There
are times when I find an artist that is relatively unknown to
mainstream artists. It might be because of the field their work is in
really isn't viewed all that often except by a small group or
because their name is almost unheard of but their art has been seen
widely. One of the artists that falls in this category of almost
unknown name but well known work is Hyung-tae Kim.
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| "Juclecia" by Hyung-tae Kim |
Korean
artist Hyung-tae Kim (1978 - ) is perhaps more well known for his
work on the Magna Carta game series and the later installments of
the War of Genesis game series. Surprisingly enough he originally
started his career as one of the people who worked on the background
music for video games. He didn't start into the art community until
he branched out and was a guest cover artist for comic books. With
his his highly stylized works and character concepts, he became one
of artists for Magna Carta. There are publications that contain his
illustrations such as the Ragnarok Online Official Fan Book, OXIDE,
KOREAN Illustration, and Io: Art of the Wired.
This is
perhaps the first time where I have found 5 artists and none of them
responded to my question:
"Of
the various places you get your ideas from, I was wondering if
Hyung-tae Kim (lead character designer for the Magna Carta game
series on PlayStation 2) was one of your sources of inspiration."
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| "Salvation" by MarioWibisono |
Either
because of language barriers, busy schedules or something I didn't
even foresee such as not being on deviantART for a period of time but
I will still present their works and let you decide if these artists
were influenced by Hyung-tae Kim.
A
digital artist perhaps more well known on deviantART for his
creations of beautiful warrior women, his gallery is filled with
works which are either private commissions or for the role-playing
game Legend of the Five Rings. With an equal amount of scifi and
fantasy with a heavy amount of Asian design, his beautiful images
also hold a sense of urgency or foreboding. He doesn't seem to have a
particular color palette that he favors but he does enjoy putting in
a lot of detail in his pieces.
Website:
MarioWibisono.com
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| "Red Angel of Revenge" by yangqi |
yangqi.deviantart.com
(People's Republic of China)
A
digital artist living in China known for her lovely soft pieces, she
has apologized to her audience that her English is not very good.
Pushing that aside, each of her pieces speak for themselves. With
beauty, grace and her own bit of humor, what pieces she has up on her
gallery shows her unique style of fantasy. It has been some time
since she has posted any updates but it's understandable with her
busy schedule. She does however have new pieces on display up on her
blog so if you're a fan of her work or interested in checking out
more of her pieces, it might be a place you would like to check out.
Blog:
blog.sina.com.cn/o27
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| "Happy Midautumn Festival" by dorset |
dorset.deviantart.com
(Hong Kong)
An
anonymous artist located in Hong Kong, Dorset has apologized to their
viewers for the lack of updates and explains that at the moment they
are focusing on their schooling. Stepping away from that, their
gallery is filled with beautiful digital works which includes
fanworks of such animes like Hetalia and Gintama along with original
creations. With action and details galore, Dorset doesn't seem to
have a favored color palette since so many of their pieces are
vibrant with a few pieces in grey tones.
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| "End of Day - Leigh and Sophie" by JayAxer |
JayAxer.deviantart.com
(United States)
Perhaps
a bit more well known among the deviantART community, digital artist
Jay Axer has an unique take on character creations. One of the crowd
favorites is his original character Leigh but he also has done
fanworks for such things as Sonic and Team Fortress 2. Some of his
newer pieces (2011-2012) are in a different style then what he had
been doing (2005-2011). Perhaps he is experimenting with having
things both detailed and a bit more realistic in appearance but it
still has his flare to it. Recently he has let his audience know that
he also has a gallery on FurAffinity.net.
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| "Elvynn Evlibris" by auroreblackcat |
auroreblackcat.deviantart.com
(France)
Illustrator
and digital artist located in France, Aurore's works is rather
popular among the European artists on deviantART. She does have a couple of publications (Pixie and Elinor Jones) and has several of webcomics such as Harfang. She does a wonderful job on portraying emotion with her characters, carefully choosing a color palette that helps with showing the mood.
Website: auroreblackcat.net
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