Paul Mellender ArtsEst. 1987
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An art services studio for attractions, film, television, games, and exhibition.

Illustration, concept, art direction, production design, and 3D — taken on at whatever level of the stack a project needs. Working since 1987.

Two Thea Awards, 2026· Academy Award winning short· Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

Work

Attractions
Film
IP
Illustration and Concept Art
Fine Art
3D

Services

What the studio takes on.

Contract and project-based work, scoped by the piece, by the phase, or by the project. Available for on-site presence during design review and installation.

Direction

  • Art direction and creative direction
  • Production design
  • Visual development and look development
  • Concept art and worldbuilding
  • Art department leadership
  • Client and stakeholder presentation

Execution

  • Illustration and finished painting, oil and digital
  • Character, environment, and prop design
  • 3D modeling and sculpt
  • Facial morphs and anatomical correctives
  • Digital matte painting
  • Rigging, animation, VFX

Production

  • Pipeline architecture
  • Vendor and outsource management
  • Distributed and international team direction
  • Scrum and agile delivery

Exhibitions

  • Original oil paintings and drawings, exhibited through the year
  • Limited edition prints
  • Limited portrait and subject commissions

Teaching & consultation

  • Classes for advanced and professional artists — private, group, or in studio
  • Instruction grounded in perceptual science, not style
  • Consultation at the outset of a project, when one stalls, or at the eleventh hour

Credits & recognition

Attractions
Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment, Dark Universe, Universal Epic Universe Orlando. Wizarding World, Universal Epic Universe Orlando. SeaWorld Yas Island, Abu Dhabi — with Mousetrappe Media.
Film
The Singers. Death of a Unicorn. Snow Blind. Battle Chasers. A Single Woman.
Television
Moon Knight. Werewolf by Night. The Boys. The Witcher. Sweet Tooth. Midnight Mass. The Midnight Club. The Queen's Gambit. The Haunting of Bly Manor. Paper Girls. Cowboy Bebop. Tales from the Loop. Superman and Lois. Locke and Key. And ten more.
Games
Magic: The Gathering Arena. Game of Thrones Conquest.
Exhibition
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery — Women of Our Time.
Clients
Disney. NBC Universal. Warner Bros. HBO. Blizzard Entertainment. Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast. Zoic Studios. Cinesite. Mousetrappe Media. Deviation Games. Idaho Productions. Bosi Art Studio. Aristocrat.
2026

Thea Award, Outstanding Achievement — Attraction. Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment.

2026

Thea Award, Outstanding Achievement — Theme Park. Universal Epic Universe. Credited in the official TEA list.

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Academy Award winning short, The Singers. Featured artist; poster and key art.

2006

Finalist, Art Renewal Center Salon. International juried competition in representational art.

Attraction work is covered by NDA and is not shown here. It can be walked through privately under your NDA.

Contact

Available for contract and project-based work.

Paul Mellender, Principal
Paul@paulmellender.com
Woburn, Massachusetts
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