posted by benton jew @ 12:39 AM
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Professional illustrator/storyboard artist/comic artist living in Los Angeles, CA. Always had an interest in drawing and film since childhood. Drew my own comics and made little animated super-8 films with my twin brother growing up in Sacramento, CA. Went to The Academy of Art/USF in San Francisco. Started working at George Lucas' visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic around 1988, right out of school. Stayed there for 13 years, doing art for feature films and commercials including Ghostbusters 2, The Mask, The Phantom Menace, Men In Black, The Mummy. Left the Bay area for greener pastures and headed for Los Angeles on that fateful day of 9-11, dragging my girlfriend with me. After becoming a freelancer, I worked on Terminator 3, Day After Tomorrow, Chronicles of Riddick, Bolden, Rush Hour 3, The Incredible Hulk. Side projects: Put together a self-published comics anthology in 2004 called "Babes In Space" Did an award winning short horror film called "The Collector" in 2000, that played at several film festivals.
6 Comments:
Awesome! I wondered what you've been up to lately. Keep going.
Josh-
Thanks for stopping by! A few other of our storyboard brethren have been doing comics lately. Trevor Goring and Gabriel Hardman have both recently done work for Marvel.
Great pages.
I diggin' your 'realistic' approach to the character.
Certainly more believable.
wow these pages are lookin slammin sir!!!
cant wait to pick up a copy.
C
Dominic-Thanks. Wasn't really a conscious thing. I tend toward "realistic" figures. I'm glad they allowed me to be myself and not try to conform to a more "modern" over-exaggerated, over-muscled thing. There should be room for all types of styles. Seems to be getting mostly good reviews from the comics press. Many of them are giving it the "retro" label which is appropriate for a comic with roots in the past.
CCarman-Thanks for dropping by! Glad to see you posting on your blog again!
Hello Benton. I really like your work, especially the storytelling of your pages, so powerful.
Keep on postin'.
Ciao
Fabio
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