Concept Art

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Hi gang I thought I would do a small article on concept art since I know some of you are interested in it. Concept art or what is some times called visual development and/or concept design is the form of illustration where you design characters, mecha, props and other things for movies, comic books, video games and animated movies etc.

The heart of concept art is creating visual designs for things that do not exist. For example Ralph McQuarrie did a lot of the design for Star Wars. Star Wars is an example of a film that had a lot of concept art since it was an entire world that had to be designed.

It is interesting to note that a lot of product designers designing things for the real world have also worked in movies designing items that only exist in the movie. But in some ways they have had more influence by doing the movies. Because people tend to look at books for ideas of what the future will look like.

It is also interesting that this art form that is about making coming up with concepts for the bigger art project has turned into a very hot style on it’s own. Concept art books are some of the best selling art books today.

You can can find tutorials and examples of concept art on the forum ArtPhotoFilm.com.

Click the “More” for the rest of the article and a list of concept artist and concept art studios.

Some of the top concept art studios are.

Massive Black
www.massiveblack.com

Imaginary Friends Studios
www.imaginaryfs.com

Collateral Damage Studios
http://www.collateralds.com/

Geeksigners
http://www.geeksigners.com/

Steambot Studios
http://www.steambotstudios.com/

Design Studio Press
http://www.designstudiopress.com/

Below is a top lost of concept artists for you. That way you can see some of the work being done today.

Aaron st. Goddard

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Adam Brockbank

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Adi Granov

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Aleksi Briclot

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Alex Jaeger

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Alex Ries

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Alexandre Tuis

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Alp Altiner

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Aly Fell

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Anders Finer

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Andreas Rocha

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Andrew Jones

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Andy Park

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Bagger43 (Dennis Brown)

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Barontieri

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Beet

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Ben Neall

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Bengal

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Benjamin Carre

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Bernie Kang

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Blaz Porenta

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BoBo the seal

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Bobby Chiu

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Brian Despain

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Brom

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Carlos Cabrera

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Carlos Huante

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Chad Townsend

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Chris Beatrice

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Chris Foss

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Chris Thunig

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Christopher J. Andersen

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Christopher John

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Cody Kenworthy

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Coro

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Craig Mullins

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Cyril Van Der Haegen

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Daarken

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Dan Dos Santos

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Dan Milligan

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Dan Scott

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Dan Wheaton

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Daniel Dociu

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Daniel Simon

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Daryl Mandryk

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Dave Palumbo

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David Levy

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Den Yang Ho

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Derek Thompson

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Dermot Power

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Dodowa (Kim Young-sang)

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Donato Giancola

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Doug Chiang

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Duddlebug

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Dusso

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Dylan Cole

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Ed Lee

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Emmanuel Shiu

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Emrah Elmasli

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Eric Browning

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Eric Joyner

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Eric Wilkerson

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Erik Tiemens

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Eric Tranchefeux

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Eva Widermann

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Evan Shipard

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Feerik

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Feng Zhu

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Francis Tsai

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Fungi

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Gary Tonge

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George Hull

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Gerhard Mozsi

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Gez Fry

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Goran Bukvic

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Grant Regan

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Guro

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Harald Belker

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Hawkprey

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Hoang Nguyen

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Holdeen

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Howard Van Lyon

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HPX

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Hydropix

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Iain McCaig

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Jae-Cheol Park

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Jake Parker

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Jakkas

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Jaime Jones

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James Clyne

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James Jean

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James Paick

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James Zhang

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Jason Chan

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Jason Manley

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Jean-Francois Bruckner

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Jeremy Love

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J.S. Rossbach

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Jiansong Chen

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Joachim Barrum

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John Kearney

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John Wallin Liberto

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Jon Foster

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Jonathan Wayshak

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Josh Viers

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Joy Ang

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J.P. Targete

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Justin Albers

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Justin Sweet

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Kan Muftic

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Keith Thompson

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Kemp Remillard

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Ken Wong

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Kengi

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Khang Le

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Kieran Yanner

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Kinman Chan

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Kuang Hong

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Kuindgi Tani

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Lawrence Mai

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Lung bug

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Maciej Kuciara

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Marc Taro

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Marcel Baumann

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Marco Siegel

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Mark Behm

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Mark Goerner

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Marko Djurdjevic

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Mathias Verhasselt

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Matt Dixon

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Mattias Snygg

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Max Island

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Michael Komarck

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Mike Corriero

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Mike Tassie

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Mikko Kinnunen

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Mitchell Cotie

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Min Yum

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Mnstr

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Muttonhead

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Natascha Roeoesli

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Nate Van Dyke

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Nathan Campbell

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Nathaniel West

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Neville Page

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Nick Zuccarello

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Nic Klein

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Nicolas Ferrand

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Noxizmad

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Nurofen

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Olijosman

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Ozan

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Patrick Jensen

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Paul Richards

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Pene Menn

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Peter Popken

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Philip Straub

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Pierre Droal

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Pringle

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Prometheus

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Puddnhead

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Rafal Wojtunik

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Richard Lyons

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Rick Sardinha

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Robh Ruppel

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Roundeye

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Rowan Cassidy

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Ryan Church

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Sang Jun Lee

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Samwise Didier

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Se7en

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Seung Ho Henrik Holmberg

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Scott Fischer

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Scott Robertson

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Shawn Alan Peters

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Shawn Barber

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Shawn Ye

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Simon Dominic

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Simon Gustafsson

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Sinix

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Socar Myles

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Souleage

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Sparth

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Stalecracker

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Stephan Martiniere

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Stephane Belin

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Stian Dahlslett

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Svetlin Velinov

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Syd Mead

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Tae Young Choi

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The Black Frog

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Thom Tenery

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Tiffany Prothero

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Tim Flattery

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Tim Mcburnie

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Tim Warnock

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Timur Mutsaev

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Todd Lockwood

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Trent Kaniuga

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Tristan Elwell

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Tuomas Korpi

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Tyranx

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Vance Kovacs

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Viktor Antonov

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Viktor Kalvachev

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Voytek Nowakowski

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WA|Art

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Wang Wei

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Warren Fu

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Wayne Barlowe

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Wesley Burt

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Whit Brachna

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