Professional Websites:

www.swrand.com

 

Professional Profile:

 

Formerly:

- Midnight Society working under Robert Bowling (Studio Head, ex Call of Duty, Activision) and Art Director Darren Bacon (ex Halo)

 

- Paizo Publishing where I worked on the prestigious Pathfinder TTRPG

 

- Easton Press where I fully illustrated the classic novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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Worked in Publishing, TTRPG, and indie game/AAA dev industries for 6+ years.

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Published in the juried annual publications such as SPECTRUM: Fantastic Art #26 & Infected by Art: #9

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S.W. (Steve) Rand is a digital artist and illustrator with extensive experience in various disciplines. Working professionally for over 15 years in various creative fields from New media to Illustration.

 

Digital Skills:

Marvelous Designer, Blender, Unreal Engine 5, Cinema 4d, Octane, Keyshot, Z brush, full adobe creative suite, substance painter, and 3d coat. 

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Education:

Personal Mentorship with Paul Scott Canavan 

(Destiny, Valve, Warhammer 40k, Guild Wars 2, Magic the Gathering)

Summer '21

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Visual Arts Passage Mentorship -  Spring/Summer '19

Studied under Kieran Yanner & Jason Felix

(Magic the Gathering, Dungeons and Dragons)

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Illustration Academy '19

Studied under Karla Ortiz, Wesley Burt, Jon foster & George Pratt

(ILM, Star Wars, MARVEL Studios, Magic the Gathering, DC Comics)

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Hartford Art School, The University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

BFA in New Media

2004-2008

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