A day in the life of a concept artist

Creative talk Carolina Tello Zeleski, an art director at California-based studio Sanzaru Games, takes us through her typical day…

- Carolina Tello Zeleski

“I believe in video games as an art form. I love to create experiences for people. But these past nine months, my day has looked a lot different than normal. Not only am I juggling being a fulltime art director, but my young son is being schooled remotely, too.

Things get going at 7am when I get my son ready for the day – his first class begins at 8am. Next, I’ll check emails while multi-tasking his classes and responding to questions from my producers and artists. Then it’s time for lunch and a chance to get outside for a bike ride, walk or a lightsaber battle in the park.