Digital Arts Festival Moving to Early Next Year

The Digital Arts Festival that I mentioned in this post has been moved to early next year, check back on this blog for more information about the new date.

MEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!

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A Steller's Jay wearing a scarf, vest, and sword.
Cute in a drawing but in real life... frightening.

Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my site:
http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/

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More from the Monge workshop. More shapeshifting animal people.
This character ended up looking very Alice in Wonderland... not my
intention but whatever works!

Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my site: http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/

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A little preview of the piece I started at the amazing JB Monge Workshop I attended
recently. Yes it's a little imp man that can tun into a rat.

Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my site:
http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/

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Karn the adventure-mans and Xlorp'than the space-mans.

Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my site:
http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/

Digital Arts Festival - November 2013 - Redmond, WA

Update: The Digital Arts Festival has been moved to early next year, check back on this blog for more information about the new date. 

Here's some exciting news!
I was invited to attend and present at the upcoming 2013 Digital Arts Festival in Redmond, WA. I'll be doing a two hour talk/presentation on Tuesday Nov.5th and a two hour workshop on Saturday Nov. 9th.

http://digitalartfestival.com/index.html

Here's more information about the two events:

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Concept artist Vinod Rams is coming to Redmond to talk about what it takes to become a full time concept artist and demonstrate his process. Vinod's clients include Monolith Games, Wizards of the Coast, Raven Software, and Paizo Publishing. He is currently a senior concept artist at a new company, Motiga Inc. in Bellevue. Don't miss this great opportunity to learn from one of the greats!

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Giving your characters.... CHARACTER! by Vinod Rams

In this 2 hour workshop, senior concept artist Vinod Rams will give you insight into giving your character designs real personality and charm. Knowing your anatomy is only half the battle when it comes to character design, getting inside your characters heads is how a good design becomes great. Vinod will go over topics like expressions, posing, costume design, and the importance of selling your character to it's viewers. There will be discussion, demo's, drawing (traditionally or digitally) and critiques. 

If you're a student that is coming out to my workshop please feel free to e-mail me or post a comment about what character related stuff you'd like me to cover. The workshop is only two hours long so I have to keep it focused. You can buy tickets for individual workshops or for the entire week long festival, so you can take advantage of all the events and speakers. This is a small intimate event, limited to just 10 seats so buy your ticket quick before it gets sold out! 

Lots to prepare for both of these events, better stop blogging and get to it!  

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Elanthir the sexy elfman and Groff the stinky toughman. 

Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my site:http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/