Richard Gaines

Tell us your story:

I originally hail from New Jersey, however, I have been living in Florida for the past few years where I attended the Art Institute of Fort LauderdaIe. Currently, my jobs entail illustration, animation, storyboarding and character design.

Hometown:

Orlando area

Personal Website:

http://www.richardjgaines.blogspot.com

Portfolio Site:

http://www.coroflot.com/richardjgaines

About Me:

For starters, I love to draw. However, my other passions include astronomy and music.

Favorite Cartoons:

Everything from classic Disney, Bluth, and Warner Brothers. Believe it or not, I hold somewhat of a brief for some of the earlier Hanna-Barbera cartoons. You can't beat Hoyt Curtin's music!

Favorite Films:

A lot of the classics like Casablanca, The Day the Earth Stood Still, My Fair Lady, Manchurian Candidate, The Thing (John Carpenter's version), The Warriors, Eliminators, Yor, the Labyrinth, also 101 Dalmatians, The Three Caballeros, Animalympics, Lion King, the Aristocats, Robin Hood, and of course, Oliver and Company.

Favorite TV Shows:

There are so many to name, both old and new. Regarding live action, Stargate SG1, Monk, Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, old Star Trek, MST3K and reruns of Chips (just like Moltar!). For animation, everything from old Hanna Barbera stuff to Adult Swim.

Favorite Comics:

Lions, Tigers and Bears, Far Side, lots of BD.....what great artwork!

Favorite Books:

Science Fiction mostly. Ray Bradbury to Issac Asimov to Larry Niven.

Favorite Artists or Illustrators:

The Nine Old Men of Walt Disney, Glen Keane, Andreas Deja, Termite Terrace, the Classic Masters, Alex Ross, Frank Frazetta, Boris Valejo, Dave Coleman, Frank Cho, Dean Yeagle, etc. etc. etc.

Favorite Music:

EXTREME METAL!!!!!! Also I love classical and baroque as well as jazz, big band, quirky lounge and exotica, techno-trance and gabber!

Favorite Robots:

TRANSFORMERS, Tom Servo, Crow and Gypsy, C.H.O.M.P.S., the Fembots in the Six Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman series, Bender, the robot in Lost in Space and the rest escape me.

Death to the Go-Bots!!!