DARYL ANSELMO

Award-winning artist, director, advisor, and founder. Technical. Passionate about the creative application of emerging technology.


Currently researching hybrid CG/AI workflows for production-quality visuals.


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PROJECTS
Regions, Amazon Prime Video, TED 2023, Octopus Panic, Scavengers, Midwinter Entertainment, FarmVille 2, Army Of Two, Tron, Pirates of the Caribbean, Turok, Def Jam Fight For NY, Def Jam Vendetta, NBA Street, NBA Live
STUDIO XP
Improbable Worlds, Midwinter Entertainment (Co-Founder), Zynga, Electronic Arts (x2), Disney, Propaganda Games (Co-Founder)
INFO

I'm a Canadian-American artist, director, advisor, and founder; probably best known as the co-creator of the original NBA Street and Def Jam franchises for Electronic Arts. I was also the Art Director (and eventually Creative Director) for FarmVille 2 at Zynga, served as a Director of Art for The Walt Disney Company, and co-founded two startups of my own, both of which had successful exits.


Lately, I've become an advocate for the creative use of AI-based artist workflows, and have been speaking at various institutions including Stanford, UC Berkeley, Siggraph and Google. My work was showcased on the Main Stage at TED 2023.


I'm currently deepening my practice providing consulting and creative services for various clients. I write my own code, and split my time between San Francisco and Vancouver.

SKILLS
Entrepreneurial Leadership, Strategy, Direction, Design, Education, Research & Development, Synthetic Rendering, AI Based Content Workflows, Model Finetunes, Dataset Creation, Data Visualization, Stable Diffusion, Unreal Engine, Python, Processing, Blender, Maya, C++, Figma
PRESS
The Guardian, la Repubblica, Hollywood Reporter, Voltaire Magazine, Yanko Design, Sotheby's, Imagicasa, ArtArt, TimeExtension, JeuxOnline, The Escapist, Dual Shockers, Gamezebo, HPPT, Autodesk, Entertainment Weekly, All Hip Hop, 106 & Park, Official Playstation Magazine
SPEAKING
AI User Group/Conference (x3), View Conference (x2), Stanford, UC Berkeley, CVPR, Siggraph (x3), Google (x2), Gusto, E3, Digipen, PKN, KAST
AWARDS
Zynga Creative Elite, Zynga Rockstar, Electronic Arts Award of Excellence, Electronic Arts Canada Rookie of the Year
HELLO
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