About
Piero Macgowan is a Mexican-born, Senior Concept Artist at Firaxis Games in Baltimore, USA, as well as an Illustrator, Fine Artist, and College Professor.
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Software proficiency
Productions
- Video GameMidnight Suns
- Year2022
- RoleSenior Concept Artist
- CompanyFiraxis Games
- Video GameXCOM 2: War of the Chosen
- Year2017
- RoleSenior Concept Artist
- CompanyFiraxis Games
- Video GameXCOM 2
- Year2015
- RoleSenior Concept Artist
- CompanyFiraxis Games
- Video GameXCOM: Enemy Within
- Year2013
- RoleSenior Concept Artist
- CompanyFiraxis Games
- Video GameXCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Year2012
- RoleSenior Concept Artist
- CompanyFiraxis Games
- Video GameCivilization V
- Year2010
- RoleSupporting Concept Artist
- CompanyFiraxis Games
Experience
Visual Development on Marvel’s Midnight Suns: established mood, designed environments,created ability sheets, ideated characters, made props and provided tech designs.
Worked directly with Art Director to create and define XCOM’s aesthetic vision from conception, including:
---Focusing on creating color keys and environments to establish and guide narrative.
--- Creating main character and creature concepts.
--- Problem-solving system-based assets (cover and interactive items, kit swaps, deco passes)
--- Providing cinematic support through storyboards.Assisted marketing efforts to generate promotional art.
Supervised other artists.
Shipped Titles:
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
Sid Meier’s Civilization V (PC)
XCOM: Enemy Within (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
XCOM 2 (PC)Did marketing illustrations, color keys and environments. Worked on two unreleased titles and collaborated with the teams' directors to create initial artistic vision.