CHRIS CHIENTheme Park Concept Artistv

chris-chien.com themeparkarts@gmail.com 714 - 873 - 3578

SeaWorld Parksand Entertainment

Exciting Theme Park AttractionsCreated immersive illustrations for exciting theme park attractions.Rendered detailed ride vehicle and showset interiors.Hand-sketched storyboards showing the guest’s aquatic adventures.

Miziker EntertainmentGroup

Luxury Retail and Dining DestinationIllustrated key frames for exciting simulator rides and theatrical productions.Created a night time illustration of a spectacular luxury retail and dining destination.

Escape Room Live Themed Escape Room EnvironmentsSketched and painted ”theme-park quality” escape room environments.Built 3D models and recorded video walkthroughs to show innovative layouts.Illustrations were showcased to top executives under a tight deadline.

Rhetroactive Various Theme Park ProjectsCreated presentation illustrations, sketches, and elevation drawingsfor many multi-million dollar projects, including theme parks, waterparks,adventure resorts, family entertainment centers, and casino shows.

Zeitgeist Design and Production

Mousetrappe Studios U.S.A

Night Time Spectacular Water ShowCreated detailed and immersive illustrations showing the various story beatsof a night time spectacular water show, featuring aquatic parade floats. live performers, projection-mapping and fireworks.

Thinkwell Group Interactive Children’s Theme Park RideRendered colorful storyboards and designed whimsical graphic postersfor an interactive children’s theme park ride in the United Arab Emirates.

Gary Goddard Entertainment and Design

Illustration, Hand sketching, Storyboarding, Showset design, Character design, Industrial design, 3D modeling

Photoshop, Illustrator, Google Sketch Up, iMovie

Mandarin

Carnegie Mellon 2010 B.F.A., Industrial Design & Minor in Theater

Art Center College of Design 2003 - 07Product and Transportation Design, High School & Night Program

EDUCATION

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2016 - 2017

2013 - 2017

2016

2017

BRPH Architecture & Engineering Firm

Themed Architecture for Imaginative LandsCreated key art illustrations for children’s theme park rides.Drafted elevation drawings to show themed architecture for imaginative lands. 2017

2015 - 2016

2014

2013

2013

2013

“Journey to the East” Chinese Theme Park Visually developed a children’s area for “Journey to the East” Chinese theme park.Hand-sketched moments such as character meet and greet, retail and beverage, kung-fu training, children play area, and the iconic “Divine Peach Garden” structure.

Polar Ocean World Theme ParkSketched and painted concepts of various attractions and animal shows for Polar Ocean World theme park in Qingdao, China.