Daryl Anselmo

AI Slop, 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

Improbable Worlds, Midwinter Entertainment (Co-Founder), Zynga, Electronic Arts (x2), Disney, Propaganda Games (Co-Founder)

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

Lately, I've been an advocate for the creative use of AI-driven artist workflows, speaking at institutions like Stanford, UC Berkeley, Siggraph and Google. My work has been showcased on the Main Stage at TED 2023, and featured in exhibitions such as Architecture After AI (University of Texas at Austin, 2023) and Contract of Fiction (P61 Gallery, Berlin, 2025), exploring AI’s role in architecture, design, and narrative.

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

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

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

AI User Group/Conference (x3), View Conference (x2), Stanford, UC Berkeley, CVPR, Siggraph (x3), Google (x2), Gusto, E3, Digipen, PKN, KAST

Zynga Creative Elite, Zynga Rockstar, Electronic Arts Award of Excellence, Electronic Arts Canada Rookie of the Year