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Olivia, a black-and-white character painting by Luca Pisanu

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A bridge through the imagined world of Nakali — Forgotten Island

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A lone survivor beneath Nookvale’s orange Afterglow sun, with layered purple hills and a navy sky

A cozy little apocalypse.

An independent game by Luca Pisanu

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Warm sunset lighting in Nookvale, Luca’s cozy zombie survival game for iOS

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Luca Pisanu outdoors in Los Angeles

LUCA PISANU / LOS ANGELES, CA

About.

I’m an Italian Art Director and Visual Development Artist based in Los Angeles, currently at DreamWorks Animation.

I make worlds for films and games. Outside the studio, I paint, take photographs, and develop independent games through Soft Orbit Studio.

Recent experiences

DreamWorks
Disney
Netflix
Apple
Insomniac Games
Guerrilla Games

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PAINTINGS / CHARACTERS / STUDIES

Personal work.

Olivia, an original black-and-white character painting.

A smiling character among tropical leaves.

A hillside house with a parked van.

Sunlight through an old stone passage.

A small vehicle beneath towering misty mountains.

A vehicle crossing a warm desert landscape.

A landscape beneath glowing clouds.

Sunlight breaking through towering clouds.

A blue sky opening between sculpted clouds.

A small flying machine crossing a vast sky.

An old wooden house in summer light.

Palm trees and a neon sign at sunset.

A determined character in a cinematic close-up.

Warm sunlight across a bathroom sink.

Explorers at an icy waterfall.

A quiet office in afternoon light.

A skater above a sunlit fence.

A sunlit shopping street seen from above.

A lineup of stylized tree designs.

Space Bunny, a spacecraft and character design.

A quiet office in a shaft of warm light.

A rooftop view over a city street in Burbank.

A girl carrying a vase.

Griffith Observatory in bright afternoon light.

A small house in a hazy landscape.

A staircase in warm green light.

An island rising above the sea.

A quiet room with a bicycle and an open window.

Character and creature sketches.

A forest opening in cool blue-green light.

A solitary figure beneath an immense tree.

A luminous clearing in a green forest.

A small figure beneath roots in warm orange light.

A traveler at the edge of a forest clearing.

A radiant turquoise forest.

A tree design with broad red canopies.

A sculptural tree and its hanging roots.

A blue forest landscape in snow.

A sunlit countryside and an old house.

A vivid fantasy landscape beneath a blue sky.

A hillside stairway in Santa Monica.

An island cliff beneath clouds.

Black-and-white interior lighting studies.

Snowy peaks beneath a violet sky.

Science-fiction vehicle design studies.

Two stylized character designs.

A sailing ship beyond palm trees.

A quiet moment at a tall sunlit window.

A painted character portrait with red hair.

A kitchen interior viewed from above.

Figures and produce at a busy market.

A bright tropical island and blue sea.

Two mountain landscape studies.

A collection of forest composition thumbnails.

Black-and-white house design studies.

Cloud and light studies.

A waterfall in a lush green valley.

A canyon rock formation painted in warm sunlight.

A black-and-white forest scene with a distant figure.

A sunlit street crossing.

Colourful urban building studies.

A portrait painting after a master.

A colourful city facade and arched shopfront.

A collection of stylized car designs.

Figures resting on a dark blue sofa.

A seated character and chair design.

A Copenhagen street viewed from above.

An airplane at its gate at LAX.

A small house glowing at the edge of a garden.

From Killers.

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A house in an expansive mountain valley.

An intricate house design, from Killers.

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