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I AM MR. MAIJIN. Before you proceed, be forewarned… this chamber of knowledge is meant only for those who seek the sacred incantations of a trained designer, illustrator, Graphic Artist, Concept Artist, NFT Artist, and Coder for hire.

Knowledge that has led even the most timid of souls into realms of success and results after they’ve summoned me to grant their creative wishes. 

Graphic Artist vs Graphic Designer | How To Find The Difference

The role of a graphic artist vs graphic designer is normally mentioned in the same context as if they have the same meaning and disciplines – many of my first-time clients usually ask for a graphic designer, but after a consultation with them, I’ve often found they’re looking to find a graphic artist instead. Although the two creative types do share some similarities, they are very different in several ways, and each profession has its own distinct methods and purpose. So how to find the difference you ask? Let’s talk about it!

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Lunker Preview

Art preview of a character with the working title, ‘Lunker’. As of late focusing not only on ‘uppin’ the ante’ of the painting and drawing skills, but also selling the physical and emotional attributes of my characters hopefully so the audience can feel what im trying to convey.

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UPRISING

 Illustration of an (augmented human) ex-military outlaw making his last stand after destroying some evil robots in a sea of fire. Before releasing new work I stare at it for DAYS after its done to try to find mistakes, sometimes i find structural/compositional issues i obviously cant change. But for this one, i thought the original version was TOO dark in some areas… i didnt

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Darrell: The Hustla’ | Concept Art

‘Darrell | The Hustla’ an animation concept art piece i designed for a production company who i did several characters for, you can see one of the previous ones here: http://www.maijintheartist.com/cai/. In the design brief they tasked me to mix anime, disney, and hip hop styles into the characters. it was fun to develop my cartoon style a bit more with this project. hope you

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CAI | Concept Art

This is ‘CAI’! an animation concept art piece i designed for a production company who saw the ‘button” character i designed for a previous client (See here: http://www.maijintheartist.com/art/button/ ) and they wanted to create something similar to that but with its own distinct style. In the design brief they tasked me to mix anime, disney, and hip hop styles into the characters. it was fun

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DUSK | THE DEMON KING Concept Art

I was contacted to work on animation project for a client, the client presented me with a concept design brief which outlined their vision for a dystopian alternate universe/world, but with no solid physical description of the characters, i was tasked to conceptualize both the protagonist (Nero) and ‘Dusk’ who will serve as the antagonist for the story. The client mentioned they would like for

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