Category: Concept & Visual Dev.
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Ron Cobb
I’ve been wanting to write a post on Ron Cobb for some time now. Cobb is a cartoonist, film production designer and concept artist from Los Angeles, currently living and working in Sydney, Australia. When I went to write a post on Cobb last year, I was disappointed to find that there wasn’t much material…
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Virtual Gouache Land (Erik Tiemens)
Erik Tiemens is a concept artist and designer working for LucasFilm who also does gallery paintings in oil and gouache, as well as digital sketching. I first reported on Tiemens in September of 2006. Since then his web site doesn’t look like it has gotten a great deal of attention (there is still a promise…
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Glen Angus
It’s always particularly sad when my first post about an artist is to mark their untimely passing. Glen Angus was talented illustrator, concept artist, designer and storyboard artist. He died suddenly last Thursday night. Angus was a Senior Artist and major contributor to game developer Raven Software and there is a tribute page posted on…
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Robert Venosa
When I first saw Robert Venosa’s work reproduced on the web, I wondered if it was done digitally. Though he has recently begun to work in digital media, most of his paintings are in tempera and oil on board, utilizing the “Misch Technique” of Hubert and Jan Van Eyck that he was introduced to when…
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Sarah Mensinga
Sarah Mensinga is an illustrator and concept artist living in Texas. The brief bio on her site indicates that she is a graduate of the Sheridan College classical animation program, and has worked on various animated TV shows and films, including The Ant Bully. You can see some of her work for that film in…
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Carlos Cabrera
Carlos Cabrera is an Argentinean concept artist and illustrator who works primarily in the gaming industry. His online Portfolio has images from some of his projects, though some are not represented because of non-disclosure agreements. The About page on his site mentions some of the projects he has worked on and describes his role in…