Hello and thanks for visiting!

BioWare Edmonton has been my home for some time now. I work as a Character Artist, and feel very fortunate to work with highly skilled people everyday and have the opportunity to contribute to great new games.

I graduated from the Alberta College of Art & Design in 2001 with a Bachelor of Design, majoring in Visual Communications. 

Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with family, training Taiji, working on personal art, reading, and building model kits.

Below are some links to work-related character art interviews over the years, and of course, my workplace:

BioWare:

http://www.bioware.com/en/

Pixologic's Dragon Age: Inquisition character art team interview:

http://pixologic.com/interview/dragon-age-inquisition/

Digital Tutors interview with me on making character art for Dragon Age: Inquisition:

http://blog.digitaltutors.com/making-character-art-dragon-age-inquisition/

Pixologic's Mass Effect 3 character art team interview:

http://pixologic.com/interview/mass-effect3/1/

Pixologic's Dragon Age 2 character art team interview:

http://pixologic.com/interview/dragon-age2/1/

Pixologic's Mass Effect 2 character art team interview:

http://pixologic.com/interview/mass-effect2/1/

rion.swanson@gmail.com