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Hi there! I’m Mandy Zhang, a concept artist with 8+ years of illustration experience and 3 years focused on character design, environment art, and creature design. My work tends to lean toward fantasy or sci-fi stories, and I love collaborating with teams to craft engaging concept art and stories for games or animations. I’m always curious to learn more and push my craft further. I’m proficient with a broad suite of tools and enjoy blending traditional techniques with digital workflows to realize bold, coherent worlds. I’m excited to bring imaginative concepts to life and contribute to a collaborative, creative team that’s passionate about storytelling.…Hi there! I’m Mandy Zhang, a concept artist with 8+ years of illustration experience and 3 years focused on character design, environment art, and creature design. My work tends to lean toward fantasy or sci-fi stories, and I love collaborating with teams to craft engaging concept art and stories for games or animations. I’m always curious to learn more and push my craft further. I’m proficient with a broad suite of tools and enjoy blending traditional techniques with digital workflows to realize bold, coherent worlds. I’m excited to bring imaginative concepts to life and contribute to a collaborative, creative team that’s passionate about storytelling.

Mandy Zhang

Concept Artist, Illustrator, Character Designer, +3

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Hi there! I’m Mandy Zhang, a concept artist with 8+ years of illustration experience and 3 years focused on character design, environment art, and creature design. My work tends to lean toward fantasy or sci-fi stories, and I love collaborating with teams to craft engaging concept art and stories for games or animations. I’m always curious to learn more and push my craft further. I’m proficient with a broad suite of tools and enjoy blending traditional techniques with digital workflows to realize bold, coherent worlds. I’m excited to bring imaginative concepts to life and contribute to a collaborative, creative team that’s passionate about storytelling.…Hi there! I’m Mandy Zhang, a concept artist with 8+ years of illustration experience and 3 years focused on character design, environment art, and creature design. My work tends to lean toward fantasy or sci-fi stories, and I love collaborating with teams to craft engaging concept art and stories for games or animations. I’m always curious to learn more and push my craft further. I’m proficient with a broad suite of tools and enjoy blending traditional techniques with digital workflows to realize bold, coherent worlds. I’m excited to bring imaginative concepts to life and contribute to a collaborative, creative team that’s passionate about storytelling.

Available to hire

Hi there! I’m Mandy Zhang, a concept artist with 8+ years of illustration experience and 3 years focused on character design, environment art, and creature design. My work tends to lean toward fantasy or sci-fi stories, and I love collaborating with teams to craft engaging concept art and stories for games or animations. I’m always curious to learn more and push my craft further.

I’m proficient with a broad suite of tools and enjoy blending traditional techniques with digital workflows to realize bold, coherent worlds. I’m excited to bring imaginative concepts to life and contribute to a collaborative, creative team that’s passionate about storytelling.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

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Watercolour Illustration

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Charcoal Illustration

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Figma

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Book Illustration

Expert

Language

Chinese

Fluent

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Concept Artist at UNITE (SCAD ITGM Senior Project)

April 1, 2025 - November 14, 2025

Explore shapes and forms of mechanical main characters; brainstorm and create character style guides; collaborate with project leads to realize digital assets and ensure a cohesive design language across the project.

Concept Artist at UNITE (SCAD ITGM Senior Project)

April 1, 2025 - Present

Explored shapes and forms of mechanical main characters, brainstormed and created character style guide, and worked with project leads to realize digital assets.

Lead Concept Artist at XOLO (SCAD ITGM Senior Project)

March 31, 2025 - July 28, 2025

Designed forms and drew turnarounds for enemies and bosses in game. Painted sliced-up environment assets for 3D game software. Collaborated with art team to unify environment art style and concrete style guide.

Lead Concept Artist at XOLO (SCAD ITGM Senior Project)

March 1, 2025 - March 1, 2025

Design forms and draw turnarounds for enemies and bosses in the game; paint sliced-up environment assets for application in 3D game software; work with the art team to unify the environment art style and develop concrete style guides.

Teaching Assistant for Concept art Class at Savannah College of Art and Design

November 30, 2024 - July 28, 2025

Communicated with professor, provided lectures and demos of environment art, gave constructive feedback to students, helped organize in-class activities, and participated in group discussions.

Teaching Assistant for Concept Art Class at Savannah College of Art and Design

November 1, 2024 - November 1, 2024

Coordinate with the professor to deliver lectures and demos on environment art; provide constructive feedback during critiques; assist in organizing in-class activities and group discussions.

Treasurer and Social Media Manager, SCAD Atlanta Concept Art Club Administrator at SCAD Atlanta Concept Art Club

September 1, 2024 - November 14, 2025

Responsible for finance management and social media content creation; collaborate with other administrators to create diverse club activities; participate in annual club meetings and help organize members.

Treasurer and Social Media Manager at SCAD Atlanta Concept Art Club Administrator

September 1, 2024 - Present

Managed finances and social media content creation. Collaborated with administrators to create various club activities, attended annual meetings, and helped organize club members.

Background Artist at DON’T SLEEP (SCAD Animation Senior Project)

August 31, 2024 - July 28, 2025

Painted background according to style guide and layered the illustrations for production.

Lead Character Artist at HearthIron (Concept Art Book)

August 1, 2024 - November 14, 2025

Design and render main characters in a unified rendering style; collaborate with writers to design creatures according to the concept; contribute to final book layouts with the art team.

Background Artist at DON’T SLEEP (SCAD Animation Senior Project)

August 1, 2024 - November 14, 2025

Paint backgrounds in alignment with the project’s style guide; layer illustrations for production pipelines.

Lead Character Artist at HearthIron (Concept Art Book)

August 1, 2024 - Present

Designed and rendered main characters into a unified rendering style. Collaborated with writers to design creatures based on concepts and worked with art team on final book layouts.

Graphic Designer at Tofflon USA, LLC

June 30, 2023 - July 28, 2025

Responsible for poster and brochure layout. Advised and helped improve senior designer’s work. Provided ideas for company’s public advertisement designs and helped plan different design proposals.

Graphic Designer at Tofflon USA, LLC

June 1, 2023 - June 1, 2023

Poster and brochure layout; advise and help improve the senior designer’s work; generate ideas for public advertisement design and assist in planning design proposals.