Concept Artist
Born in Winnipeg, Canada, David Krentz graduated
from the Character Animation program at California
Institute of the Arts in 1993. He was immediately
hired into Walt Disney Feature Animation as a
Layout Artist. He migrated into a Lead Character
Designer position for a four year stint on Disney’s
Dinosaur. His love for dinosaurs, anatomy and
character proved a valuable asset to that benchmark
CG film. After leaving Disney he went on to pursue
a freelance career, where he stretched his creative
wings doing many different kinds of jobs on many
different projects. He enjoys sculpture (digital & clay),
storyboarding, creature/character design and
concept illustration. He maintains ties to the
scientific community, where he often lectures
on developing performance-centric creatures for
film and recreates new dinosaur finds from the
bones up. David is one of the founding members
of Ninth Ray Studios, a super-group of story
driven concept artists. He contributed to such
movies as Fantasia 2000, Dinosaur, Treasure
Planet,
Spider-Man 2, Valiant, The
Ant Bully, John Carter
of Mars and Outlander as well as many other live-action
and animated films currently in pre-production.
For more of David's work, visit:
www.davidkrentz.com
David's
DVD:
Dinosaur Drawing: Anatomy and Sketching
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