Simon Scales is a freelance video game concept artist and matte-painter based in Australia. He is also an instructor for CGSociety’s 8 week online workshops. Prior to working in video games Simon worked as a children's book illustrator for 10 years and is represented internationally by his agent Shannon Associates. In 2008 Simon attended the Concept Design Academy in Pasadena, California where he learnt from some of the best concept artists in the industry. Since 2008 Simon has provided key concept art and matte-paintings for LEGO, also working on the game DeBlob 2: The Underground for THQ and freelance concept art for numerous video game companies and publishers. Simon is currently the director and instructor at CDW Studios, a private school for visual effects and entertainment design. CDW has held events all over Australia and New Zealand and brought out some of the best artists in the world to Australia to instruct and give demonstrations to students,
To see more of Simon’s work visit: www.simonscales.com.au