I am a Concept Artist with three years of AAA game industry experience, specializing in character and creature concept art with additional experience in illustration and prop design. In my role as a Character Concept Artist at Amazon Game Studios, I worked on fantasy MMO New World and New World: Aeternum, creating many creatures, NPCs, player cosmetics, and illustrations. Prior to AAA, I gained over five years of experience as a freelance illustrator and concept artist, creating art for board games, book covers, and more. I combine my creative insight with technical artistic skills to find the best visual solution for any task.

Thomas Cebula

I am a Concept Artist with three years of AAA game industry experience, specializing in character and creature concept art with additional experience in illustration and prop design. In my role as a Character Concept Artist at Amazon Game Studios, I worked on fantasy MMO New World and New World: Aeternum, creating many creatures, NPCs, player cosmetics, and illustrations. Prior to AAA, I gained over five years of experience as a freelance illustrator and concept artist, creating art for board games, book covers, and more. I combine my creative insight with technical artistic skills to find the best visual solution for any task.

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I am a Concept Artist with three years of AAA game industry experience, specializing in character and creature concept art with additional experience in illustration and prop design.

In my role as a Character Concept Artist at Amazon Game Studios, I worked on fantasy MMO New World and New World: Aeternum, creating many creatures, NPCs, player cosmetics, and illustrations. Prior to AAA, I gained over five years of experience as a freelance illustrator and concept artist, creating art for board games, book covers, and more. I combine my creative insight with technical artistic skills to find the best visual solution for any task.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Character Concept Artist at Amazon Game Studios
May 31, 2022 - September 30, 2025
Designed NPCs, creatures, and player apparel/cosmetics for fantasy MMORPG New World and New World: Aeternum. Collaborated with other teams to synthesize visually interesting themes with market research data on top apparel sets to create popular apparel sets. Expanded skills into illustration and prop design to produce loading screen illustrations and prop concepts for Angry Earth and Nighthaven expansions.
Box Art Illustrator at Modular Games HQ, LLC
May 30, 2019 - November 29, 2020
Created box art and additional illustrations interpreting vehicle concept art for science-fiction board game The Terran Expanse.

Education

BA in Studio Art and BA in Computer Science at Smith College
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2022

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Gaming
    uniE621 Enigma Red Apparel
    Closeup and turnarounds for player apparel Enigma Red in Amazon Game Studios' New World: Aeternum.
    uniE621 Rabid Wolf: Thumbnails
    Thumbnail options for the rabid/infected werewolf in Amazon Game Studios' New World: Aeternum.
    uniE621 Rabid Wolf: Turnaround
    Final turnaround for the rabid/infected werewolf in Amazon Game Studios' New World: Aeternum.
    uniE621 Occultist Loading Screen
    Loading screen illustration for the Occultist archetype in Amazon Game Studios' New World: Aeternum.
    uniE621 Dark Feminine Mage
    Closeup and turnaround for the dark feminine mage player apparel set in Amazon Game Studios' New World: Aeternum.