Personal information


Name: Jesse van Dijk MSc
Born: 1977
Nationality: Dutch
Education:

Masters degree in Industrial Design
(Delft University of Technology, 2003)

About my work

I focus on designing and illustrating environments, scenes, industrial design, vehicles and props for the game- and movie industries. Besides this I create artwork for magazine- and book covers.

Currently I'm working at W!Games on an undisclosed AAA title. I also do freelance work.


Recent publications

August 2008 "Cliff Dwellings" will be used for the cover of German fantasty novel "Der Tag der Messer". The image is also published in Issue 02/2008 of It's art magazine, as well as Control magazine.

July 2008 Created cover artwork for two books: "Profeet van de Duivel" and "Zoon van de Duivel", two upcoming Dutch fantasy novels by Adrian Stone.

June 2008 "The Labyrinth of Tsan-Kamal" and "Cliff Dwellings" are published in Ballistic Publishing's EXPOSÉ 6.

May 2008 Illustrated the bookcover for the Dutch translation of "Procession of the Dead" by D.B. Shan.

May 2008 Did the cover artwork for the June edition of Control, a Dutch magazine about Game development.

Mar. 2008 "Thran" will be used for the cover of the Dutch edition of "Starman" by Sara Douglass.

Feb. 2008 "Imminent Battle" will be used for the cover of German fantasy novel "Der Ring der Zeit".

Jan. 2008 "Sea Creature" wins the Gnomon Image Challenge of January 2008.


Other interests

Hiking, speedskating, and marathon running.




 
Working experience

2006 - present Senior concept artist /
production designer

W!Games, Amsterdam, Holland.

Project worked on:
Undisclosed AAA project


2008 - present Freelance concept artist / Illustrator


2004 - 2006 Concept designer
Playlogic Gamefactory, Breda, Holland.

Projects worked on:
Xyanide : Resurrection (PSP, PS2, PC)
Project Delta (PS3, XBox 360, PC)
Several in-house pitches (various)


2001 - 2004 Freelance graphic designer


1999 Released a six-map single player partial conversion for Quake 1, called Runner's Delight


Software

Photoshop primarily; also Painter, Max, Maya & AfterFX.


Links

Making of Cliff Dwellings by Jesse van Dijk, It's Art Magazine (itsartmag.com).

Making of Sea Creature by Jesse van Dijk, 3DM3.com.


(updated: September 2008)