Concept artist

/kˈɒnsɛpt ˈɑːtɪst/

/kˈɑːnsɛpt ˈɑːɹɾɪst/

Concept artist

an artist who specializes in creating visual representations of ideas, often for use in films, video games, and other media

Examples

1. I was a concept artist.

2. Um, it was with my production designer, Nathan Crowley, who works on all of Christopher Nolan’s movies, most of them, and Ryan Church, who was an incredible concept artist, and who had, ironically worked on other failed attempts to put Princess of Mars on to the screen.

3. This might account for the fact that the model has mostly disappeared from the spotlight these days, with the self-proclaimed nerd enjoying a quiet life as a concept artist and animator in Dallas, according to her Twitter.