Ricardo Guimaraes is a concept designer and illustrator with extended work experience at the entertainment industry. He joins our faculty from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ricardo’s illustrations have been showcased at ImagineFX Magazine, Ballistic Publishing’s EXOTIQUE and Photoshop Creative, among many others. His clients include Blizzard Entertainment, Square Enix, Ubisoft, Tangentleman, Ghost VFX, and many others. Joining MSU as a Professor of Practice, he will teach, among other courses, Concept Design for students in the Film and Games focus areas and 3D Graphic Design. He will also contribute to the work of the Games for Entertainment and Learning (GEL) Lab.