Lines and Colors art blog

Category: Concept & Visual Dev.

  • Peter Mohrbacher

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    Peter Mohrbacher is a painter, illustrator and concept artist who has left his successful career in the gaming industry, including work for “Magic: The Gathering”, for his ongoing personal project of creating “angels”. Fascinated by his discovery of the large number of named angels in several world mythologies, he began creating “angels” based on various…

  • Hiroo Isono

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    Hiroo (Hirō) Isono was a Japanese painter and illustrator, known for his intricate and fantastical scenes of tropical jungles and animals. He traveled extensively in the South Pacific, Africa and North America. He is known in gaming circles for his work on the Mana series of games, including Secret of Mana and Heroes of Mana.…

  • Joon Ahn

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    Joon Ahn is a concept artist based in Los Angeles. He was formerly a concept and background artist at Disney, and is currently the Senior Concept Artist at Riot Games. As far as I know, he doesn’t have a dedicated website, but does have a portfolio on ArtStation. He also has a blog, but it…

  • Kyuong Hwan Kim (Tahra Art)

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    Kyuong Hwan Kim is a Korean concept artist and illustrator, who works under the name of Tahra Art. Kyuong Hwan’s work is something of a mixed bag for me. Some of it falls under the heading of fairly typical anime influenced pin-up art, an insular style that is overly abundant these days, while other pieces…

  • G Liulian

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    G Liulian is a concept artist based in Shanghai, China. Aside from that I have found little biographical information. He focuses on environments and architectural designs, from individual structures to grand vistas of cities and mountains. His Artstation portfolio has examples of his work in styles that are sometimes straightforward, sometimes stylized — their sense…

  • Rudy Siswanto

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    Rudy Siswanto is a concept artist, character designer and illustrator based in Surabaya, Indonesia. Many of his illustrations and character designs feature animals, some anthropomorphized, many variations of real animals and many others from the realm of pure fantasy. I enjoy his feeling for texture, and the use of strategic lighting to emphasize the textural…