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2000 - Present
Creative direction Vis Dev and entertainment
1998 - Present
Jacob Romeo Lecuyer, Creative Director, has over 20 years of experience working in visual storytelling as both a leader and a multidisciplinary artist. Jacob was the lead visual developer for Meow Wolf Denver, where he led teams of concept artists and delivered a ground breaking, five story, $60M immersive, interactive experience that has seen over 1 million visitors. Jacob then co-founded Astronewt, an independent entertainment studio in the Seattle, Washington area. He enjoys working across the entire project life cycle whether it’s pitching, planning, or leading teams in production.
His work has been featured in industry leading publications such as The New York Times and Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art.
University Work
2005 - Present
After 10+ years working as an educator, Jacob was recruited by SFUAD to team up with Disney Artist David Gardner to build and run their 120 unit Digital Arts and Visual Development/Concept Art program. Other University work includes lecture and curriculum development at CSUF, AISD, AIOC, and
Cypress College.
Independent Work
2003 - Present
Jacob has developed a number of creator- owned visual storytelling projects. His own works include a reinterpretation of classic Grimm brothers fairy tales called Iron John and a delightful comic chronicling the plight of cute fuzzy (and sometimes slimy) creatures from around the cosmos in Everybody Does Their Chores in Polyuna.
Check out these projects on his project launch page: -HERE-
Education
1996 - 2012
Jacob spent over a decade in the world of higher education diligently honing his craft as an artist. Amongst other things, he received a BA in Studio Art and two terminal degrees (MA, & MFA) in the field of the visual and commercial arts. He ardently loves learning, and has got enough degrees and certificates to wallpaper his studio walls to prove it. ;) More importantly, he's been fortunate enough to study domestically and abroad with some of the best artist/mentors that exist anywhere in the field including Nathan Fowkes, Bill Perkins, Jeff Watts, Ron Lemen, Marshall Vandruff, Nathan Fowkes, Bill Perkins, Rey Bustos, and Steve Huston.
Schools he's attended include:
-Watts Atelier (SD Ca)
-Cal State University Fullerton
-Humboldt State University (Arcata Ca)
-Concept Design Academy (Pasadena Ca)
-University of Western Sydney (Kingswood Australia)
