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Category: Digital Painting

  • Andrew Jones

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    Andrew Jones, or Android Jones as he is sometimes known, is a concept artist and an early adopter of digital art tools. He has worked for ILM, Black Isle Studios, Retro Studios and is currently art director for Massive Black. He was integral to the concepts for well known games like Nintendo’s Metroid Prime and…

  • Nancy Stahl

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    Back in the mid-90’s, when the web was maybe 1/1000th of it’s current size, and digital art was in its infancy, I saw an image in a magazine (I think it was an illustration issue of Communication Arts) that grabbed my attention. It was a portrait image. It looked painterly, but with flat colors arranged…

  • Reto Kaul

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    Reto Kaul is a young (20 yr old) freelance concept artist and illustrator from Switzerland. His web site lists his work experience as concept design, book illustration, covers and fashion design, but doesn’t list specific credits. His portfolio, however, has some nicely atmospheric pieces that show off his talent for dealing with muted light in…

  • Carbonmatter (Dan Wheaton)

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    Carbonmatter is the web site name and professional nickname of matte painter and concept artist Dan Wheaton. Wheaton has worked as an illustrator, designer and creative director for a variety of companies in print and interactive design, but the real focus of his career has been on his love for movies and gaming, particularly those…

  • Virtual Gouache Land (Erik Tiemens)

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    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…

  • Glen Angus

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    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…