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alex ruiz  

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  • Conceptual Artist
  • Male/United States
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  • Deviant since Dec 8, 2006, 12:05 AM
  • Subscribed until Dec 15, 2008, 2:39 PM
  • 126 Deviations
  • 3 Scraps [browse]
  • 793 Deviation Comments
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Grandma's House

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Grandma's House
in Storybook 2d 18h ago
Gargoyles
in Conceptual on 4/21/08
Killer Krusty
in Conceptual on 3/16/08
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Journal Entry: Tue Oct 23, 2007, 9:39 PM
  • Mood: Exhilarated
  • Listening to: the Killers
Seattle Workshop

hello fellow deviants, in case you haven't heard, the ConceptArt.Org workshop, 'Revelations', is being held in Seattle, WA, January 4-7...four full days of mind-blowing art instruction, from some of the absolute top artists in the business!! Here is an incomplete list(if you can believe it) of the current instructors:

Kenneth Scott- Art Director- id software
Moby Francke- Concept Designer -Team Fortress- Valve Software
Dan Milligan- Storyboard Artist -300
Lorne Lanning- Oddworld
Aleksi-Freelance Concept Artist/Comics/RPG Illustrator
Sparth- id software
Khang Le- Project Offset
Marko Djurdjevic-Marvel
El Coro- MB(Massive Black)
Noxizmad-MB
Jason Chan-MB
Wes Burt-MB
Stephan Martiniere- Midway
Android(Andrew Jones)-MB
Todd Lockwood-RPG Illustrator
Pete Konig-MB/Tippett Studio
Brom-Fine Artist/Illustrator
Michael Hussar-Fine Artist
Kevin Llewellyn-Fine Artist
Shawn Barber-Fine Artist/Illustrator
Daniel Dociu-ArenaNet
Jamie Jones-ArenaNet
Matthew Barrett-ArenaNet
Doug Williams-ArenaNet
SteakTron-MB
Rich Doble-MB
Nick Constantine-MB
Sam Brown-MB
Carl Dobsky-MB
James Kei-MB
Jason Manley-MB
Chris Hatala-MB
Kevin Chen-Freelance Concept/Fine Artist/Figure Professor
Anthony Francisco- Lead Concept Artist-Project Offset
Marc Taro Holmes- Sega
Jason Felix- Flagship Studios
The Black Frog - Senior Concept Artist/Art Director- Freelance


...so try and make it, getting all these guys in one place will probably never happen again!..and sign up before Nov 1 and get a hundred bucks off tuition! see more here:
[link]
Hope some of you guys can make it! Trust me, you will be 10x better artists if you do...I know I will;)

Devious Information

  • Current Age: around 200, dog years
  • Current Residence: Hollywood
  • Interests: Art, Monsters, Photoshop, Hot things, Cool things..
  • Favourite band or musician: Radiohead
  • Favourite artist: Sparth, Andrew Jones, Ryan Church
  • Operating System: Mac...always..
  • MP3 player of choice: iSuc
  • Skin of choice: anything fleshy;)
  • Favourite gaming platform: was 360, now PS3!!
  • Favourite cartoon character: Homer Griffin
  • Personal Quote: 'If it ain't broke, nevertheless grease that thing up!'
  • Tools of the Trade: gluesticks, fire, and chainsaws!

Devious Comments

~borch:iconborch: 2 days 17 hours ago
AWESOME...great gallery Mr Ruiz...great job!!

I,m a fan!
:)
~Mechaorthopteroid:iconMechaorthopteroid: 5 days 7 hours ago
I love your imagination, rendering, composition- very nice stuff! /watch

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~FaiaTentei:iconFaiaTentei: 5 days 22 hours ago
Hi. Awesome work you have here, as I too am interested in digi's and sketch work. :)
Even though I'm probably 1/3 of your age, you have taught me a lot from your tutorials and I plan to start this up very soon. ;)
~AngelicAdonis:iconAngelicAdonis: Apr 27, 2008, 8:27:08 PM
Awesome gallery, your art is done on such a grand scale its truly inspiring!
~alicespectrum:iconalicespectrum: Apr 21, 2008, 5:40:11 PM
nice gallery you have. By the way...how is it....working in a group off creative people?!

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*fuchsiart:iconfuchsiart: Apr 20, 2008, 7:40:09 AM Mood: Love
Thankyouuuu for the :+fav: :boogie:
:hug: :D

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~343GuiltySpark:icon343GuiltySpark: Apr 19, 2008, 3:51:26 PM
Wow, thanks so much for the watch!

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~TindersFluke:iconTindersFluke: Apr 16, 2008, 8:47:50 PM Mood: Love
Wonderful gallery you got there, mate!
*watches*
~xabian:iconxabian: Apr 12, 2008, 6:53:18 AM
PLEASE READ THIS IF YOU WISH TO KEEP THE RIGHTS TO YOUR WORKS [link]

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I'm looking for illustration/concept work!

come join the concept guild [link]
~IoanCuza:iconIoanCuza: Mar 24, 2008, 4:30:21 AM
T.T excelent work....
amazing.

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~Wannabe-DaVinci:iconWannabe-DaVinci: Mar 17, 2008, 1:21:47 PM
where do you get your ideas? lol, very nice work

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~yapkr:iconyapkr: Mar 15, 2008, 1:50:48 AM
very cinematic visions!
~MANu1:iconMANu1: Mar 14, 2008, 11:32:07 PM
nice work! keep it up
*zoomzoom:iconzoomzoom: Mar 9, 2008, 3:43:23 PM
Hey. Thanks for taking interest in my work. Your support is my greatest inspiration…

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~priapos78:iconpriapos78: Mar 3, 2008, 12:16:25 PM
Hi man, love your gallery. Your work is awesome. Hope to be working in the same field soon. :D
~aurangelica:iconaurangelica: Mar 3, 2008, 12:08:17 PM
Hi... everybody!!!

Please We need votes for Axel Medellín... He is compiting right now at [link] the story is Laura's Bazaar. Please enter to register and vote for Laura's Bazaar!!! Tell all your friends!!!! Pleaseeeee

Thanks!!!!
~Algarys:iconAlgarys: Feb 29, 2008, 11:50:46 AM
A simply love your work, gorgous scenes with
flawless coulours.
Your gallery offers us an unforgetable journey ^^
~sharktooth:iconsharktooth: Feb 29, 2008, 8:13:46 AM
Thank you so much for +faving [link] ! :)

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=wynnesome:iconwynnesome: Feb 28, 2008, 7:41:21 PM
Thank you for the :+devwatch: - hope you will continue to enjoy!
*edaoust:iconedaoust: Feb 28, 2008, 6:28:45 AM
Thank you very much for the :+devwatch:! :)

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~yuvi2:iconyuvi2: Feb 27, 2008, 7:35:52 PM
Hey there!
thanks for the support!
I've been going through your gallery and your art is simply amazing. Keep it up.
Yuval
~AoiTsukikage:iconAoiTsukikage: Feb 26, 2008, 12:58:44 PM
Thanks a lot for the :+fav:

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=SexyPie:iconSexyPie: Feb 26, 2008, 12:33:54 PM
Thanks for the favorite! :D

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*JOSJAC:iconJOSJAC: Feb 25, 2008, 6:39:09 AM
Thanks for the watch. I appreciate

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