Summary
fredgambino@btinternet.com
fredgambino@gmail.com
https://www.fredgambino.co.uk
@fredgambino.bsky.social
Work Experience
Freelance - Present
Visual Development
Mazza Animation Planet inc
October 2018 – Feb 2020
Out of order Studios June 2016- to March 2018
Concept artist
Concept artist Framestore
Thor 3
June 2014 - December 2015
Art Director Xing Xing -SMART
June 2013 - September 2013
Concept artist Framestore - Guardians of the Galaxy.
December 2010 - Feb 2013
Principle Artist Codemasters
Visual development for Race stars.
July 2009 - December 2009
Art Director
Visual Development Cartoon Network LA
Firebreather
September 2008 – October 2008
Digital Matte painter Framestore
Tale of Desperaux.
May 2007 – September 2008
Art Director
Rainmaker entertainment Vancouver
Escape from Planet Earth
Junction Point Studios Austin Texas
Concept artist visual development for Epic Mickey
2007
Enne Spain
Concept artist for “Life in a pickle”DNA Productions, Inc
Concept artist, visual development “Star Beast” 2006
AVP Holland
Character design
2003-2006
DNA Productions, Inc
“The Ant Bully” animated feature film for Warner Bros and Playtone
Concept Artist, Layout Artist, Production Artist, Matte Painter
“C Horse” animated feature film for Warner Bros
Concept artist visual development
Lego-Agenda
Concept design
2002-2003
Project X
2001
DNA Productions, Warner Brothers
Jimmy Neutron : Boy Genius
Specialising in Science Fiction Illustration but including more general illustration for all the major publishers in the UK and major advertising agencies and publishers in the US
Client list includes
Penguin
Little Brown
Time Warner
Sparkman Associates Washington
Lego
JWT USA
Thames Television
2D traditional. 2D and 3D computer generated images
Photoshop, Lightwave, Z-Brush, Modo
Publications
Digital Fantasy Painting Workshop by Ilex 2004
The Paper Tiger Interviews by Paper Tiger, Retrospective book on work published by Paper Tiger in 2002
2003
Masters of Fantasy Art, published by Harper Collins in 2001
Ground Zero, Fred Gambino, by Paper Tiger in 2001
Spectrum 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
Life Size Dragons by Chrysalis in the UK and Sterling in the US, 2006
Dark Shepherd The Art of Fred Gambino published 2014 by Titan Books
Dark Shepherd the novel, published by Newcon Press 2024
Awards
Winner of Paper Tiger Award 1998
Exhibitions
Burnley Art Museum of Art
Boston World Science museum
Teaching
Southport College of Art 1985-1987
Skills
Software proficiency
