Efe Vardar

Concept Artist

Efe Vardar is an environment concept artist at Warner Brother Games currently working on an unannounced AAA title. Efe has a background in Visual Communication Design and has previously worked as a freelance illustrator for various clients doing storyboards, Illustrations and card designs. Efe is a Syn Studio diploma alumni.

Ed Kwong

Freelance Illustrator

Ed Kwong is a Montreal based illustrator and designer with a specialty in imagery for branding and packaging. A newer focus for the past few years has been working on projects related to social justice and environmentalism. Ed has worked for a number of major companies and organizations including WWF Canada, ACLU, GQ, The Walrus, Drawn and Quarterly, The National, DC Comics, BioWare EA, and Mailchimp.

Elton Lo

Concept Artist, Ubisoft Montreal

Elton Lo is a Concept Artist and Lead Designer with over a decade of experience across the animation, games and vfx industries. During his career, Elton has worked for companies such as Wildbrain, Gameloft and Guru Studios, among others. His work has been featured in Lego: Ninjago, Mattel's Ever After High and an unreleased animated feature, among others. Elton is currently working as a concept artist at Ubisoft Montreal.

Nic Vallet

Associate Art Director at Virtuos

Nicolas Vallet is an Associate Art Director at Virtuos. For 10 years, he has contributed to the pre-production and early phases of many blockbuster films such as X-men: Days of Future Past, Immortals, Ben-Hur, The Great Wall and more. He also had a 6-year stint in China in visual development for animation and movies and led the concept team that made The Wandering Earth, which won several awards for its design and production work and was China's third highest-grossing film of all time.

Miguel Mendez

Concept Artist, Ubisoft Montreal

Miguel Méndez is a concept artist at Ubisoft currently working on an unannounced AAA project. His work was featured in Far Cry New Dawn, and in the recently released game Far Cry 6. Prior to this, Miguel had worked as a concept artist and illustrator in Mexico City. Miguel is a Cestar Collège - Syn Studio Diploma Program alumni.

Ying Ding

Concept Artist, Ubisoft Montreal

Ying Ding is a concept artist at Ubisoft Montreal, where she is currently working on an unannounced AAA title. She possesses a background in 3d modeling, specializing in props and characters. Her credits include high profile games such as Far Cry 5 and Far Cry New Dawn.

Christian Robert de Massy

Freelance Concept Artist

Christian Robert de Massy is one of the film industry’s best kept secrets. He’s been working for the last 10 years as a freelance concept artist and illustrator on films such as X-Men: Days of Future Past, Snow White and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. All without ever having put any artwork online (until now). He’s known for his incredible speed and the beauty of his environment paintings and he’s a popular teacher here at Cestar Collège - Syn Studio.

Sean Bigham

Artiste conceptuel senior chez Riot Games

Sean Bigham is senior concept artist at Riot Games. Sean has worked for a variety of high profile clients including Digital Extremes, Activision and Atomic Cartoons. His designs have been featured in Warframe, Halo 4 Champions DLC bundle, Prototype 2 and other various unannounced projects.

Remko Troost

Character Art Director, Wizards of the Coast

Remko Troost has over 15 years of industry experience and is currently a Character Art Director at Wizards of the Coast. His designs appear in numerous AAA titles such as Far Cry 3, For Honor and the Assassin’s Creed series, including Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla. His expertise in digital painting and concept art has been recognized with numerous awards and his work has been featured in prestigious art publications from Ballistic Publishing, Titan Books, Imagine FX, 2D Artist Magazine and Computer Arts. He is also an experienced and passionate instructor and we’re excited to have him on the Cestar Collège - Syn Studio team!

Pierre Raveneau

Senior Concept Artist

Pierre Raveneau is a senior concept artist having worked for companies like Gameloft Madrid and Ubisoft on games such as Assassins Creed: Valhalla, Gods of Rome, Asphalt Xtreme, Tom Clancy’s ShadowBreak and other unannounced projects. In addition to this, Pierre has also worked on several freelance projects for companies such as Square Enix, Applibot, Cryptozoic Entertainment, Alderac and Fantasy Flight Games, among others.

Eric Mannella

Traditional Fine Artist

Eric Mannella is an award winning fine artist and the co-founder of Atelier de Brésoles. Eric holds an MFA cum laude from the New York Academy of Art and is an inspiring teacher, having taught students of all ages for over 20 years. Eric has given artist talks and painting demonstrations at Concordia University, S.U.N.Y. New Paltz, and Algonquin College, been a juror for the Pastel Society of Eastern Canada and was featured in the 2007 documentary film L’Art du Nu. In addition to this, he is also the recipient of a Forbes Foundation Travel Grant, the Prince of Wales Scholarship from the Prince of Wales Foundation and a merit scholarship from the New York Academy.