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Category: Concept & Visual Dev.

  • Wan Bao

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    Wan Bao is a concept artist based in Shanghai. Beyond that, I know little of his professinal credits. His website divides his work into “Environment”, “Chinese Style” and “Practice”. As is often the case with concept artists, I find much the work in his practice or personal section even more compelling than his professional work,…

  • A. Wilkenfeld

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    A. wilkenfeld is an illustrator and character designer, originally from Sydney, Australia and now based in New Orleans. Aside from that, I can find little biographical information. To my eye, Wilkenfeld’s lively, fluid drawings show an admiration for the work of great caricaturists like Al Hirschfeld, along with an affection for early 20th century magazine…

  • Joshua Eiten

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    Joshua Eiten’s Tumblr blog states that he is a communication design student at Carnegie Mellon University. If that’s still the case, his age is belied by the strong drawing, accomplished compositions and confident digital rendering of his concept art and illustration pieces. His blog is set in one of those awkward Tumblr arrangements in which…

  • Olivier Pron

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    Concept artist and matte painter Olivier Pron has film credits that include Cloud Atlas, Watchmen, X-Men: The Last Stand, Iron Man 3 and Guardians of the Galaxy. It looks at though he may be using a combination of digital painting and models, but I can’t be certain. His blog was only started this month, and…

  • How to Sharpen a Pencil for Drawing – Karl Gnass

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    At first I though this would be superficial, and though it does go through the basics we all think we know from art school, I’ve been sharpening artist pencils for more years than I can count, and I learned a few things. Karl Gnass transitioned from a career as concept and storyboard artist into teaching…

  • Ty Carter

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    Tyler Carter is concept and visual development artist, originally from Utah. While he was still in school, he interned at Disney Feature Animation and Pixar Animation Studios. On graduation, he began working with Blue Sky Studios, where he has worked on projects like Ice Age 4 and Epic, and is currently working on their new…