Concept Art Intern- Undergraduate

Join Insomniac Games as a Concept Art Intern for Summer 2027 and gain hands-on experience creating artwork that helps shape the characters, environments, and visual direction of AAA video games.

As a Concept Art Intern, you'll be embedded within a development team, working alongside artists and content creators to develop pre-visualization artwork that supports game production. You'll contribute to concept development for characters, creatures, environments, props and other assets while learning how creative ideas move through a AAA video game pipeline.

Throughout the internship, you'll receive one-on-one mentorship from senior members of the X-Dev team and have direct access to our in-house Concept team. You'll strengthen your artistic and technical skills, collaborate with experienced artists, and gain practical experience contributing to game development projects from day one.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Collaborate with our internal Concept Team to create concept artwork that supports game production, including thumbnails and sketches, reference sheets, paint-overs, callout sheets, and production paintings.
• Develop visual concepts for characters, creatures, environments, props and other assets that help communicate creative ideas and guide production.
• Apply artistic principles such as design, perspective, composition, color theory, lighting, anatomy, detail distribution, and visual balance to create clear and effective artwork.
• Translate imaginative ideas into visual explanations that inspire and inform the game development pipeline.
• Create content that supports artistic direction and helps define “quality targets” for game assets and environments.
• Collaborate with Art Director(s), artists, and other team members to refine concepts and achieve established visual targets.
• Apply 2D art skills while exploring opportunities to incorporate 3D techniques into concept development.
• Participate in development meetings to learn how cross-functional teams collaborate to create and launch AAA games.
• Work closely with mentor(s) to develop technical skills, artistic sensibilities, and an understanding of professional concept art workflows.
• Manage assigned projects and deadlines while incorporating feedback and learning new techniques throughout the production process.

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