Painted to sell the box.
Jeremy Olenski paints key art, box covers, posters and characters for Barbie, Transformers, Bratz and Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights. Freelancing out of Los Angeles since 2004.
The whole wall
Every title in the store, spine-out and sorted by aisle. Pull one to open the box.
Family
Licensed game covers for Mattel and MGA through Outright Games, plus character concepts for Elf on the Shelf. The pipeline never changes: sketch, client pass, 3-D block-in, hand-painted finish.
Action
Sci-fi, sports and racing: Transformers, NBA Bounce, and the Matchbox logo that was his very first professional gig.
Horror
Universal Studios Hollywood, Halloween Horror Nights. Since 2018 Jeremy has designed characters and key art for HHN mazes. It's the work that turned a freelancer into a Universal key artist.
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Trick 'r TreatPoster · HHN 2018Painted on an iPad Pro, during HHN.
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Holidayz in HellMaze poster · HHN 2019 -
"Osterhase!" the Easter BunnyCharacter painting · HHN commission -
Fergus O'Grotin the LeprechaunKey art · HHN 2018 -
Cupid's VictimConcept painting · HHN commission -
Father TimeConcept to key art · 2019 -
Scary SantaCharacter design process · 2019 -
Turkey LurkeyConcept & key art · 2019 -
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PC Games
Cover key art for independent PC releases, with concept-to-finish ownership on every one.
Staff Picks
Personal paintings and passion projects. Nobody commissioned these; he painted them because he wanted to.
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A Nightmare on Elm StreetTribute poster · PersonalA tribute to his favorite horror franchise.
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Jurassic World: "Blue"2-D painting · Personal -
The Cat in the Hat2-D painting · For a game project -
Stony Gables at TwilightDigital painting · PersonalInspired by Knoebels, his hometown park, and its fudge shop.
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Before he painted the cover, he was on the mound.
Jeremy was a left-handed pitcher scouted by multiple Major League organizations until a career-ending arm injury sent him toward drawing, sculpting, voice acting and puppeteering. He has freelanced as a concept artist since 2004, with more than 125 published projects for clients including Disney, Warner Bros., Hasbro, Mattel, Amazon, Nickelodeon and Universal Studios.
Off the tablet he's a professional voice actor, puppeteer and on-screen performer. That instinct for character and performance shows up in every maze creature and cover hero he paints.
"I started freelancing as a concept artist in 2004. By 2019 I was painting key art for Universal Studios Hollywood."
- Services
- Concept art, key art, digital painting, character design, matte painting, 3-D sculpting, logo design, voice acting
- Process
- Expressive black-and-white layout, then color, then the painted finish
- Software
- Photoshop, Procreate, Illustrator, Affinity Designer, Autodesk Maya, ZBrush
- Traditional
- Graphite, charcoal, India ink, acrylics, oil paint, gouache, watercolor
- Based in
- Los Angeles, CA