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Paul Canavan
Paul Canavan
Art Director. WoTC // Valve // Axis (GW2, Destiny 2)
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Summary

Hello! I am a Bafta award winning artist from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Over the course of my 14 year career I have worked as an illustrator and concept artist for clients including Wizards of the Coast (Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons), Valve and Games Workshop, and as Art Director at Axis Animation creating AAA cinematics for studios like Bungie, Blizzard Entertainment, Riot Games, Skybound and ArenaNet.

I recently started my own studio, Grimoire, to develop my first game; a TTRPG called Pale Tides.

I am lucky enough to have had my work featured in Spectrum Fantastic Art and a bunch of other great publications, and I was honoured to be featured in Develop's esteemed '30 Under 30' spotlight. I illustrated a Dark Souls book one time, and sometimes give talks/workshops at events including Industry Workshops, IFCC, THU Berlin and IAMAG.

I am super passionate about my work and always happy to chat - please feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions or would like to work with me. Thanks!

Client List

Wizards of the Coast
--------- Magic: the Gathering
--------- Dungeons & Dragons

Valve Corporation
--------- Artifact

Axis Animation
--------- Destiny 2
--------- Guild Wars 2
--------- Heroes of the Storm
--------- League of Legends

Blazing Griffin
--------- Murderous Pursuits
--------- The Ship: Remasted
--------- Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
--------- APB: Retribution
--------- Dinotribes

Fantasy Flight Games
--------- Star Wars CCG
Upper Deck Entertainment
--------- X-Men CCG

Big Robot
--------- The Signal From Tölva

Evolve PR
--------- Moving Hazard

ISO Design

Brotherwise Games

Fifth Exile

The Story Mechanics

The 39 Steps

2D Sans Faces

Sentinel Entertainment

Vanquish Alliance Entertainment

Skills

2D AnimationConcept ArtIllustrationDigital SculptingGame Design