Devin Manning

2017 – 2025

• Partnered with Art Leadership to define and uphold visual direction for Torchlight III
• Supported projects from early incubation through production delivery, adapting visual direction to evolving gameplay and narrative goals
• Oversaw character and world visual development from ideation through final production
• Collaborated with design, narrative, and production to prepare concept briefs and align visual targets across disciplines
• Led by example through hands-on concept work, paint-overs, visual benchmarks, and exploratory R&D
• Provided actionable feedback to internal artists to maintain visual consistency and quality bar

Unannounced Licensed Sci-Fi Project (Cancelled)

• Worked closely with Leads and Art Directors to establish best practices and scalable workflows with external partner studios
• Helped define visual submission standards and pipeline expectations across distributed teams
• Achieved the highest approval rate across external partner concept submissions through clear visual targets and structured feedback
• Contributed high-volume character and world development for a large AAA licensed IP

• Contributed to defining visual tone and character direction for new IP development
• Designed key characters and world elements for Lineage
• Translated gameplay pillars into actionable visual direction in collaboration with design and narrative teams
• Worked within large-scale AAA production pipelines supporting multi-discipline teams

• Principal visual development artist on a character-driven MOBA project
• Defined faction silhouettes, character identity systems, and visual benchmarks
• Supported multiple live-service titles including Battle Pirates and War Commander

• Designed collectible merchandise concepts for major sci-fi IPs
• Delivered production-ready designs in collaboration with manufacturing teams