Richard Chasemore

Freelance Illustrator, Licensed LucasFilm Artist

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

mail@richardchasemore.co.uk

Summary

I studied technical illustration at the Arts University, Bournemouth, and have over 25 years experience creating both traditional and digital 3D illustration for publishing and advertising. I have worked in the US, Germany, China, and through my work for Lucasfilm I have been a guest at Star Wars conventions and book signings in Japan and across the US.

My clients includes Dorling Kindersley; Scholastic, Ladybird, Osprey Publishing; Haines; Mitchell Beazley; Readers Digest; Heinemann; Paragon Publishing and OSV (Germany) and campaigns for UTC, Sikorsky, Boeing, Hamilton Sundstrand Pratt & Whitney, Otis and NASA for DBB New York.

I am a Lucasfilm Licensed Artist and I have created publishing art work for Star Wars and Indiana Jones as well as DC Comics - Batman; Disney - Aladdin; Hasbro - Transformers; Sony - Stargate; Dreamwork’s Animation - Antz; Century 21 Productions - Captain Scarlett; BBC - Ivor the Engine and Sega Art.

Skills

Software proficiency

3ds Max

Photoshop

V-Ray

Productions

- Movie
  The Devil's Rock
- Year
  2011
- Role
  3D Modeller/Texture Painter
- Company
  Chameleon Pictures Ltd
- Movie
  Fury
- Year
  2014
- Role
  Tank Concept Artist
- Company
  Columbia Pictures

Experience

Freelance Illustrator at Richard Chasemore Illustration
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
January 1992 - Present
Clients includes Dorling Kindersley, Scholastic, Ladybird, Osprey Publishing, Haines, Mitchell Beazley, Readers Digest, Heinemann, Paragon Publishing and OSV (Germany) and campaigns for UTC, SAAB, IVECO, Bosch,Otis and NASA for DBB New York, Sunseeker, RNLI, Motorola, Barclays Bank and Portman Building Society.
Military Illustrator at Osprey Publishing
Oxford, United Kingdom
January 1995 - January 2014
Created illustrations of battle scenes, cutaways, and side views of tanks and aircraft for over 35 military reference books.
Illustrator at Dorling Kindersley
London, United Kingdom
January 1998 - January 2013
Lucasfilm Licensed Artist creating publishing art work for Star Wars: Incredible Cross Sections, Batman, Indiana Jones,and Stargate and Transformers Books.