Presentations from concept designers and production designers on the thought process in creating the world.
William Silvers, a renowned artist with decades of experience in film, theme park design, and fine art, shares his journey from traditional Background Artist for 2d Films to a Digital Mattepainter for 3D films.
Image Credit: © 2022 William Silvers. All Rights Reserved.
SPEAKER
William Silvers
Senior Background Artist/ Digital Matte Painter // William Silvers Art Inc.
(Storks, How To Train Your Dragon 2, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, The Croods)
William Silvers is an artist with over 35 years of commercial success. In 1995, his film career began at Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios where he adapted his fine art painting skills to the world of filmmaking. For almost 10 years he created unforgettable backgrounds for Disney classics such as Mulan, Tarzan, Lilo & Stitch, and Brother Bear.
Though an artist of repute, William continued to perfect his style and technique by taking classes with renowned artists. His love of film and his passion for art brought him back to filmmaking. His collaboration with Disney had bolstered a deep-seated desire to create meaningful work and that drive earned him a coveted stint at Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd., in 2004.
William expanded his repertoire of painting skills to include digital matte painting and created some of the most stunning images for the feature films, The Day After Tomorrow and Star Wars Episode III, The Revenge Of The Sith.
William’s experience in film making as well as his unique vision, attracted the attention of Universal Creative during the development of Skull Island: Reign Of Kong. Accepting a position as a Senior Designer – Concept Illustrator at Universal’s Core concept group, William was best known for his theming, atmosphere and attention to details while creating story-telling concepts for some of the largest future Theme Parks worldwide.
William continues to create new and exciting fine art pieces for Disney Galleries and Lucasfilm Ltd. For the past two decades his art has been found throughout the Disney Theme Parks, and his relationship with the Walt Disney Company continues to be a consistent theme in his career.
Website // IMDb // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn
MODERATOR
Alyssa Zárate
Matte Painting & Environment Supervisor // Sony Pictures Imageworks
Alyssa Zárate is currently a Matte Painting & Environment Supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks. For over a decade, she has worked on films such as Mitchells vs The Machines, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Spider-man: Far From Home, Game of Thrones, The Wolverine, Jurassic World, Prometheus, The Chronicles of Narnia to name a few; and various shows produced by HBO, Starz, National Geographic, Amazon Prime, Disney, and Netflix.
She started out working in the Art Department as a Production Designer for film & television productions around New Zealand & Australia.
She is passionate about leadership, mentoring, and inspiring current and future generations of artists in Visual Effects & Animation, especially those from the underrepresented communities.
Presentations from concept designers and production designers on the thought process in creating the world.
William Silvers, a renowned artist with decades of experience in film, theme park design, and fine art, shares his journey from traditional Background Artist for 2d Films to a Digital Mattepainter for 3D films.
Image Credit: © 2022 William Silvers. All Rights Reserved.
SPEAKER
William Silvers
Senior Background Artist/ Digital Matte Painter // William Silvers Art Inc.
(Storks, How To Train Your Dragon 2, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, The Croods)
William Silvers is an artist with over 35 years of commercial success. In 1995, his film career began at Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios where he adapted his fine art painting skills to the world of filmmaking. For almost 10 years he created unforgettable backgrounds for Disney classics such as Mulan, Tarzan, Lilo & Stitch, and Brother Bear.
Though an artist of repute, William continued to perfect his style and technique by taking classes with renowned artists. His love of film and his passion for art brought him back to filmmaking. His collaboration with Disney had bolstered a deep-seated desire to create meaningful work and that drive earned him a coveted stint at Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd., in 2004.
William expanded his repertoire of painting skills to include digital matte painting and created some of the most stunning images for the feature films, The Day After Tomorrow and Star Wars Episode III, The Revenge Of The Sith.
William’s experience in film making as well as his unique vision, attracted the attention of Universal Creative during the development of Skull Island: Reign Of Kong. Accepting a position as a Senior Designer – Concept Illustrator at Universal’s Core concept group, William was best known for his theming, atmosphere and attention to details while creating story-telling concepts for some of the largest future Theme Parks worldwide.
William continues to create new and exciting fine art pieces for Disney Galleries and Lucasfilm Ltd. For the past two decades his art has been found throughout the Disney Theme Parks, and his relationship with the Walt Disney Company continues to be a consistent theme in his career.
Website // IMDb // Facebook // Instagram // LinkedIn
MODERATOR
Alyssa Zárate
Matte Painting & Environment Supervisor // Sony Pictures Imageworks
Alyssa Zárate is currently a Matte Painting & Environment Supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks. For over a decade, she has worked on films such as Mitchells vs The Machines, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Spider-man: Far From Home, Game of Thrones, The Wolverine, Jurassic World, Prometheus, The Chronicles of Narnia to name a few; and various shows produced by HBO, Starz, National Geographic, Amazon Prime, Disney, and Netflix.
She started out working in the Art Department as a Production Designer for film & television productions around New Zealand & Australia.
She is passionate about leadership, mentoring, and inspiring current and future generations of artists in Visual Effects & Animation, especially those from the underrepresented communities.
