Cecil Kim
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Art Director, Professor, Game Evangelist
- Cecil has worked in the game industry since 1996 after graduating from Art Center College of Art and Design. He began his career as a concept artist for Final Fantasy IX at SquareUSA. Since then he helped to define the artistic vision of many game titles including God of War 1,2,3.
- Cecil now works at thatgamecompany as an art director on Sky: Children of the light.
- Previously Cecil worked at Santa Monica Studio on God of War Franchise for almost a decade.
- After his departure from Sony, Cecil co-founded Section Studios in Los Angeles and led the team of concept artists, 3D artists, and developers to work on their games and also several co-dev game projects. This website showcases his work from Square, Sony and Section Studios. It has always been his passion to visualize the unique immersive world and bring it to the interactive experience.
- Cecil continues to drive his vision to inspire his team and the gaming world.
Sky:Children Of The Light
Cecil has been working on this game as an art director. Sky recently surpassed 10 million download globally and has won Apple's Best IOS Game Of The Year.
Since Cecil joined the team after the game was released, he has been working on new season contents listed below.
Season of Belonging, Season of Rhythm
Education
BFA in Illustration, 1996
Art Center College of Design
Games He Worked on
Parasite Eve
Final Fantasy IX
Twisted Metal Black
God of War 1,2,3
God of War Ascension
Vlad the Impaler
Dead Realm
Tinertia
Rival:Crimson X Chaos
Eclipse:Edge of Light
Teaching
Otis College of Art and Design-Assistant Adjunct Professor
Gnomon School of Games and Visual FX - Academic Advisory Board
Awards
BAFTA, Best Artistic Achievement
God of War 3
Contact : Downtownart@gmail.com