2023 Senior Exhibition Artists

Mattie Chartier

Art + Design: Animation + Game Arts

About Mattie Chartier

Mattie Chartier is a non-binary 2D concept artist from Rhode Island. They have worked in a wide array of mediums, starting with traditional media like charcoal drawing, water, and oil painting had broken into digital arts in college and found a love of visual development. They have always loved concept art and enjoyed the distinctive designs that would be made for buildings, plants, and items within a scene. Having found their niche in developing 2D environment art and props. Growing up with different media and books only fueled the fire and fell in love with fantasy.

Artist Statement

I started with the prompt of a tropical island and expanded with specific questions. How would they travel? What food do they eat? I was having fun designing giant crabs that are used for trading vessels. I was inspired by looking up at different sea animals and fell onto seeing a spider crab, which is huge! So, I did some different iterations, along with designing the Island itself and developing its specific fauna. I researched various environments and cultures for different food preparations. It is important to keep to the roots of cultures when developing properly. Eventually, I would love to work on games and media that I grew up on to inspire a more hopeful future.