About
Since 1998, Robert MacKenzie has worked as a concept artist, illustrator and art director , with experience spanning across film, animation, commercials and games.
He began his career in visual effects at ILM where he worked as a visual development artist in their feature animation division and a storyboard and concept artist on numerous films and and commercial productions. In 2003, he moved into feature animation, where he worked as a Production Illustrator at PDI Dreamworks and later as a lead artist at Blue Sky Studios, working on everything from characters, set design and colour keys. His film credits include The Hulk , Shrek 2, Horton Hears a Who!, Epic, The Peanuts Movie, Ferdinand and numerous Ice Age films.
Robert has also worked as a children’s book illustrator, publishing with Abrams, Sterling and Random House. He served as an Illustration/ Animation instructor at San Jose State University and taught Character Design at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
In 2017, Robert moved into mobile games, when he joined King as Senior Director of Visual Development.