David Nakayama
David Nakayama
Freelance Illustration & Concept Art | Cover Artist
Honolulu, United States

Summary

David Nakayama is a Honolulu-based freelance illustrator, concept artist, and art director. He's best known for his Marvel Comics cover art (X-MEN, SPIDER-MAN), DC Comics cover art (CATWOMAN, POISON IVY) and Hasbro packaging art, but also freelances for the likes of Epic Games, WayForward, Wizards of the Coast, WB, Capcom, Crystal Dynamics, ImagineFX, Abrams Books, Dynamite Comics, Dark Horse, Fantasy Flight Games, Upper Deck, and many others. He previously worked in the video game industry as an Art Lead at Jam City and led the art teams for HARRY POTTER: HOGWARTS MYSTERY and MARVEL AVENGERS ACADEMY. Before that, he was a Marketing Artist at Kixeye and Art Lead at NCSoft, on superhero MMO CITY OF HEROES.

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Skills

Comic ArtConcept ArtMarketing IllustrationDigital PaintingArt DirectionStoryboardingBook Cover IllustrationGame Development

Software proficiency

Photoshop
Photoshop

Experience

  • Cover Artist at Marvel Comics
    August 2004 - Present

  • Cover Artist at DC Comics
    August 2020 - Present