Character Design for Film and TV: 2D to 3D Workflow with Ehsan Bigloo

Ehsan Bigloo is a Senior Concept Designer specializing in creatures, characters, armor, and costumes for the entertainment industry. His credits include at least 22 movies and 11 TV shows, including Men in Black: International, IT Chapter Two, Love and Monsters, Dark Phoenix, The Prey, Archive 81, Resident Alien, and Morbius. Ehsan was a Lead Creature Designer on The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power and also on the upcoming Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. In addition to film and TV, he has created concept designs for many AAA game companies, including EA BioWare, Wizards of The Coast, Archetype Entertainment, and Riot Games, to name a few. Ehsan was also a Lead Concept Artist on ASC projects including the “DIVE” and “THE EYE: Calanthek” short films. He is currently working as a freelance Concept Artist (Sr. Character and Creature Designer&Developer).

Ehsan has an extensive traditional art background in figurative drawing, clay sculpting, and oil painting and specialized in surreal figurative art. He has always loved movies and filmmaking and, growing up in the 80s, it was the behind-the-scenes insights into SFX movies like Alien, E.T., Star Wars, The Thing, and The Terminator that inspired him to become a monster maker. 

Ehsan has been nominated as 'Best Creature Designer of the Year' for two consecutive years by the Concept Art Association.