Fernando Acosta is a freelance concept and storyboard artist from Bogotà, Colombia, currently residing in Vancouver, Canada.
Biography[]
Originally an electrical engineer in his home country of Colombia, Acosta decided to study at the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts, or VanArts for short, in 2005. A year later, he graduated and returned home, where he built up a concept art portfolio. Acosta eventually immigrated to Canada, gaining official citizenship there and working for a variety of companies.
Following his work on several games at Digital Extremes, Acosta contributed to the feature film Sin City: A Dame to Kill for, being responsible for environment and mood paintings, as well as 3D layouts. He was later hired by Ubisoft as Senior Concept Artist on Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, for which he created character designs, environments concepts and keyframe paintings.
Games credited[]
- Halo 4 (2012) - Digital Extremes
- Warframe (2013) - Digital Extremes
- Star Trek (2013) - Digital Extremes
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (2015) - Ubisoft
Gallery[]
Reference[]
- Fernando Acosta's official website
External links[]
- Fernando Acosta's ArtStation
- Fernando Acosta's Facebook page