Craig Elliott

Craig Elliott
Born	July 13, 1971
Nationality	American
Area(s)	artist

Craig Elliott (July 13, 1971) is an illustrator, visual development artist and layout artist who works in the animation industry. After graduating from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 1996, he went on to work on numerous films for Disney Feature Animation, Dreamworks and other animation studios.

In between his professional assignments, Craig also exhibits his fine art illustrations and paintings at both Wondercon and Comic-Con International as well as occasionally teaching at the Art Center College of Design and the Gnomon School of Visual Effects.

Books and comics

Craig has painted comic book and cover artwork for Dark Horse Comics,^[1] appeared in various art periodicals such as Spectrum,^[2] Erotic Fantasy Art^[3] and The World's Greatest Erotic Art of Today^[4] as well as self publishing his own projects through the Aristata imprint.^[5]

In 2008, Craig was invited to contribute a piece to the Totoro Forest Project,^[6] a fund raising exhibition/auction to support the national trust Totoro Forest Foundation that was founded by Oscar Award winning film maker Hayao Miyazaki.

Works

• Rise of the Argonauts (2008) (concept artist)

Filmography

• Hercules (1997) (visual development artist)
• Mulan (1998) (key layout artist)
• The Emperor's New Groove (2000) (visual development artist)
• Treasure Planet (2002) (visual development artist/key assistant layout artist)
• Shark Tale (2004) (visual development artist)
• Father of the Pride (2004) (visual development artist)
• Flushed Away (2006) (visual development artist)
• Bee Movie (2007) (visual development artist)
• Enchanted (2007) (layout artist)
• The Princess and the Frog (2009) (visual development artist)
• The Spook's Apprentice (2009) (visual development artist)
• Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil (2010) (visual development artist)
• Puss in Boots (2011) (visual development artist)

Notes and references

1. ^ Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor: "Turnpike" adaption, Max Alan Collins; art, Craig Elliott
2. ^ Spectrum Fantastic Art
3. ^ Harper Collins
4. ^ Erotic Signature
5. ^ Aristata Publishing
6. ^ Totoro Forest Project

External links

• Craig Elliott Concept Design, Fine Art and Illustration
• Craig Elliott at Internet Movie Database
• Craig Elliott profile at www.tor.com
• Craig Elliott profile at www.linesandcolors.com
• interview: Craig Elliott at www.drawn2gether.com

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