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Ray Dillon - Artist

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  • Ray Dillon

  • 27 / Male
  • SALINA, KANSAS, US
  • Last Login: 11/9/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Comic books, children's literature, novels, movies, music, fitness, travel.

  • Music

    Harry Connick, Jr.

    Eminem
    Frank Sinatra

    Bing Crosby

    Fiona Apple

    Incubus

    My Chemical Romance

    Ray Charles

    Jason Mraz

    Evanescence

    Gavin Degraw

    Gorillaz

    Wu-Tang

    Tenacious D

    Johnny Cash

    Kanye West

    Beatles

    Godhead

    Paul Simon

    Willie Nelson

    Weezer

    The Marcels

    Ben E. King

    Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Bjork

    James Blunt

  • Movies

    300

    King Films: Stand By Me, It, Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Storm of the Century...

    The Chronicles of Narnia - Grew up on the old BBC versions and the new one was great, too!

    M. Night Shyamalan films: (Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable, The Village)

    Spielberg films: (E.T., A.I., Hook, Indiana Jones, War of the Worlds, Twilight Zone movie, Minority Report, well, you know. It's Stephen Spielberg)

    Hitchcock films: (Rear Window, Psycho, North by Northwest, you know the list. And the TV shows.)

    Disney Movies - The Lion King is the favorite of them, but I love 'em all! Bambi was the first movie I watched ever.

    Comic Book Movies - From X-Men, to Men in Black, and Road to Perdition to A History of Violence. Some of the best movies out there come from comics.

    Lord of the Rings - I'm doin' the sketch cards!! GAH!

    Shaun of the Dead

    Incredibles

    Gangs of New York

    The Last Samurai

    The Never-Ending Story

    A Beautiful Mind

    8 Mile

    Se7en

    12 Monkeys

    The Goonies

    The Secret of NIMH

    Cinderella Man

    Flatliners

    Harry Potter

    White Oleander

    Frailty

    Peter Jackson's King Kong

    Batman Begins

    Walk the Line

    Brokeback Mountain

  • Television

    Strange Days at Blake Holsey High - Great series on Discovery Kids

    Avatar: The Last Airbender

    Twilight Zone - new and old

    Learning stuff - Science, Discovery, and History Channels

    PBS - Kid's stuff, Bob Ross, painting, piano guy

    Surface

    Breaking Bonaduce

    Kid's Cartoons

    Adult Swim

    Happy Tree Friends & Friends

    Oprah

    Survivorman

  • Books

    Cormac Mcarthy - No Country for Old Men, The Road

    Joe Hill - (Stephen King's Son) 20th Century Ghosts, Heart-Shaped Box, Locke and Key

    Stephen King - definitely one of my biggest influences. Love his Dark Tower series. Love the face he puts on evil. Love the characters he brings to life and the way he expresses nostalgia.

    Alan Moore - Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell, and pretty much anything by Alan Moore) is definitely one of the best books I've read. Figured it would be a good "comic book," ya know? But it turned out to be fantastic literature.

    The Chronicles of Narnia - by C. S. Lewis. Childhood favorite. HUGE influence on me.

    The Spiderwick Chronicles - by Holly Black & Tony Diterlizzi.

    The Lord of the Rings - by JRR Tolkein. Classic. Read the series in high school and loved it. Read 'em again before the movies. And I'm doin' the sketch cards. ;o)

    Amelia Atwater-Rhodes - 22-years old (or so) and already 7 quality novels published. Works in the realm of vampire and fantasy lore. Unique.

    Fahrenheit 451 - by Ray Bradbury. High school favorite. Loved the symbolism and vision behind it.

    The Catcher in the Rye - by J. D. Salinger. The quality of book I'm aspiring for.

    Metamorphosis - by Franz Kafka. Horror in disguise.

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - by Douglas Adams

    Neil Gaiman - Curently reading "Neverwhere." Just getting into his prose work, but I'm likin' it.

    The Voice of the Night - By Dean Koontz. Compelling and intense.

    R. L. Stine - Inspiring and scaring kids for generations.

    Mark Twain - His stories have always been favorites of mine and, now that I'm older, I'm appreciating them more and more.

    Digital Webbing Presents - THE best anthology in comics right now.

    Noble Causes - I wouldn't still be working on this if it wasn't great.

    Nightmare World - Yay! It's now in print! Get the collections!

    Capote in Kansas - by Ande Park. Available on Amazon.



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  • Heroes


    Deborah Sue Dillon-Tesch

    My big sis. I am who I am today in large part because of her. I'm an artist because she was an artist. I work so hard because I watched her work hard. She was always such a good person and I've tried to live up to that. She took care of me and gave me a safe place when no one else would. I owe so much to her. Love you, Debbie!

    Dale Alvin Dillon



    Me pappy. ;o)

    My father is the only hero I need. He's been through childhood poverty (the kinda poor that's hard to know these days), Vietnam, 50+ years of manual labor, nearly losing my mom and his own life (probably not the first time), and all kinds of stuff that I don't even know about, I'm sure. Now that he's retired and in his mid-sixties, he still gets up every morning at 3am to deliver the local paper, regardless of the weather, walking several miles. When he's done with that, he makes his way back home and fixes breakfast for my mom. Every morning.

    He's done more things, read more books, and been more places than I can even imagine.

    He's got the best sense of humor and kindest nature of anyone I've ever known.

    He's led by example in teaching me to be a man, and I'm still learning from him every day. he's stuck by our family no matter what has happened. No matter how bad things got I never once felt like he wasn't there for us.

    I've got a long way to go before I can fill his shoes, but being his namesake means the world to me.

    Aw ... me pappy. ;o)

Details

  • Status: In a Relationship
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: Salina, KS
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Zodiac Sign: Cancer
  • Children: Someday
  • Smoke: No
  • Education: Some college
  • Occupation: Artist and Writer

Schools

  • Joe Kubert School Of Cartoon And Graphic Art

    • Dover,New Jersey
    • Graduated: N/A
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: Other
    • Clubs: Correspondense Courses... so, yeah, not an "official" student. But I did get a few fancy "Certificates of Completion." ;o) And I learned a whole heck of a lot, visited the school in 2000, and kept in touch. Big part of my education and career choices.
    1999 to 2001

  • Salina Area Technical School

    • Salina, KANSAS
    • Graduated: N/A
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Major: Commercial and Advertising Art
    1999 to 2001

  • Salina High Central

    • Salina, KANSAS
    • Graduated: 2000
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: High School Diploma
    • Major: Uh ... graduating. ;o)
    1996 to 2000

Networking

Companies

  • Golden Goat Studios, Inc.

    • Salina, KS US
    • President/Art Director
    Since '02.

  • Image Comics

    • Berkeley, CA US
    • Misc: Lettering, Design, Inking, Coloring.
    2001-Current

  • Topps Company, Inc.

    • New York, New York US
    • Sketch Card Artist
    2005...

  • Lerner Publishing Group

    • Minneapolis, Minnesota US
    • Colorist & Letterer
    2005-current

  • Rittenhouse Archives

    • Jenkintown, PA US
    • Sketch card artist
    2006...

  • Upperdeck

    • Carlsbad, CA US
    • Sketch card artist
    2007...

  • DC Comics

    • New York, NY US
    • Sketch card artist
    2007...

  • IDW Publishing

    • San Diego, CA US
    • Inker & Colorist
    2007-2008

Blurbs

About me:





- LATEST ART-
Image from new Zombie Graphic Novel "UPRISING"


Ray Dillon - Artist and Writer in comics, film, trading cards, gaming, and children's literature. President of Golden Goat Studios, Inc. "The Complete Package Entertainment Studio" as we like to call it.



About me: For nearly a decade I've worked as an artist in comics, trading cards, film, gaming, and anything else I can get my hands into. I've worked for companies like Image Comics, IDW Publishing, Topps, Upperdeck, and others. I'm engaged to an amazing woman and I didn't know what life or art really was before her. I never stop because I want my family to have a better life than I had growing up.

About my art: Mostly I work digital, unless I'm doing marker commissions.


Website: www.RayDillon.com
Blog: "There are Worlds to be Created"
IMDB listing: Click here.
Forums: Click here.
Company site: Golden Goat Studios

GGS Webcomics: GLIMMER : MONKEYBOY : NIGHTMARE WORLD

Kansas Creators MySpace Group - For professional and aspiring creators of entertainment art, writing, comics, novels, film, music, and more.


Hi, everyone- Here is the cover to my first ever printed sketchbook:

8 1/2" x 5 1/2" - 28 pages - B&W interiors - Cover printed on a golden parchment - This book includes sketches, sequential comic pages, and digital paintings of all styles. It even has a photograph evolution of me on the inside cover. ;o) - Back Cover: Left blank with a border for personalized sketches! The back cover is also a golden parchment, perfect for adding those white, gold, and silver highlights.
Back Cover Sketches: The back is blank with a small border for doing original sketches. Black and white is $15.00, full-color is $30. Or you can just by the book for $7 (add $2 to each for shipping). Please allow at least a month or two for the sketches to be completed. I have to attend the San Diego Comicon and finish some comics projects in addition to these sketches. You can purchase a sketchbook with Paypal or Credit Card by clicking the buttons down below. Please include your full name, shipping information, email, and details of the sketch. If you have any questions, please post them here or email me at rayd@goldengoatstudios.com Thank you all so much for your continued support. I really appreciate it. Have a great day! ~Ray

Recent Projects:
. Rogue Angel inker and colorist (IDW Publishing)
. DC Legacy sketch cards (DC Comics/Rittenhouse)
. Marvel Masterpieces sketch cards (Upperdeck)
. Marvel Heroes: The Complete Avengers sketch cards (Marvel, Rittenhouse)
. Lord of the Rings: Masterpieces sketch cards (New Line Cinema, Topps)
. Wizard of Oz sketch cards (Breygent, Warner Bros.)
. Noble Causes #25 - Lettering, Design (Image)
. Fear Agent - Back-up colors (Image)
. Perhapanauts - Pinup colors (Dark Horse)
. Graphic Novel for film professor - full-illustration
. Demeter GN - Colors and letters (Lerner Publishing)


* Click to read the full story! * Click to read the full story.

Story: John Robert Johnson. Art: Ray Dillon.

Let us know what you think!..

Flatting a Comic Book Page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YuVAASczqQ



Wendigo Monster Speed Painting w/ Axiotron Modbook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ElbcwthOw



{VIDEO} Bearded Brownie Fantasy Speed Painting w/ Axiotron Modbook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE0ptlP46sw



Ray vs. Rich at Comic-con 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OduJxiXsGI

I'm awesome. Rich is DUMMMMMM!!!



THIS is why I'm moving to Maine!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcDsd_sMtiw

To be your Maine Man!

Who I'd like to meet:

Der ... um ... interesting people?

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