dacosta bayley

owner and creative director

About

A self-taught, Award winning, multifaceted illustrator, with an insatiable love for all things robotic, DaCosta has been creating professionally since 1995. Working under the studio name ‘CHOCOLATE SOOP®, DaCosta has produced designs across various media and collaborated with artists around the world, including work for major brands like Nintendo, Sony, Nick jr., Atomic Cartoons, Spin Master, Hasbro, Wacom and Google. His passion and philosophy are grounded in the belief that visual art must be soul satisfyingly bold, whether it be a toy design, illustration or an animated project. DaCosta is also the founder of the poplar ‘MARCH of ROBOTS' drawing challenge on Instagram, held during the month of March. Follow @chocolatesoop on Instagram and Facebook for updates on future products and events. chocolatesoopstudio.com

Country

canada

City

vancouver

Industry

design

Skill

illustration, art direction, illustrator, graphic design, concept design, creative direction, storytelling, concept development, characters, logo design, character design, vector illustration, brand development, drawing, branding and identity, toys, video games, character designs, digital illustration, animation, robots

Experience

director

nimble collective, inc

2016-1 - 2017-4 · 1 yr 4 mos

Select as part of the pilot programme. Creator of Sunny & Gerd, Writer and Director of the debut short film Sunny & Gerd - Spring Cleaning

creator of

march of robots!

2014-3 - Present · 12 yrs 7 mos

Established the community daily sketch challenge in 2012 initially called Botober. Which was moved to March in 2014.

product evangelist

wacom technology corp.

2013-12 - Present · 12 yrs 10 mos

I spend my days creating AWESOME robot worlds! #digitalninja #robotsareawesome #CreativeLife

director and art director

spark cg society

2009-9 - 2018-6 · 8 yrs 10 mos

Responsible for branding of the society.

senior designer

bron studios

2014-11 - 2015-5 · 7 mos

owner and creative director

chocolate soop

2006-1 - Present · 20 yrs 9 mos

* Character and mascot design. Concept and Brand development from logo to implementation. Project management. * Past and Current clients: * Spin Master * Nick Jr. * Hasbro * KidzSmart * Sony Interactive * United Front Games * Nixon * Nintendo * America * LEGO