After his degree in Painting Techniques, Leo began his career in advertising and communication media design, eventually discovering his true passion — comics.

Initially hired as a pages/interior artist for several international publishers, he quickly established himself as a highly requested cover artist, regularly collaborating with major publishers such as Chido Comics, Valiant Entertainment, Zenescope Entertainment, Madefire, A Wave Blue World, The LionForge Entertainment, and many others.

Alongside comics, he also worked with several RPG production studios, including Stormforge Productions, where he contributed as a character designer helping visually shape upcoming projects.

During this period, Leo also collaborated with multiple design schools, teaching Character and Concept Design workshops at TheSign school in Florence, while earning a professorship at the NID School in Perugia, where he taught Digital Artworking and Comic Storytelling in a two-year training program.

As his career evolved, he continued illustrating motion and semi-animated comics, leading to collaborations with high-profile companies in the entertainment and collectibles industry. From 2020 to 2023, he worked full-time as a 2D Concept Artist for First4Figures.

Today, Leo remains active in the transmedia market as a promo/cover artist and visual development artist, collaborating with clients such as Image Comics/Ghost Machine, Masked Republic, Red Thread Games, Battle Quest Comics, Zenescope, Valiant, Dancing Dead/Naeleck Music Label, Goldleaf Games, Storm King Productions, and many others.

In 2024, he earned a teaching position in Computer Graphics at the Academy of Arts P. Vannucci. From 2025 onward, while collaborating as a design tutor and teacher with Shortcut Project, he also serves as Lead Creative Director at Mythralis Entertainment.

Most recently, Leo had the opportunity to work on “Cathedral”, the first graphic novel project by legendary filmmaker John Carpenter, where he was selected as one of the four cover artists for the debut release. His artwork was chosen for the Deluxe Limited Edition bundle, released alongside the soundtrack composed by Carpenter himself.

This year, Leo also began his role at ShortCut CGI 3D Training Center as Head of the newly created ShortCut 2D department, focused on illustration and transmedia concept design.

Leo Colapietro