TRAVIS LEE KOLLER

I am a professional visual development illustrator and senior concept designer. I have nearly 20 years of experience with production houses like DreamWorks Animation, Warner Brothers Animation, ReelFX, and EA(Electronic Arts). Through rigorous industry pipelines, I have honed my skills to be a creative powerhouse: fast, thoughtful, and deadline oriented. I was at Dreamworks Animation for 12 years working on some of the biggest computer animation films of the last decade. From 2012-2014 I was a senior concept artist on ReelFX's Book of Life, A dream project. From 2014-2023 I was a senior concept artist at Maxis/EA working on the Sims franchise. These days I find myself enjoying working on animation, films, games, commercials and traditional media work.

My Story

I grew up in northern CA, spending time living both in the rural Sierra Nevada's, hiking, climbing trees and adventuring and in the suburbs just north of Sacramento. I have always loved drawing and painting and from a pretty early age I knew it's what I would end up doing with my life. I had a love of nature instilled in me young and I feel it has formed my observational skills greatly, which in my opinion is as important to an artist as their medium or tools. I went to art school in San francisco and have called home now for 20 years, nearly half my life. Im still in love with this spot of the world. I continue to adventure, explore the wilds and present to the world my take on what I find and observe. 

Enjoy.

Travis