• Background

    Derick Tsai is a multidisciplinary artist/designer who has created a wide range of design solutions for the gaming, advertising and motion design industries.
    He has had extensive experience in various aspects of the visual arts, having created title sequences, keyframe art, character design, storyboards & animatics and art direction for a variety of industries and platforms.

    All of this experience culminated in Derick starting his own studio, Magnus Rex, in 2007 to expand creative horizons and to deepen relationships with creatives in all fields of art and design.  Since then he has worked on projects with High Moon Studios, Activision, Marvel, Sega, Crystal Dynamics, Obsidian Entertainment and Disney.
  • Select Projects
  • Alpha Protocol
    Obsidian Entertainment
    Storyboards & Animatics for Cinematics

    Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light
    Crystal Dynamics
    Keyframe Art for Cinematics

    The Incredible Hulk
    Edge of Reality / Marvel / Sega
    Storyboards & Animatics for Cinematics

    Duels
    Oxygen Games
    Character Designs, Illustrations

    Capital City
    Nickelodeon / MTV Games
    Illustrations

    High Moon Studios
    The Bourne Conspiracy
    Storyboards & Animatics for Cinematics

    The Nightmare Before Christmas Animated Poem
    Disney / Picture Mill
    Storyboards, Keyframe Art, Character Designs

    Modest Mouse "Dashboard"
    Motion Theory
    Characters, Environments, Props

    ASUS "Gamer's Republic"
    Black Swan
    Characters, Props

    Drowned Circus
    MJZ
    Keyframe Art

    Gatorade "Inside Crosby"
    Motion Theory
    Characters, Environments, Props

    Bud Select "Just A Game" (Superbowl Spot)
    Motion Theory
    Characters

    Honda "Viking"
    Nylon Motion
    Illustrations

    Ebay "It"
    Deborah Evans
    Storyboards, Props, Sets