www.randymartinez.net
About Me?If you haven’t been able to tell by all of the artwork all over my myspace page, I am an Illustrator. I live and work in Hollywood California where I am inspired everyday by the better than fiction events that happen around my neighborhood. My style has shifted back and forth through out the years from cartooning to more realistic looking illustrations.
I really enjoy being able to do both kinds of art because it allows me to have a full range of ways to express myself. This has been a very busy year for me, with lots of exciting projects. To start I was commissioned by Lucasfilm LTD to illustrate the OFFICIAL STAR WARS CELEBRATION IV PROGRAM COVER/POSTER AND the OFFICIAL STAR WARS CELEBRATION EUROPE PROGRAM COVER/POSTER.
This was one of the greatest honors in my entire career to date. To be able to illustrate the Celebration IV Program cover was an honor, and then to also illustrate the Celebration Europe Poster too (See artwork on the left)…I was just overwhelmed. Both Celebrations were a great success with Celebration CIV (In Los Angeles CA) bringing in over 35000 attendees, and Celebration Europe (London, England) pulling in over 30000. The fans were great, and I signed so many programs and posters my right arm is just now recovering. I also made an exciting new client in ACME ARCHIVES. Acme Archives holds the exclusive rights to produce limited edition prints for such licenses as Star Wars, The Simpson’s, Disney, and Aliens. Acme has already released two limited Edition Prints featuring my art work (Bounty Hunters, & Scoundrels) with 2 more due to be released very soon.
After a year hiatus from drawing sketch cards, I decided to throw my hat back into the ring and completed 50 sketch cards for Topps’ upcoming “HEROES†trading card set. I’m very excited about these cards because I did much smaller number of cards than I have in the past, and it allowed me to spend a little more time on them. Plus, Heroes is such a fun show, I am happy to be a part of it.
Right now I am in the middle of a very exciting project. I am authoring my first book ever! It’s called “SCOURGE: HOW TO DRAW MONSTERS AND ALIENS WITH RANDY MARTINEZâ€! It is due out in late 2008, and will be published by Impact Books. I have wanted to make a how to draw book for some time now, and I am so thrilled that it’s how to draw monsters, I LOVE MONSTERS! The book will instruct how to draw more than 30 different monsters and aliens, and will also teach the basics of drawing and how to create your own monster or alien. I can’t wait to preview some of the artwork from this book!
I am also a singer/songwriter and am currently working on my first album. I'm probably best known for the art I create for Lucasfilm. Most of the time my work has been seen in the Star Wars Insider Magazine. But I have done lots of other thiings besides Star Wars too including childrens games, books, murals and movie posters.
My Music has a classic rock sound, but with tastes of everything from Folk to Jazz. I play Guitar and Bass. I am currently playing out in Los Angeles, but will be performing through out Europe this summer too. I'm working on my first album "All that I am and what I used to be" and is due out around summer (keep your fingers crossed). I play bass guitar for Denise Vasquez too. Bass is cool because its like meditating to me. Apposed to my singing and guitar playing where I get completely emotionally involved and alive!
You wanna know more about me and see more art? Check out my Official web site at www.randymartinez.net
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