ScribbleMills Design

About

I’m Michael Mills, a concept artist, visual development specialist and illustrator with over a decade of experience in the entertainment industry. My work spans film and television, video games, and themed entertainment, where I bring ideas to life through compelling visuals.

With a strong foundation in traditional illustration and modern digital workflows, I excel at creative problem-solving, storytelling, and world-building. I’ve contributed to Emmy and Canadian Screen Award-winning productions, designed immersive theme park attractions for global brands, and developed concept art and illustrations for games. My process blends 2D and 3D techniques, using tools like Photoshop, Blender, and SketchUp to craft high-quality designs that translate seamlessly into production.

Whether designing environments, characters, props, or cinematic matte paintings, I thrive in collaborative settings, helping teams visualize and refine their creative vision. If you’re looking for an artist who gets excited for very cool visuals, can adapt, innovate, and deliver,

let’s connect!

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Skills

Software proficiency

After Effects

Illustrator

Photoshop

Corel Painter

Procreate

SketchBook Pro

SketchUp

Blender

Modo

Jira

Slack

Shotgun

Reel

Productions

- Movie
  The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
- Year
  2020
- Role
  Digital matte painter
- Company
  Sinking ship entertainment
- Video Game
  Pokerstars VR
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Senior Concept Artist
- Company
  Lucky VR
- TV Production
  Endlings
- Year
  2020
- Role
  Concept artist, Matte Painter
- Company
  Sinking Ship Entertainment
- TV Production
  Odd Squad: Mobile Unit
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Concept artist
- Company
  Sinking Ship Entertainment
- TV Production
  Ghostwriter
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Concept artist, Matte Painter
- Company
  Sinking Ship Entertainment

Experience

Senior Concept Artist at Lucky VR
Toronto, CA
November 2021 - February 2023
• Worked on Pokerstars VR with the initial environment design of Casino One, Sports

book, PSVR2 and other unannounced updates.

• Worked with Art leadership to develop concept artwork that defines the overall look

and within the art style for the game.

• Designed a wide range of original concepts including; characters, vehicles, interior

and exterior environments, weapons, objects.

• Worked with other team members in order to develop the visual direction for the

game as well as learn the limitations of the game engine.
Concept Artist at Sinking Ship Entertainment
Toronto, CA
August 2018 - February 2021
• Story-boarded animatic sequences to pitch to the show producers and director.

• Helped design 2D and 3D original; props, environments, characters and some

graphics/UI.

• Worked with shot compositors to help design and create photo-realistic background

matte paintings for projection and set extension.

• Film & Television shows produced while at SSE:

• Odd Squad Mobile Unit (2020) (Canadian Screen awards winner)

• Endlings (2020) (2 Emmy award winner)

• Ghostwriter (2019) (3 daytime Emmy award winner)
Concept Designer at Forrec Ltd.
Toronto, Canada
July 2013 - August 2018
Being part of the creative design team, I am responsible for initial blue-sky design thinking, utilizing shape language, form and lighting with creating convincing and captivating concept art and illustrations for the pitch team. I was responsible for some art directing on characters, props, environment concepts and final concept illustrations or key marketing art.

Some of the many clients I have worked with while at Forrec include:

LEGO (Illustrator)

Six Flags (Concept Artist)

Nickelodeon (Concept Artist)

Universal Studios Beijing (Art Direction)

The Wanda Group (Concept Artist)

The Chimelong Group (Concept Artist)