte Painter at Axis Studios
    March 2021 - May 2021

    Lead matte painter on animation cinematics

  • Matte Painter at BLUR studios
    Los Angeles, États-Unis
    April 2020 - September 2020

    Matte Painter/generalist on Love Deah Robots, volume 2

  • Art Director at Axis Studios
    Bristol, Royaume-Uni
    April 2020 - August 2020

    VFX art direction on environment shots for an upcoming TV show

  • Concept Artist at Amazon
    December 2019 - March 2021

    Concept artist on "Rings Of Power"

  • Lead Matte painter at Axis Studios
    Glasgow, Royaume-Uni
    December 2018 - December 2019

    In charge of creating full environment shots from scratch to finish using 2D, 2,5D and 3D techniques

  • Lead matte painter at Axis Animation
    Glasgow, Royaume-Uni
    June 2018 - July 2018

    Lead matte painter on an upcoming AAA game cinematic. I was responsible of crafting the major environment shots from scratch to comp

  • Matte Painter/ Generalist at Industrial Light & Magic
    London, United Kingdom
    February 2018 - Present

  • Matte Painter at Axis Studios
    Glasgow, Royaume-Uni
    December 2017 - December 2017

  • Concept Artist at Sehsucht
    Germany
    July 2017 - August 2017

  • Matte Painter at Sehsucht
    Germany
    January 2017 - March 2017

    Freelance matte painting work

  • Matte Painter at Elemental Labs
    United States of America
    July 2016 - July 2016

  • Graphic Designer at B.W.S. sprl
    Charneux, Belgium
    January 2008 - January 2015

    Graphic designer, photographer, retoucher

  • Freelance concept artist/matte painter at Freelance
    Belgium
    March 2014 - Present