{"id":883,"date":"2021-07-17T12:52:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T17:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/?p=883"},"modified":"2021-07-17T14:03:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T19:03:12","slug":"artist-guest-gary-villarreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/index.php\/2021\/07\/17\/artist-guest-gary-villarreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Guest Gary Villarreal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are very excited to be featuring Gary Villarreal as our 2021 Artist Guest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gary Villarreal graduated from the Department of Visualization at Texas A&amp;M University, and has worked for more than 5 years in the film and game industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unique Worlds and Characters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img data-attachment-id=\"888\" 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class=\"wp-block-heading\">Images That Immerse Us <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s currently a Senior Concept Artist and Visual Development Artist at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/superbitmachine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bit Machine<\/a>, designing environments, VFX, vehicles, weapons, and characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img data-attachment-id=\"889\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/index.php\/2021\/07\/17\/artist-guest-gary-villarreal\/villarrte-romantic_storyteller-copy-small\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VILLARRTE-Romantic_storyteller-copy-SMALL.jpg?fit=587%2C813&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"587,813\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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fantasy worlds that his characters exist in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More About Gary Villareal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Instagram: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/villarrte\/\" target=\"_blank\">villarrte<\/a><\/li><li>Art Station: v<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/villarrte\" target=\"_blank\">illarte<\/a><\/li><li>Facebook: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/villarrte\/\" target=\"_blank\">villarte<\/a><\/li><li>BigCartel: Order <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/villarrte.bigcartel.com\/product\/villarrte-sketchbook\" target=\"_blank\">Villarte Sketchbook Vol. 1<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/voyagela.com\/interview\/meet-gary-villarreal-west-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interview in Voyage LA Magazine<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are very excited to be featuring Gary Villarreal as our 2021 Artist Guest! Gary Villarreal graduated from the Department of Visualization at Texas A&amp;M University, and has worked for more than 5 years in the film and game industry. Unique Worlds and Characters Images That Immerse Us He\u2019s currently a Senior Concept Artist and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[60,66,71,72,81,74,87,76,73,102,85,104,111,110,105,69,91,90,92,78,77,80,68,103,82,36,63,84,79,98,101,86,100,67,97,93,83,61,41,94,95,75,64,62,88,96,37,89,70,65,99,59],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VILLARRTE-HEAD-SHOT-CROPPED.jpg?fit=408%2C413&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":899,"href":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions\/899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d43\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}