James Groman

Monday, May 01, 2006

Dinosaurs!!!!

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These are two dinosaur sketches from a portfolio I did around 1992 for a trip I took to Los Angeles, California. At the time every big speci...
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Sculpts from the Past

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Here are two sculpts I did while freelancing many years ago. Both were released by Polar Lights/Playing Mantis and are based on film propert...
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Friday, April 21, 2006

The Herculoids!!

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Anyone remember these guys? They appeared on television in the early 1960's when Super Saturday morning was owned by animators;William H...
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Thursday, April 13, 2006

Buce & Gar: The Return!!

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Hit the " Buce & Gar" link to the left and check out some of my vintage 1980's comic book art from Buce & Gar number 1...
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Thursday, April 06, 2006

Project 20078

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In the early 90's I sculpted one of my first garage kits called the Jupiterian. It was based on an animated creature created by special ...
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More from the vault...

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From the land beyond beyond...from a world past hope and fear.... I bid you artwork now appear! The year: 1990. I had just completed my fir...
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Thursday, March 23, 2006

When Pigs Fly...

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Anybody remember a toy line from the 1980's produced by Playmates Toys and American Greetings called Barnyard Commandoes? Barnyard Comma...
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Saturday, March 11, 2006

Madball-Mania!!

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I was so inspired by the positive response to the new Madball line from American Greetings/Art Asylum, that I got jazzed up to do a painting...
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Warehouse find!

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Well lookie here! This is a piece of art I did for Geometric Design Models many years ago. It was for a full color booklet that was included...
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Monster Hunter comic page

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Here is a little exersize I did a few days back to post on our "Sketch-o-Rama" blog. It is my first comic book page in about 8 yea...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Godzilla Bust

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Here is a rather large sculpture I did in 1997. The intent was to create a showpiece to help me obtain sculpting jobs from toy and collectab...
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Tristar Godzilla Prototype

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This is a sculpture I did for a company called Polar Lights/Playing Mantis of the infamous 1998 Sony Tristar Godzilla. It was intended to be...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Madballs!!!

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And now for something completely different... I am currently working on a whole new relaunch of the old classic toy line from the 1980's...
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Monday, February 13, 2006

The Gatorman

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As an experiment I tried taking one of my large pencil illustrations into photoshop to color. I am a huge fan of the work of Frank Frazetta,...
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Zombot Ghouls on the March

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Another big ole' pencil rendering based on my script: Monster Hunter. This one depicts the shocking, shambling foot soldiers known as Zo...
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Introducing: Mangus Vladix

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One particularly interesting tertiary character in my screenplay is an ancient, legendary Celtic Vampire Warlord named Mangus Vladix. Here i...
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Monster Hunter: Museum Battle

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Here is an illustration done a few years back depicting Adin's first encounter with the monstrous Celtic Vampire. Though this battle tak...
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Mangus Vladix: Comic Book Version

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Here is a more..."simplified" version of my character: Mangus Vladix. Ready to enter the comic book world...
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Saturday, January 28, 2006

Cool Your Jets 3

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This is another version of a piece I originally did for a sister-blog called Sketch-o-Rama. It is a place where myself and a few fellow Amer...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Presenting; Pebbles!

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Thought I would take a break from King Kong and Monster Hunter to post some shots of a few sculptures I have done over the years. As I might...
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Beach Blanket Beastie!

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Here is one of my first sculpts. It was produced as a limited edition resin model kit. This SOB has outsold any other piece I have ever prod...
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Geometric Models Creature From The Black Lagoon

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One of my favorite old Universal horror films, and one of my all-time favorite monster designs. This was a dream come true when I got the co...
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Ploar Lights/Toys-R-Us Classic Godzilla 1954

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This was done a few years back as an exclusive for Toys-R-Us. It's about 18 inches tall, and was produced in styrene. I am a long-time G...
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Conglomeron Prototype

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Here is a rough sculpt I did for an action figure of my patchwork creation: Conglomeron. This was done before I really started sculpting pro...
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Saturday, January 07, 2006

Monster Hunter Project: continued...

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In early 2002 I got the itch to write up a screenplay. I had some limited experience after having written a number of CD rom interactive scr...
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Design sketches

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These are the initial concept drawings I did for the proposed Monster Hunter: Aden and Conglomeron figures.
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Front view MH

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Side view MH

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Saturday, December 24, 2005

Monster Hunter: The Comic

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During the early 1990's I was a partner in a small design studio known as Zillion Concepts. We did Illustration, toy design and protypin...
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Saturday, December 10, 2005

King Kong Kountry...

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Lets get things started with a couple pieces of art. These are a few years old, but are somewhat appropriate considering the release of Pet...
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Its about time....

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Hello, Yup. It's about time I got to Bloggin'. It has been a while since I let my Website lapse. I was hired by Hasbro toys a few ...
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James Groman
I am a Cleveland, Ohio based Sculptor, Illustrator,Toy and Animation Character Designer.
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