Cecil Kim
Concept Designer
Cecil Kim has been working as a concept artist and an illustrator in entertainment industry for past 15 years. Originally came from Seoul Korea, Cecil moved to US with a dream to pursue art career and studied Illustration & Fine Arts at prestigious Art Center College of Design. Cecil began his career in game industry as a cinematic storyboard artist for SquareUSA. With strong layout and detailed environment sketches, he began designing memorable locations in Final Fantasy IX and later joined Sony Santa Monica Studio where he devoted 7 years of his career creating God of War series as visual development lead. Cecil also teaches at various institutions such as Gnomon School of visual FX, Art Center College of Design and Otis College of Art and Design where he serves as Concept Art Area Head. From hi-level production art to prop design, Cecil’s intuitive and energetic artistic style has been inspirational creative fuel to directors and production team at Sony Santa Monica.
