Anthony Conley was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Ever since a kid, Anthony loved drawing characters. Anthony’s first job as an artist was with a startup web game studio called Neopets.com. He was hired as an illustrator but was soon promoted to lead artist and then art director. The game gained worldwide success which took Anthony around the world on promotional events where he and his team of artists would sketch the popular Neopets characters for fans that queued for hours to receive the coveted drawings. It wasn’t long before the company was acquired by Viacom and Anthony would transition to a position as Senior Art Director for Nickelodeon’s Global Creative Group. In this role, he met many creative people and forged strong relationships with industry professionals. After four years on the job, Anthony decided to become an independent artist. Before long, he found himself producing licensed artwork for top tier companies like Disney, Netflix, Illumination and Coca-Cola. Through a connection he made while at Nickelodeon, Anthony secured his first illustrated book project, Rabbit, Worm and the Giant Carrot. Soon, more book projects would follow and this is where he found his new passion for book illustration. To date, Anthony has illustrated over 20 titles, including Black Panther, Shazaam! and Afro Unicorn. Anthony also illustrated the board book, I Love My Hair for Sesame Street’s Coming Together series, Batman, Dr Seuss’ Cooking with The Lorax, My Little Pony and many more.
Below are projects that Anthony art directed or directly contributed artwork for.
Packaging Art / Digital Painting
Key Art/Art Direction
ButterBeans Cafe concept design, composition & art direction – Anthony Conley CG modeling and final art rendering – McCown Design Agency
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