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About Me Deviant Artist Member Ryan Martinez34/Male/United States Recent Activity
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These are the favorites that satisfy my addiction for great and balanced design. That, and some things I just find funny or interesting.

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I'm listening to my newest purchase on iTunes. Two Steps From Hell's "Invincible" for Digital Media Production for my trailer recut assignment. Getting into the mood. No, I will not be using "Freedom Fighters" for the recut. That would be too predictable. ;)

My YouTube channel is here: [link]

You know, in case you want to see what I come up with for my final.
  • Mood: Excited
  • Listening to: Two Steps From Hell's "Invincible"
  • Reading: Textbooks and more textbooks
  • Watching: Film to be cut to ribbons for my class
  • Playing: Nothing. Hvn't played a substantial game N a while
  • Eating: Light.
  • Drinking: Water.

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~The-Penciler
Ryan Martinez
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United States
As a freelance artist I create illustrations and web graphics for clients big and small. My tools are a mechanical pencil, markers, paper, scanner, Photoshop and digital tablet.

My deviantART page is a design showcase and a place to show my fanart or other projects. Here you will find experiments in color, composition and subject. The mediums include digital design, photography and pencil+marker+paper.

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My favorite subject (apparently) is computer graphics. Icons, desktop pictures (what non-Mac users call "wallpaper"), concept interfaces, etc. Icons and desktops are especially satisfying to make. My heroes in this subject are the guys at iconfactory.com and Arlo Rose of Kaleidoscope and Apple fame. I also draw/sketch characters. Mostly pinups and character sheets. Though it is my goal to get better at drawing comic book type art. Painting has an appeal, though I've never had the opportunity to explore that due to space and time constraints. If I had the resources I'd probably be making art 24/7. My current artist faves on dA are the guys at UDON and various comic artists here and there.

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Ryan (ThePenciler) Martinez
Freelance Illustration

Current Residence: Eagan, MN
deviantWEAR sizing preference: XL shirt, 36w/29l pants
Print preference: glossy
Favourite genre of music: Trance (and others. I'm not particular)
Favourite style of art: Contemporary
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10, Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Windows XP
MP3 player of choice: iPod video 30GB
Shell of choice: Gnome 2 or Aqua
Wallpaper of choice: Random design focused art
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:iconcyansky:
Hey! Thanks for the fav! Means a lot to me!

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:iconthe-penciler:
You're very welcome. :D

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ThePenciler
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:iconmurderslastcrow:
Hey- caught a comment you left on a recent article comparing OSX to Ubuntu. I really do think, just like with people comparing to Windows, you kinda' miss the point if you're just saying, "it isn't OS X yet." Ubuntu isn't supposed to be, and people should give credit where credit is due.

But yeah, liked your comments, and you have some fantastic artwork- totally devWATCHing you.
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:iconthe-penciler:
If I remember correctly, I think my point wasn't that Ubuntu is the new OS X or comparing it to Mac OS X or earlier, but that only the community feeling was the same. The same energy that the early pre-Mac OS 9/X community had is what the Ubuntu community has now. Being an early Mac addict myself the friendliness, helpfulness, evangelism and just overall "come on in" spirit is what feels the same. The Ubuntu community has now what the Mac user community had back then (unlike now where OS X is treated like another Windows, a commodity; so there's no real genuine product loyalty). And it just has me excited for where Ubuntu is going. It's like the metaphor of getting to see where the native Americans would have gone if not for foreign interference. A virtual do-over for some people who felt disenfranchised by Steve Jobs' return to Apple. Which is why so many old timer Mac users are drawn to Ubuntu.

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:iconmurderslastcrow:
You know, I'm starting to realize what made OS X so big back then. Kinda' wish I'd never used anything but OS X and Ubuntu, to be honest. I really wouldn't mind.

You gave a good example of how I feel about open source with the Native American comparison. I have strong lineage there, and I have strong philosophical views tied to my politics, so despite the fact that I use Ubuntu because it's the best thing for the job, it's also beautiful to me in an ideological way.
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:iconhappybutterfly:
hey! thanks for the +watch!!

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:iconthe-penciler:
No prob. You have some real good design sense. :D

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ThePenciler
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:iconxhdx:
Really like your name.

I did fav a few of your works.

Nice mate.

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:iconthe-penciler:
Thanks for the faves! :) Yeah, too bad there was already a ThePenciler on here when I registered, but thank goodness for hyphens. lol

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