Concept Artist - Who's Who: Ross Stewart

Concept Artist: Ross Stewart


Ross Stewart is an Irish concept artist who works in painting, illustration and animation. He has worked on many Oscar nominated feature films and often his work centers around capturing the atmosphere of the setting and the mood which allows people to visualize moving characters engaging and living out stories and lives within his work.
He is often inspired by the Irish landscapes and he uses the atmospheres, light and moods of the land within his work. One of my favorite films is the Song of the Sea, made by Cartoon Saloon, which he works on alongside director Tomm Moore to create concept art for the settings and the characters. On his website Ross Steward states that he would "like to think of the finished piece conveying that energy – the energy of exploration, of the creative process, of hiding and revealing precious elements and layers, of working to achieve that ultimate balance or tension.” which relates into his passion of producing work that is exciting and new, which shows off a different world that is ready to be explored through the media of film.
Ross Stewart's art work relates to the work that I will do on the Invisible Cities project because he builds up many different worlds and he creates moods and atmospheres for each different piece of art which helps give life to his work and it makes it seem like these worlds could be real. I find his art style inspiring because it has many small details within it which helps to build up the work and make it seem much more real and alive.

Website used for quote and information: http://rossstewart.net/about/

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