Samuel Koontz
samkoontzart@gmail.com-831.320.1579
“I’m Sam Koontz, a concept and color key artist passionate about the storytelling power of light and color. My background at Lucasfilm Animation gave me the chance to craft lighting keys for Star Wars: The Bad Batch and Tales of the Empire, collaborating closely with VFX teams to shape mood and atmosphere. I’m still in the learning process, and I embrace that as a strength—I gravitate toward classical painting, brushwork, and the study of light, value, and color theory, while also immersing myself in new aesthetics and styles. Whether through character development, visual storytelling, or world-building, I see each challenge as a creative workout: a chance to dig in, explore, and find visual solutions that move a project forward. That curiosity and drive to keep learning is what I bring to every creative team.”