Concept Design

Concept designers bring stories to life by designing everything an audience sees — from props and scenery to costumes and characters.

The Program

Concept Design at CCS is an intimate, competitive program, with a curriculum developed by Provost and veteran concept designer Tim Flattery. Studies include conceptual skills, 2D and 3D execution, and designing hardware, architecture, characters, and environments.

At a glance

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Possible Career Choices

Facilities

Notable Alumni

CCS’s Concept Design alumni have had a hand in creating characters, vehicles, environments and more for some of the hottest films in Hollywood.

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Elizabeth Kachanova '23

Associate Concept Artist, Escape Velocity Entertainment

Lucas (Yiming) Yan '24

Concept Artist/2D Artist, Seismic Squirrel

Ed Natividad '91

Student Work

Concept Design

Concept Design Reel; Multiple Students

Work by Alexander Nakhleh.

Work by Alexander Nakhleh.

Work by Alexander Nakhleh.

Work by Alexander Nakhleh.

Work by Alexander Nakhleh.

Work by Atharva Dharphale.

Work by Chengjing Tan.

Work by Elizabeth Kachanova.

Work by Elizabeth Kachanova.

Work by Elizabeth Kachanova.

Work by Elizabeth Kachanova.

Work by Madeline Pappas.

Work by Madeline Pappas.

Work by Nicole Vrabel.

Work by Nicole Vrabel.

Work by Alexander Nakhleh.

Digital Concept Design of the inside <a href=of an abandoned wooden cabin deep in the jungle. Made by CCS student, Jeremy Hunter." width="1200" height="643" />

Four black and white digital concept illustrations of the same bunker.

Digital Concept Design of a seaside town filled with white houses and buildings with red tile roofs. Made by CCS Students, Jeremy Hunter

Digital Concept Design of a giant futuristic factory with a rounded copper roof and cement walls.

Six digital concept sketches of the same bunker. Each sketch has a slightly different color scheme.

Digital Concept Design of an Ancient Roman-style city perched on top of a white marble platform rising out of the sea. A cruise ship is at the base of the platform to show scale. Made by CCS Student, Jeremy Hunter

Digital Concept Design of an elaborate city entrance carved out of a mountain side. The city is abandoned, so all structured are covered in moss and sea slime.

Digital concept art of nine black and white cement buildings and other structures designed in <a href=the Brutalist architecture style." width="1200" height="486" />

Digital concept art of three black and white sketches of a complicated machine called a Sulfur Harvester.

Digital Concept Design of two men standing outside the ruins of an old castle on a snowy day.

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