Durwin Talon
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Durwin Talon (born London, Ontario) is an sequential artist, illustrator, and professor of new media.
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[edit] Education & Employment
Talon developed an interest in art at an early age. He received his Bachelors degree in Fine Arts (BFA)from the Savannah College of Art and Design, then received his online Master’s Degree (MA) from Syracuse University in the United States.
Durwin used his education to get a job as a Professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He taught in the Illustration, Graphic Design and Computer Art Departments.
After almost a decade at SCAD, Durwin moved to Indiana to Teach at IUPUI.
[edit] Works
He has been the recipient of numerous teaching, illustration and advertising awards, having been an art director, lecturer, author, illustrator and an educator.
His book, Panel Discussions from TwoMorrows Publishing is an overview of techniques for developing sequential art by some of the most notable names in the comics field.
His second book, Comics Above Ground, also from TwoMorrows Publishing, features top comics professionals talking about their inspirations and training from the comics profession and its effects in "Mainstream Media," including: Conceptual Illustration, Video Game Development, Children's Books, Novels, Design, Illustration, Video Game Animation, Motion Pictures and other media.
His artwork has been featured on the covers of Batman(Officer Down), Skin Walkers, and Queen and Country. He has contributed artwork for Marvel, DC Comics, Upper Deck, White Wolf, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast. He has been part of numerous gallery exhibitions showcasing his electronic art. His sequential artwork has been accepted into the Society of Illustators 49th Annual and Exhibition.
He is currently working on his own comic Bonds, and Scars: A Life Well-Lived, in collaboration with Guin Thompson. Both projects are being published by Archaia Studios Press, and will be out Fall 2007 (tenatively).
Durwin Talon is an Associate Professor, currently teaching for the New Media Program in the School of Informatics for IUPUI.
He is married to Karen Hankala, an editor.
[edit] Trivia
- According to his wife Karen, Durwin's parents were Catholic Filipinos immigrated to Canada, where he was born. They liked 'Darwin' but were unfamiliar with the history of that name. The baptising priest refused to baptise any child 'Darwin,' so they made the minor modification of one vowel.
[edit] References
- Faculty profile at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
- Interview from OrcaFresh.com
