X-Men Blue Team

Artists

• Anthony Francisco
• Ian MacDonald

About the Artists:

Anthony Francisco is a concept artist based in Burbank, CA. He has worked on various films and game projects in different stages of production. Working for effects houses like Stan Winston Studios, Rick Baker, ADI, Harlow FX, Steve Johnson, and Captive Audience gave Anthony the opportunity to work on movies like Superman Returns, A.I., Men in Black 2, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, Alien VS Predator, Species 3, The Passion of the Christ, and Chronicles of Riddick. From 2004-2006 he worked as a concept artist at NCsoft Santa Monica on the Guild Wars and Tabula Rasa MMO titles. Following his time at NCsoft, Anthony joined the team at Offset Software as the lead concept artist to work on a fantasy based FPS game. In 2011 he worked at Rhythm and Hues on Hunger Games, RIPD and Seventh Son. Anthony also does illustration work for Magic: The Gathering and has been an instructor at Gnomon School for Visual Effects, Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Concept Design Academy and CGMW online. He is currently designing for the Visual Development team at Marvel Studios on Thor 3, Dr. Strange, GOTG 2. The first film he worked on was Guardians of the Galaxy where he had the opportunity to help design Baby Groot.

Ian MacDonald, or "Moose" or "Maple Syrup Jackass" as he's known in some circles, was born in eastern Canada in 1988 and has been freelancing for Sideshow for the past 5 years. He's a graduate of animation, previously having worked a brief stint on the My Little Pony television series; he uses his knowledge acquired through that medium to apply to his concept design and painting at Sideshow. When not drawing undead creatures or superheroes, Ian spends his time nerding out to video games, movies, anime and the like.