Changes: David Alvarez

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David "Rez" Alvarez is a Senior Concept Artist at Ubisoft Annecy, as well as a teacher at the Emile Cohl school. His contributions to the Assassin's Creed series primarily consist of setting and landscape concepts for the series' multiplayer and singleplayer components.

Biography

Alvarez was born on 14 May 1981 in Haute-Vienne, France. Initially, Alvarez studied commerce at Institut d'Economie scientifique et de Gestion DUT (1999 – 2001), but upon completing this course, he felt that art was his true calling. In 2004, Alvarez enrolled at the Ecole d'art supérieure Emile Cohl, where he studied graphic design, art and illustration. During this time, he worked freelance for Eden Games on various projects, including a joint university project with Unreal Engine in which he received a Distinction grade.

Upon graduating in 2008, Alvarez began his career with Ubisoft, where he worked for a year before pursuing other freelance projects. However, Ubisoft were so impressed with his style and art that they actively sought to have him work on their Assassin's Creed series.

Games credited

Test Drive 2 (2007) - Unreal Engine
Assassin's Creed II (2009) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy (2010 – 2011) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed III (2012) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed: Unity (2014) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (2015) - Ubisoft
Tom Clancy's The Division (2016) - Ubisoft

Trivia

During his time working on his final year project for university, Alvarez gained proficiency as an Unreal Game Engine editor.
He was also one of the artists at Ubisoft to have had their work featured in an international art exhibition.
As well as his previous accomplishments, Alvarez is an award winning sculptor.

Gallery

An image gallery is available for David Alvarez

The following gallery contains concept artwork created by David Alvarez for the Assassin's Creed series.

External links

David Alvarez's official website.
David Alvarez's official blog.
David Alvarez's professional profile at LinkedIn.
David Alvarez's work on DeviantArt.
David Alvarez's award winning work at Itsartmag.com.

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-'''David "Rez" Alvarez''' is a Senior Concept Artist at [[Ubisoft]] Annecy, who is currently working on future projects for the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]], after completing work on ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' in early 2011.
+'''David "Rez" Alvarez''' is a Senior Concept Artist at [[Ubisoft]] Annecy, as well as a teacher at the Emile Cohl school. His contributions to the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]] primarily consist of setting and landscape concepts for the series' multiplayer and singleplayer components.
+==Biography==
-Prior to this, he took part in a number of projects at Ubisoft Montreal, including the [[multiplayer]] of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''. He is best known for his concept art on [[Castel Gandolfo]], [[San Donato]] and [[Alhambra]]. In 2009, Alvarez worked on ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' as a Concept and Level Artist.
+Alvarez was born on 14 May 1981 in Haute-Vienne, [[France]]. Initially, Alvarez studied commerce at Institut d'Economie scientifique et de Gestion DUT (1999 – 2001), but upon completing this course, he felt that art was his true calling. In 2004, Alvarez enrolled at the Ecole d'art supérieure Emile Cohl, where he studied graphic design, art and illustration. During this time, he worked freelance for Eden Games on various projects, including a joint university project with Unreal Engine in which he received a Distinction grade.
+Upon graduating in 2008, Alvarez began his career with Ubisoft, where he worked for a year before pursuing other freelance projects. However, Ubisoft were so impressed with his style and art that they actively sought to have him work on their ''Assassin's Creed'' series.
-== Biography ==
-Alvarez was born on May 14th 1981 in Rhone-Alpes, [[France]]. Initially, Alvarez studied commerce at Institut d'Economie scientifique et de Gestion DUT (1999 – 2001), but upon completing this course, he felt that art was his true calling. In 2004, Alvarez enrolled at the Ecole d'art supérieure Emile Cohl, where he studied graphic design, art and illustration. During this time, he worked freelance for Eden Games on various projects, including a joint university project with Unreal Engine in which he received a Distinction grade.
+==Games credited==
-Upon graduating in 2008, Alvarez began his career with Ubisoft, where he worked for a year before pursuing other freelance projects. However, Ubisoft were so impressed with his style and art that they actively sought to have him work on their Assassin's Creed series.
+*''Test Drive 2'' (2007) - Unreal Engine
+*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' (2009) - Ubisoft
+*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' (2010) - Ubisoft
+*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' (2010 – 2011) - Ubisoft
+*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' (2011) - Ubisoft
+*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' (2012) - Ubisoft
+*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' (2013) - Ubisoft
+*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' (2014) - Ubisoft
+*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' (2015) - Ubisoft
+*''Tom Clancy's The Division'' (2016) - Ubisoft
+==Trivia==
-== Games credited ==
-*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' (2012), Ubisoft
-*''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' (2010 – 2011), Ubisoft
-*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' (2010 – 2011), Ubisoft
-*''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' (2010), Ubisoft
-*''Assassin's Creed II'' (2009), Ubisoft
-*''Test Drive 2'' (2007), Unreal Engine
-== Gallery ==
-This gallery contains concept artwork created by David Alvarez for the ''Assassin's Creed'' series.
-<gallery widths="160" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" captiontextcolor="#ffffff">
-ACB Sienna.jpg
-Alliance.jpg
-Codex Room.jpg
-Acbdlc4mp12vipdamarossadefendingagaisntpariah.jpg
-Acbdlc4mp13alhambraassassinate1.jpg
-Alhambra1.jpg
-b630d83b561102c4f1864bf30b71d9.jpg
-ACR MP Artefact Mode.jpg
-ACR MP SC 10 Deathmatch Constantinople Assassinations.jpg
-Assassins-Creed-Revelations PS3-MP-Beta-Announcement s1.jpg
-Assassins-Creed-Revelations PS3-MP-Beta-Announcement s3.jpg
-Assassins-Creed-revelations-ACR MP CA 04 Rhodes NightAssassins.jpg
-Assassins-creed-revelations-20110607054550196.jpg
-Revelationsmp1.png
-Ss preview ACR MP CA 05 Rhodes Souk.jpg.jpg
-Rez-assassin-s-creed-revelations-rhodes-sunset.jpg
-Space Assassin.jpg
-Legendary Assassins.jpg
-Free-running over aqueducts.jpg
-acii___props_by_rez_art-d3blyu6.jpg
-</gallery>
-== Trivia ==
-*Alvarez has expert level proficiency with such software as; Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, Adobe Dreamweaver & Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk 3DS Max, Pixologic ZBrush, Autodesk Maya, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere.
 *During his time working on his final year project for university, Alvarez gained proficiency as an Unreal Game Engine editor.
 *He was also one of the artists at Ubisoft to have had their work featured in an international art exhibition.
 *As well as his previous accomplishments, Alvarez is an award winning sculptor.
+==Gallery==
+{{GalleryBox|David Alvarez}}
+The following gallery contains concept artwork created by David Alvarez for the ''Assassin's Creed'' series.
-== External links ==
+==External links==
 *[http://www.davidalvarez.fr/ David Alvarez]'s official website.
 *[http://rez-art.blogspot.com/ David Alvarez]'s official blog.
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 *[http://rez-art.deviantart.com/ David Alvarez]'s work on DeviantArt.
 *[http://rez.itsartmag.com/ David Alvarez]'s award winning work at Itsartmag.com.
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+[[Category:Development team]]
-[[Category:Development Team]]
 [[Category:Assassin's Creed II development team]]
 [[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood development team]]
 [[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations development team]]
 [[Category:Assassin's Creed III development team]]
+[[Category:Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag development team]]
+[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Unity development team]]
+[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Syndicate development team]]