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VoN KoZ

I lean too hard on my crutches...

About Me

My Current Project!

My Latest project! IN STORES NOW!!!

I am an artist, first and foremost. It is the one absolute truth in my life. There are two things I cannot live without: Music, and Art. Art is how I express myself, and music is how I channel that expression. As a professional artist I work mainly with 3d modeling software, but I like to work on 2d projects whenever I can.

I am an artist in the game industry, currently working at Planet Moon Studios in San Francisco, California. I love my job and making video games is a dream that I've held since as long as I can remember. MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

Art (French Nuevo, Impressionism, Art Deco, Graffiti, Movie/Game concept art, and more) Drawing, Painting, CG Artwork, 3D Modeling, Music, Reading, Walking around aimlessly, Drinking coffee, Studying art, Talking with friends, watching movies, Learning, Tattoos, Gothic culture, History, Video Games, Dining Out, Wine, Dancing, Love, Passion, Life, my girlfriend Sarena, and my cat MYU!

I'd like to meet:

I've already met the girl of my dreams. Other than that, myself in ten years, and if there is a god I want to ask him why he's such an asshole...

Music:

00-Metro,
A Perfect Circle,
Akira Yamoaka,
Alice In Chains,
Arcade Fire,
The Avalanches,
Bjork,
Blackalicious,
The Bogmen,
Chemical Brothers,
The Cure,
Daft Punk,
David Bowie,
The Deftones,
Deltron 3030,
The Dust Brothers,
Eels,
Elkland,
The Faint,
Faith No More,
Filter,
Frou Frou,
Garbage,
Goldfrapp,
Gorillaz,
HIVE,
Into Another,
Jamie Cullum,
Jamiroquai,
Jeff Buckley,
Junior Boys,
Karen Gomyo,
M83,
Mansun,
Massive Attack,
Megadeth,
Mercury Rev,
Mint Royale,
The Misfits,
N*E*R*D,
Nine Inch Nails,
Opiate for the Masses,
Our Lady Peace,
Ours,
Paul Oakenfold,
Placebo,
Portishead,
The Postal Service,
Prince,
Radio Head,
Rain Fur Rent Project,
RJD2,
Ryksopp,
DJ Shadow,
Sigur Ros,
Silverchair,
The Slip,
Sneaker Pimps,
Soundgarden,
Space Hog,
Spacetime Continuum,
Sponge,
Starsailor,
The Stone Roses,
The Streets,
The Tea Party,
Team Sleep,
Tears For Fears,
Thievery Corporation,
Tool,
Tosca,
Type O Negative,
Underworld,
UNKLE,
Vic Thrill,
VHS or BETA,
Wax Tailor,

and shit loads more.

Movies:

My top five favorite movies:

1) The Princess Bride
2) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (all three)
3) Fight Club
4) Bram Stoker's Dracula
5) Spirited Away

My top five cheesy movies:

1) The Warriors
2) The Last Dragon
3) Fist of the North Star (Anime)
4) The Blade Master
5) Beat Street

Other notable movies that I love:
Being John Malkovich
Berserk
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Dark Crystal
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eyes Wide Shut
Garden State
Howls Moving Castle
The Indiana Jones Trilogy
Labyrinth
Mirror Mask
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Old Boy
Ravenous
Sin City
Vanilla Sky
WillowBR /

Television:

Heroes,
Dexter,
Buffy

Books:

The Never Ending Story,
The Princess Bride,
Battlefield Earth,
Sometimes you feel so alone,
Love is a dog from hell,
Notes of a dirty old man,
I am Legend,
Fight Club,
The Alchemist
The Book of Lost Things
Battle Royale

I also love to read books on art technique

Heroes:

My ultimate heroes will always be my Father who gave the ultimate sacrafice for his family, and my Mother who kept it all together.

Some of my inpirational hereos are:
Alphonse Mucha,
Gustav Klimt,
Andrew Jones,
Yoshitaka Amano,
Lorne Lanning,
Claire Wendling,
Albrecht Durer,
Justin Cherry (nivbed)

My Blog

Art Junk...

I posted some "new" old art on my blog sit:Land of KoZ BlogNothing crazy but some fun stuff that was cut from Battle of the Bands....
Posted by VoN KoZ on Fri, 30 May 2008 03:30:00 PST

Putting on the Ritz...

    Ok so here is the last batch of artwork I will be posting for Battle of the Bands. There is actualy more I have but I don't have the paitence to render it out So basicly it bea...
Posted by VoN KoZ on Thu, 08 May 2008 09:22:00 PST

Battle of the Bands art dump 4...

    More more art!!!...
Posted by VoN KoZ on Sun, 04 May 2008 04:07:00 PST

Speechless...

    The new Portishead album is pretty good, it's not Earth shattering but I am enjoying it.Here is more Battle of the Bands artwork including early versions of Faust the vampire for th...
Posted by VoN KoZ on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:11:00 PST

Battle of the Bands art dump 2...

    So everyone out there is enjoying their copy of Battle of the Bands right? :)Well the game has been getting some pretty decent reviews. Average review is about 70% which I can live ...
Posted by VoN KoZ on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:49:00 PST

Battle of the Bands

    So Battle of the Bands is in stores today! As many of you know I am insanly proud of this title. The work the team put into it is nothing short of amazing.So far we seem to be recea...
Posted by VoN KoZ on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:49:00 PST

Crap Indeed....

2 posts in 2 days!? Madness! I wish I had something better to show, but frankly I got bored of this piece and therefore didn’t give it the extra layer of polish it needs. But whatever. It was su...
Posted by VoN KoZ on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:16:00 PST

Silence Asylum...

So the latest Game Informer is on newstands now, but if you’re too lazy or cheep to go out and  buy a copy  here is a scan from my copy... which Myu (my cat has already tornSo the goth...
Posted by VoN KoZ on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:52:00 PST

More Battle of the Bands...

So Battle of the Bands comes out in a little over a month, and finally some information is coming out. First the April Issue of Game Informer magazine has a one page preview with some concept art that...
Posted by VoN KoZ on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:01:00 PST

Do you ever feel...

  ... like you're crawling out of your mind?These videos seem to comunicate how I feel right now... ...
Posted by VoN KoZ on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:37:00 PST