James Groman

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Emperor of Frankenstein's Planet!!

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Here is a drawing I did of the omnipotent Emperor of Frankenstein's Planet. He is flanked by his two most trusted bodyguards, and has in...
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Monday, February 12, 2007

"Spontaneous Embellishment!"

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Check out my previous post to see the rough pencil drawings from which these inks sprang. Once again, I did these at lightspeed, not wanting...
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More Freaks!!

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Recently unearthed! I found this lobby card for the 1967 production of Sergio Leone's "War of the Collossal Freaks of Frankenstein...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

T-Rex-ariffic!

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I have had a little dinosaur project in the works for some time now, and have been playing around with some concepts using textures in Photo...
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Thursday, November 09, 2006

Tribute

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I got the news that film composer Basil Poledouris died this week. Being a fan of motion picture soundtracks, he was one of my favorite comp...
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Thursday, November 02, 2006

Riddle of the Tauntaun...

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In honor of our latest Sketch-o-rama subject (sketching a Star Wars Tauntaun) I thought I would post a photo of a sculpt I did for Ertl Coll...
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Davy Jones Pub Sign

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Well, it has been a while since I updated my gromansculpt blog with progress shots of my Centaur monster sculpt. And here is my excuse. I wa...
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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Lord Vader? Izzat you?

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INTERIOR: REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER -- MAIN HALLWAY. The awesome, seven-foot-tall Dark Lord of the Sith makes his way into the blinding light of...
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Thursday, October 05, 2006

Horrible Half-Man Hughes....

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Many years ago I created a villianous centaur monster to do battle with my Monster Hunter character (see my previous posts). He was a gigant...
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Saturday, September 16, 2006

Freaky fun....

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Me and a couple of cronies at American Greetings had scheduled an art show in the company gallery. The theme of the show was to be "The...
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History of a lost film...

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WAR OF THE COLLOSSAL FREAKS OF FRANKENSTEIN’S PLANET History of a Lost Film At the close of the year 1966, Italian Director: Sergio Leone ...
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Clint Eastwood as Artemus Axel

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Here is our hero, Artemus Axel. All that exists from his earlier life before arriving on Frankenstein's Planet are the torn remains of h...
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Gladiator Freak #1

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This happy guy is Argus Agg. He was a champion in the gladiatorial arenas of Frankenstein's Planet until he was defeated by Artemus Axel...
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Friday, September 08, 2006

Beauty and the Bear...

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Everybody's gotta go check out the crazy stuff at Grumpy Bear Freak Show . We passed out a blank white vinyl care bear toy to over 60 ...
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New Madball Painting

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Here is my second full on acrylic Madball painting. This time it's Bashbrain, (original size: 16'' by 16''). This one to...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Dinosaurs:ATTACK!

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Here is an old cover that I worked on from a magazine called Model and Toy Collector. I did about 7-8 covers for this mag in the 90's, s...
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Thursday, August 03, 2006

Boga and Obi Wan Concept: Hasbro

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Hello, Have not posted in some time. I have been hard at work on a number of projects as well as on a much needed vacation in California for...
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Boga and Obi Wan finished figures

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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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James Groman
I am a Cleveland, Ohio based Sculptor, Illustrator,Toy and Animation Character Designer.
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