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Category: Concept & Visual Dev.

  • Kieran Yanner

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    Kieran Yanner is a concept artist and illustrator working for a variety of clients in publishing and the gaming industry. Originally from Darwin, Australia, Yanner now lives and works in Seattle, Washington in the U.S. His clients include Hasbro, NCSoft, THQ, DC Comics, Marvel, Upperdeck Entertainment, Decipher, Wizards of the Coast, Wizkids, White Wolf, Vivendi…

  • Jose Emroca Flores (update)

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    Jose Emroca Flores is an illustrator and a senior concept designer at Activision/Blizzard Highmoon Studios in California who has done work for companies like EA, Vivendi Universal and Nike and whose work has been featured by Spectrum, Computer Arts and the Society of Illustrators, among others. Since I last wrote about him back in 2007,…

  • Ralph McQuarrie, 1929–2012

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    Ralph McQuarrie was one of the best, most important and most influential film concept designers and visual development artists in the industry. He is best known for his groundbreaking work on the original three Star Wars films, but worked on numerous other projects. McQuarrie died yesterday, March 3, 2012, at the age of 82. The…

  • Dermot Power (update)

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    Dermot Power is a concept designer and visual development artist with an impressive list of credits in feature films like Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, Batman Begins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, V for Vendetta and three of the Harry Potter films, as well as high-end gaming projects like Bioshock 2. Since…

  • Kevin Nelson

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    Kevin Nelson is a visual development artist for the animated film industry, in particular Disney Animation Studios. He has worked on films like The Emperor’s New Groove, Tangled, Bolt and Meet The Robinsons. What little I know about him is not from any biographical material conspicuously absent from his blog, but simply because he has…

  • Justin Sweet

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    Justin Sweet is a concept artist, illustrator and gallery artist who works primarily in the fantasy genre. He has worked on motion picture projects like Game of Thrones, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Green Lantern and illustration projects like Magic: The Gathering. Though his gallery art is in oil and watercolor, Sweet works…