Vinnie "VinRok" Tartamella is mighty impressive. He's a self-taught artist who loves to dabble in mostly comic-related arts, but luckily for us, he also takes to the occasional videogame character. He is a freelance artist and has worked for companies such as McFarlane Toys, Diamond Select and Bowen Designs, to name a few. His work has been featured in various magazines and comic books as well.
I really love Vinnie's art, my favorite mostly being the Tomb Raider and BloodRayne pieces. Hey, I am a horn dog after all, as my cohort likes to say. And even though I'm practically all Street Fightered out from all of my SF coverage this week, I have to say the retro Street Fighter piece with all the characters on it is very nice. Also, he drew sharks. How could I not add the shark image?
Check out the rest of VinRoc's artwork on his deviantART page.
[This week's AAF artist spotted on TheGirlsEntertainmentNetwork]
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10:52 PM on 03.14.2008
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I think it's his ridiculous muscles, they aren't like that in the game. Makes him seem less awesome and more like any other action game character.
Luckily, he's Kratos so the art is win by default.
Supergay!
They just look kind of plastic and vacant.
It reminds me of those really bad Darkstalkers and Street Fighter cartoons.
Great detail and color though.
He seems to be drawing the faces from life - a sign he's kinda shy or hesitant to really let the characters expressions have a life of their own, or improvise the same way he improvises with the body structure.
Understandable though, faces are tough. He should talk to MrJunko :P