I'm a painter who spent most of my life bouncing between San Francisco and New Delhi, finally settling somewhat in between them in Munich, where I work as an associate art director at Plaion. I spend the rest of my time making art for Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons, and making my own pictures in oils and ink. I think that I should take up some other hobbies, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
For freelance or private commission inquiries, please email me at sidchagan@gmail.com.
Plaion - Associate Art Director, 2023-Present; Assistant Art Director, 2020-22; Concept Artist, 2014-19
Art direction, concept art and marketing/key art for various projects, including Dead Island 2, Saints Row The Third Remastered, Metro Exodus, Hot Wheels Unleashed, Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged, Scars Above, Agents of Mayhem, Homefront: The Revolution, Dead Island: Epidemic, and Sacred 3
Wizards of the Coast - Illustrator, 2013-Present
Illustrations for Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons 5E
TinyCo - Game Artist, 2013-2014
Concept art, illustration, game assets, UI design, storyboards and marketing design for various projects, including Spellstorm, Family Guy, Tiny Village
Other Clients
Penguin Random House - Illustrations for Eragon: The Illustrated Edition
Facebook - Sticker illustrations for the sets Downer Dinos and Virtual Reality Check
Space Sciences Lab, UC Berkeley - Cover design and painting for NASA proposal
Riot Games - Splash art for League of Legends
Concept Art House - Card Art for mobile games
Present Creative – Card Art for mobile games
Fantasy Flight Games – Card Art for Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Warhammer, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Talisman
CoolStuffInc - Illustrations for playmats
Metamoki – Illustrations for Mob Wars
Cognitive Kid – Background painting and marketing art for educational games
NinjaChip Studios - Environment and prop design
Paradigm Concepts – Character illustrations for Arcanis
Skills – Illustration; Traditional painting; Sketching; Concept Design (Production, Environments, Characters)
Education
Academy of Art University - MFA Painting, 2011
University of Miami - BA Art and Art History, 2008
Publications
Spectrum 26, Flesk Publications
Spectrum 25, Flesk Publications
Exposé 11, Ballistic Publishing
In Place: Wish You Were Here, Light Grey Art Lab
Exhibitions
2015 - IlluxCon 2015 Weekend Salon, Allentown, PA
2014 - IlluxCon 2014 Main Show, Allentown, PA
2013 - IlluxCon 2013 Weekend Salon, Allentown, PA
2013 - In Place Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN
2013 - Beyond Academia The Frame Gallery, Agoura Hills, CA
2013 - Fiction - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 - Tarot: Art of Fortune - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 – Dark Art: A Tribute to Metal – Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 – Notorious – Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 - Momento Mori - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 - Le Salon de Refuse - Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2011 - Spring Show (Illustration) - Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA