Cory Loftis, Pixar, and Making Mistakes

The Christ - as featured in Elder John C. Pingree Jr. talk entitled "I have a work for thee"

The Christ - Art Print

Elder John C. Pingree Jr. gave an amazing talk during the most recent General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints entitled "I have a work for thee". In it, he shared a drawing of Jesus Christ that I created well over a decade ago.

Since the talk, I have received numerous requests for prints of the artwork and so I am happy to say that you can now purchase a signed print or a digital download of it from my website at www.bensimonsen.com

Proceeds from the sale of the artwork will be donated to the church's Perpetual Education Fund. To find out more about this inspired program please visit: The Perpetual Education Fund

To watch or listen to Elder Pingree Jr.'s talk click on the following link: "I have a work for thee"

UTA Trax Monsters

Notice anything strange at the UTA Trax stops lately? I had the opportunity to help out the wonderful people at R&R Partners in illustrating these decals for the "See it, hear it, report it" campaign.

Cars 3: Driven to Win

I just finished up working on the Cars 3: Driven to Win video game!

I know I am biased, but this is a really fun game to play! If you're looking for a great 4 player couch co-op racer you should pick it up. Here are a select few pieces of concept art that I worked on as well as some in-game 3D assets that I built with some early UI Designs. Enjoy!!!

 

The Journey - Mormon Message

I had the privilege of working on another Mormon Message with the very talented Heather Dixon. Here's the finished message as well as a sampling of the backgrounds that I did for the project.

The Friend Magazine - December 2016 Cover

Stranger Things - Dustin

Fan art for my favorite new show! Stranger Things on Netflix

Finding Dory - Disney Infinity 3.5 - Morro Bay

Five Stars! "Great Playset - The Finding Dory playset is awesome. Gameplay under the ocean is so neat in Disney Infinity." - PrintMaster (Best Buy reviewer)

I had the amazing privilege of being the Co-Art Director on the Finding Dory Disney Infinity Play-set. I helped to establish the visual direction for the Environments, Enemies, Props, Toys, Buildings, FX, and the User Interface. I'm so proud of how it turned out, thanks goes to all of the amazing people that worked on it! It's a wonderful game.

STAR WARS - Disney Infinity 3.0 - Empire Playset

A promotional concept image for the Star Wars Empire Playset. The Mighty Matthew Armstrong did the initial layout and I rendered it.

STAR WARS - Disney Infinity 3.0 - Obi-Wan Figure Design

Here's a Disney Infinity 3.0 design that I did for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Figure. Here he is sporting the Storm Trooper armor that was eventually removed in the final modeling phase.

A version of this concept can be found in the Star Wars: Twilight of the Republic play-set under the concept unlocks section.

STAR WARS - Disney Infinity 3.0 - Millennium Falcon Design

Here's a Disney Infinity 3.0 design that I did of the Millennium Falcon. This design served as a benchmark for how we planned on handling materials and the exaggeration of shapes for all of the other vehicles. A version of this concept can be found in the Star Wars: Rise Against the Empire play-set under the concept unlocks section.

STAR WARS - Disney Infinity 3.0 - The Force

An early concept for Disney Infinity 3.0 exploring how the Force could effect the world. This piece was published early on in Game Informer.

Book Cover Illustration

This is a sped up process for creating a book cover illustration. I include the design of the title and author, as well as using 3D to present the final product.

Rays of Sunshine

Illustration for The Friend Magazine

Painting & Design Process

This video captures my standard process for creating illustrations. I then put it into a design to show the application.

Tonko House Homework Assignment #1

This is a video capture of the Homework assignment that I did after taking "Painting with Light and Color with Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo" a Schoolism.com class.

Merry Christmas!

All New! www.bensimonsen.com

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City of Temples

Here's a recently published illustration for the cover of the July New Era Magazine

Disney Infinity - Guardians of the Galaxy Play-Set

Guardians Hover Bike Concepts