Aaron Sims Creative

Aaron Sims Creative is a Burbank-based visual effects, concept design and real-time virtual production studio founded by concept artist and creature designer Aaron Sims in 2005. Originally operating as The Aaron Sims Company, the independent studio later adopted its current name and incorporated in California as Aaron Sims Creative, Inc.

The company works across the path from early visual development to screen-ready assets and effects. Its “Sketch-to-Screen” approach connects 2D concept work, digital sculpting, previs and visual effects so that designs can carry through production without losing their original intent. Its capabilities include character and creature design, world-building and environment art, 3D asset modelling and texturing, keyframe illustration, cinematic previs, virtual art department work, and visual-effects finishing.

Design, VFX and real-time production

ASC combines practical and digital techniques, including desktop stereolithography 3D printing for physical maquettes developed from digital sculpts. The studio has also integrated Unreal Engine into its real-time production work, supporting virtual production and publishing real-time asset libraries.

Its work spans feature films, television and streaming, games and interactive entertainment, advertising, and immersive experiences. Supported credits include Stranger Things, the Planet of the Apes films, Ready Player One, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, It Chapter Two, Men in Black: International, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Love, Death + Robots Vol. 4 and A Minecraft Movie.

Original work

Alongside client projects, ASC develops original intellectual property through ASC Originals. Its original projects include the Unreal Engine 5 short film The Eye: Calanthek, which premiered in Fortnite, as well as projects including Dive and Red Void.

The studio’s practice brings together concept artists, visual-development specialists and VFX talent around character-driven design, creature work, environments and production visualization. Its Burbank facility serves as the company’s headquarters and studio base within the greater Los Angeles entertainment community.