Raul Ramos is an Oregon based illustrator and concept artist currently working in the film and video games industry.
Raul grew up in the small town of Monte Vista, Colorado where he discovered his love for drawing dinosaurs after being captivated by Godzilla and Ray Harryhausen films.
He attended Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver, Colorado majoring in Illustration. His time there was spent studying a variety of visual media including both traditional and digital methods for drawing, painting and sculpture. Raul graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration and immediately began working at a nearby video game studio.
Raul’s strong interests in biology, paleontology, and comparative anatomy continued to fuel his creativity and brought him to focus on paleontological reconstruction. He has great appreciation for paleoart, wildlife illustration and creature design. He endeavors to learn as much as he can from nature in an effort to accurately represent life from the real world and infuse his own fictitious creatures with a greater sense of believability.
As Creative Director for Facts Dinosaurs Raul has strived to create a unique and cohesive vision for the models he creates and supervises. He aims to combine scientific accuracy with high quality visual details and design to create eye-catching educational content for dinosaur enthusiasts everywhere.
Beyond his role as Creative Director for Facts Dinosaurs, Raul Ramos' has collaborated on many other projects in the realm of paleontology and paleo media.
Some of his favorites include his reconstruction of “Horridus” the triceratops for the Melbourne Museum in Australia. Horridus is based on one of the most complete triceratops skeletons ever discovered.
He leads the art team on Dinosaur Empire, bringing the extinct world of the Morrison Formation during the late Jurassic back to life.
Raul continues to collaborate with David Silva, sculpting, articulating and printing 3d models in addition to painting package art illustrations for Beasts of the Mesozoic and Cyberzoic. https://creative-beast.com/
On the creature design front he has created concept art, illustration, and 3d models for the teaser trailer of Kyo Ryu, featuring genetically modified dinosaurs inspired by Japanese culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9vjplUdfJA
With each stroke of his stylus, Raul Ramos continues to explore the boundaries of paleoart and concept design.
If you are interested in following Raul’s work you can visit the following links
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/raulramosart
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/raulramosart/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/RaulRamosArt
Artstation - https://www.artstation.com/raulramosart