Visual Development Artist

Axel Ortiz

Los Angeles, CA

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Axel was born and raised in the greater Los Angeles area. He attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and has been working professionally in the entertainment industry for more than 20 years. Worked on several projects for companies and clients like Ellation, Shadowmachine, FOX, Sony Pictures TV Animation, Universal Studios, Nickelodeon, Bento Box Ent, NBC, Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Disney, Animax Ent, Image Comics, THQ, Activision, Cartoon Network, Hasbro, Inc and others.

Axel with his creative partners develop characters and stories through their studio Massive Chaos...based in Downtown Los Angeles.

Axel is represented by Will Swift of Arsenal Media, a management group.
Education
- AA Storyboards
  
  Concept Design Academy
  
  2009 - 2009
  
  Took the Storyboard class taught by Jay Oliva.
- BFA Illustration/Entertainment
  
  Art Center College of Design
  
  1996 - 1998
Experience
- Partner/Art Direction
  
  Massive Chaos
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Apr 2015 - Present (10 years 1 month)
  
  With my partner we both started Massive Chaos as a way to develop IPs for the entertainment industry.
- Background Designer
  
  Bento Box Entertainment
  
  Nov 2023 - Apr 2024 (5 months)
  
  Grimsburg (season two)
- Background Designer
  
  FFFB Two LLC
  
  Mar 2023 - May 2023 (2 months)
  
  Freak Brothers (season 2)
- Background Designer
  
  Bento Box Entertainment
  
  Oct 2022 - Feb 2023 (4 months)
  
  Grimsburg (season one)
- Background Designer
  
  Bento Box Entertainment
  
  Apr 2022 - Oct 2022 (6 months)
  
  HouseBroken (season two)
- Background Designer
  
  Bento Box Entertainment
  
  Jul 2021 - Jan 2022 (6 months)
  
  Central Park (season three)
- Character Designer
  
  Hasbro (Animation)
  
  Dec 2020 - Mar 2021 (3 months)
- Background Designer
  
  Bento Box Entertainment
  
  Jul 2020 - Feb 2021 (7 months)
  
  HouseBroken (season one)
- Development Artist/Consultant
  
  axel13
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Jan 1999 - Jul 2020 (21 years 6 months)
  
  From finishing at Art Center...I took on freelance and short term projects right away. Still picking up projects till this day.
- Illustrator
  
  Cloak Branding
  
  Apr 2020 - Jul 2020 (3 months)
- Creature Designer
  
  Ellation (Crunchyroll)
  
  Burbank, CA
  
  Jan 2019 - Feb 2019 (1 month)
  
  Worked on High Guardian Spice.
- Illustrator
  
  Atlas Games
  
  Sep 2018 - Nov 2018 (2 months)
  
  Created maps for the game, Over the Edge.
- Illustrator/Concept Designer
  
  Psychic Bunny
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Aug 2018 - Oct 2018 (2 months)
  
  Created illustrations and comic book pages.
- Visual Development
  
  Atomic Dojo
  
  Burbank, CA
  
  Mar 2018 - Sep 2018 (6 months)
  
  Worked on visual development on the film, Fire Woman.
- Art Director
  
  Blue Geek Music
  
  Baltimore, MD
  
  Jan 2018 - Aug 2018 (7 months)
  
  Art direction on the Indies animated short project.
- Storyboard Artist
  
  Reset
  
  Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
  
  Worked on a commercial.
- Illustrator/Concept Designer
  
  Psychic Bunny
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Jun 2017 - Oct 2017 (4 months)
  
  Design concepts for two projects.
- Development Artist/Consultant
  
  Creature Effects
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Mar 1999 - Sep 2017 (18 years 6 months)
  
  Worked on multiple projects through Creatures Effects, from live action movies to TV to commercials.
- Visual Development
  
  Enterwaynement Inc.
  
  Sep 2015 - Jun 2016 (9 months)
- Illustrator/Concept Designer
  
  Psychic Bunny
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Mar 2016 - Apr 2016 (1 month)
  
  Created Illustrations.
- Background Designer
  
  Shadowmachine
  
  West Hollywood, CA
  
  Jan 2016 - Mar 2016 (2 months)
  
  Worked on a web series.
- Visual Development
  
  Paper Chase
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Sep 2015 - Dec 2015 (3 months)
- Background Designer
  
  ADHD/FOX
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Apr 2013 - Apr 2015 (2 years)
  
  Worked on multiple animated shows that aired on FOX and FXX.
- Concept Designer
  
  Rethink Attractions
  
  Jan 2012 - Jul 2012 (6 months)
  
  Worked on theme park projects.
- Visual Development
  
  Bento Box Entertainment
  
  Burbank, CA
  
  Sep 2011 - Feb 2012 (5 months)
  
  Visual development for animated show pitches.
- Character Design Instructor
  
  Gnomon School of Visual Effects
  
  Jan 2006 - Jan 2011 (5 years)
- Visual Development
  
  Sony Computer Entertainment
  
  Apr 2010 - Jun 2010 (2 months)
- Development Artist
  
  THQ Games
  
  Carlsbad, CA
  
  Nov 2009 - Apr 2010 (5 months)
  
  Development work on characters for a game.
- Sr Concept Artist
  
  Sourcebits
  
  Feb 2009 - Jan 2010 (11 months)
  
  Worked on several mobile apps for the iOS.
- Art Director
  
  DeepBlue World
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Apr 2008 - Mar 2009 (11 months)
- Artist/Creator
  
  Image Comics
  
  Apr 2006 - Jul 2008 (2 years 3 months)
  
  Image published Krash Bastards a book crated by Joe Casey and myself.
- Development Artist
  
  Nickelodeon Animation
  
  Burbank, CA
  
  May 2005 - Jun 2008 (3 years 1 month)
  
  Worked on multiple projects that were in development.
- Background Designer
  
  Animax Entertainment
  
  Jul 2007 - Mar 2008 (8 months)
- Concept Designer
  
  Chiodo Bros
  
  Burbank, CA
  
  Sep 2007 - Nov 2007 (2 months)
  
  Designed creatures.
- Illustrator
  
  NBC
  
  Sep 2007 - Oct 2007 (1 month)
- Lead Concept Artist
  
  Left Field Entertainment
  
  Westlake Village, CA
  
  Jul 2004 - Aug 2007 (3 years 1 month)
  
  Worked as the lead concept artist on multiple projects which were published through Activision.
- Visual Development
  
  Creative Character Studios
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Mar 2001 - Jun 2003 (2 years 3 months)
  
  Designed on multiple projects.
- Visual Development
  
  Sony Computer Entertainment
  
  Mar 2003 - May 2003 (2 months)
- Visual Development
  
  Cartoon Network
  
  Burbank, CA
  
  Apr 2002 - Sep 2002 (5 months)
- Visual Development
  
  Steve Johnson XFX
  
  Burbank, CA
  
  Apr 2000 - Nov 2001 (1 year 7 months)
  
  Designed on a number of projects...for Disney, WB and others.
- Development Artist
  
  Midway Games
  
  San Diego, CA
  
  Mar 2001 - Sep 2001 (6 months)
  
  Worked on developing art for a game project for a few months.
- Visual Development
  
  MCA Planning and Development (Universal Studios)
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Mar 2001 - Apr 2001 (1 month)
- Illustrator/Concept Designer
  
  Klasky Csupo
  
  Jan 2001 - Mar 2001 (2 months)
- Prop Designer
  
  Hasbro Inc.
  
  Jun 2000 - Sep 2000 (3 months)
  
  Designed props for a animated series.
- Storyboard Artist and Designer
  
  Sony TV Animation
  
  Culver City, CA
  
  Mar 1999 - Nov 1999 (8 months)
  
  Worked on two animated shows.
- Concept Designer
  
  Chiodo Bros
  
  Burbank, CA
  
  Apr 1997 - May 1997 (1 month)
  
  Designed robots for a short.
Awards

The Irvine Scholar Grant, the Art Center of College Scholarship and Pell Grant. Shown in the Art Center Student Gallery.
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Member of the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists: Local Union No.839
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