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Léo Chiola

Concept Artist, Comic Artist, Illustrator

Léo Chiola began his career when he was 20 years old as a freelance comic artist and illustrator. In 2017, he joined the animation studio Boulder Media, owned by Hasbro, to work as a character designer on the animated TV show, Transformers: Cyberverse.

In August 2019, Léo settled in Canada where he currently works full-time as a concept and comic artist for Digital Dimension Entertainment Group, developing the art of an exciting, brand-new animated TV series.


Follow Léo Chiola on Instagram: @leo.chiola.


  • If you like stylized mecha and giant robots, do yourself a favor and learn from a great character designer how to create solid shapes and dynamic poses in his own unique style.

    - Serge Birault
    Character Designer

  • Léo has a great understanding of shape language and knows how to create awesome designs that look both functional and fun. Having worked in video games, animation, and also as a comic book artist, Léo has extensive knowledge of stylized character design. I highly recommend his workshop.

    - Edward Delandre
    Concept Artist at Eidos Montreal

  • Léo is a hell of a comic artist, and has great experience in mechanical character design; while working on Transformers he provided a lot of concept sketches and technical drawings for robots and vehicles so I’m looking forward to seeing what he will come up with on this [workshop].

    - Marco Caradonna
    Art Director

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