Jorge Benedito Chicarro

Jorge Benedito Chicarro, sometimes credited simply as Jorge Benedito, is a lead concept artist and character designer at MercurySteam since January 2008. He created concept art for all three Castlevania: Lords of Shadow games, serving as the main character designer and action storyboard artist for Mirror of Fate. He also conceptualized artwork for Metroid: Samus Returns and was the art director of Metroid Dread. After Dread, Chicarro left MercurySteam to become Art Director at Saber Interactive Spain.
During a lunch break, he and Concepción/Tochi Díez Sánchez sketched Samus Aran and an Omnithon together.Jorge Benedito (jbeneditoart). "Today Metroid Dread won best Action/Adventure game at The Game Awards. All I can say thank you to the entire development team of Metroid Dread for this incredible journey. Enjoy and celebrate! Here is a quick sketch @tochidiez and I did during our lunch break. Both of us are glad to have shared these years with you folks. ¶ Lots of love" Instagram. December 10, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2022. https://www.instagram.com/p/CXUEyh3qUcS/
A portrait of Chicarro is unlockable in the first Lords of Shadow game. He previously worked at Zinkia Entertainment as an illustrator for a year.
==Gallery==
Tochi Díez Sánchez sketch of Samus.jpg|The Samus and Omnithon sketch.
==External links==
*Chicarro on LinkedIn
*Chicarro on MobyGames
*Chicarro on ArtStation
*Chicarro on Instagram
==References==
Category:MercurySteam employees
Category:Concept Artists
Category:Character Artists