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Mike Van Orden

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About Me

My name's Mike Van Orden, I'm from South Florida and I moved to San Diego back in 2001. I'm a traveler and I've lived in such places as Asia and South America. I'm all about self reliance, pushing myself beyond limitations, accomplishing personal goals, then setting new ones. I believe in constantly improving and never becoming satisfied with what you have. Its all about the hunger! I'm definitely a man of integrity and personal honor. One of my favorite quotes is "What I want for myself, I want for Everyone"I'm extremely passionate when it comes to my desires and goals. I'm an illustrator and aspiring film director. I'm a dreamer first and a realist second. Wanna know more? Ask me.


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My Interests

Check out my new website: www.vanordenart.com Its under construction at the moment, but have no fear, I'll be posting my absolute best art there very soon! Thanks!!

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

My favorite Governator goes to Brazil!:Modern Rock, Hip Hop, electronica, trance and acuostic... basically anything that influences my mood.

Movies:

Swingers, Glenngarry Glenn Ross, Bottle Rocket, Boiler Room, Prime gig, Wedding Crashers, 40 year old virgin, Scarface, Taxi Driver

Books:

The War of Art,Think and Grow Rich, As a Man Thinketh, The Richest Man in Babylon, The Art of War, The Science of Getting Rich, The GAME, The Secret, Comic Books, Books on Art, basically anything that enriches my mind.

My Blog

WildCats (Old School)

A sketch tribute to my main artistic influence, the guy who inspired so many to become better and dream bigger (as far as comicbooks are concerned) Mr. Jim Lee....
Posted by Mike Van Orden on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:39:00 PST

Tutorials, Studies and more~

I seem to be getting a lot of messages lately from aspiring artists in regards to tips, techniques and so forth. I wanted to do my part in helping people progress and since we have the technology to i...
Posted by Mike Van Orden on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:42:00 PST

Some sequentials ...

I did these back in July 2007 to show at the San Diego Comic Con. It was a great learning experience where I was able not only to meet my favorite artists and publishers, but also have them critique a...
Posted by Mike Van Orden on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:47:00 PST