posted by benton jew @ 11:39 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 2, 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.
14 Comments:
Nice. All digital?
Yup!
Very,very Nice!
Hey Benton!
Can we cross-post this on the SI blog?
Brocasso-Hey there! Thanks for dropping by!
Keith-Yes! Please do! Hope to see more SI contributors posting stuff on their blogs, facebook etc. Gotta keep that "buzz" going...
Nice range . Harder to do than most people think.
Nicely done!
Dominic-Thanks. It was definitely a challenge to create a wide range in the character silhouettes ( as they do in animation ). Need to have that "instant recognition" among different characters.
Josh-Thanks for dropping by!
great bunch of characters, with instant recognition and very nice style. Your inking and greytones work remind me of Toth's "maverick" illustrations of the 50s.
Cool. Will be getting a copy of the book to see what it's all about.
Roberto-Thanks Roberto! I appreciate your comment especially because those Maverick drawings are particularly awesome. I was lucky enough to find a cheap copy of it at a flea market in Pasadena. It's beautiful stuff!
Parka-Thanks for dropping by! Went to your blog and enjoyed it! Great resource for new art books!
Hope you enjoy Secret Identities.
I haven't seen these in the shops, I'll have to bug them next time to get them in!
Terrific poses. Each one really gives you an instant sense about who they are.
Looking forward to seeing this!
Crazy, Urban-
Thanks for your continued support, guys. Hope you found copies of the books!
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