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Artist // Professional // Digital Art
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Current Residence: Currently Bangkok, Thailand (Previously Seattle, Washington USA)

Favourite style of art: Painterly and speed painting.

Operating System: Window 10 & iPad Pro


Xia Taptara: Currently, I am the art director at NAMSON digital ( https://www.namsondigital.com/ ). We do concept art and 3D production assets for video game companies. In the past couple of years, I was a senior art director at the Monk Studio ( https://www.themonkstudio.com/ ) in Bangkok, Thailand from 2017 - 2020. I am also a Youtuber. And way before that, I worked for ArenaNet/NcSoft (GuildWars & GuildWars 2) as a character artist, both concept and 3D, for eight years. I also did various of illustrations and concepts for Square-Enix, Paizo Publishing, Fantasy Fight Games, Game of Thrones, Disney Interactive, and many publishers & clients.

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John Singer Sargent, Robert Mcginnis, Frank Frazetta, Craig Mullins, Katsuya Terada, Bengal
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albert camus, Jin Yong (Louis Cha), Brandon Sanderson, George RR Martin, Patrick Rothfuss
Favourite Games
Guild Wars, FF VII
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WACOM, PS, PAINTER, GIMP, any traditional medium also

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I am launching a Video Game called Holiday Party!

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I am launching a Video Game called Holiday Party in 6 days on Kickstarter. You can goto: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/xiataptarakunane/holiday-party or Go to Kickstarter page and search for Holiday Party Click on Notify me on Kickstarter Holiday Party's page. You will see the detail in 6 days. We need your help to finish the game.
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Another skin for player character, a Unicorn. Even when my heart is shattered, I'll still sparkle with magical resilience. I'm a unicorn, after all. If We Ever Broke Up, I can still dance all night. Embrace the chaos, unlock the loot, and let the adventures unfold! #emote #gameart #partygames #gamer #unicorn
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Hello guys! It's been a long while. I have been working on a new small indie video game. Well, mostly I just give art direction and concept art. Here is a preview of one of our characters. The Holiday Party video game is coming 2024. http://holiday-party.com/ I will keep update the progress on here. If you guys have any question, feel free to post here. A Shark, you are. #indiedev#dailymotivation#dancingshark Embrace your inner shark, fearlessly swimming towards success with relentless determination, for greatness awaits those who never stop moving forward. #HolidayParty #gamedev #newgame #videogames #indiegame #animation #3d
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Skobeloff
Love your artstyle! Keep up the good work! :heart:
aurora-princess
Oh, man, I love your art!
giberin
Huge fan of your artwork! So much talent
XiaTaptara
Thank you kindly.  Cheers!  :-)
WeaponTheory
The group "Mortal Kombat Fans" mortal-kombat-fans.deviantart.… wants to share your Mortal Kombat art to the group's gallery. Unfortunately, you don't check your Correspondence section of your profile, therefore you never see the group invitations that eventually expires. 
So instead, when you see this message, click on the link shown above and please join the group, and then add the following art to the Group Gallery section into the correct character folders.

SubZero Mortal Kombat

Scorpion Mortal Kombat

Raiden Mortal Kombat

Kitana Mortal Kombat
XiaTaptara
OK, I did.  Thanks
WeaponTheory
Thank you for your contribution, but don't forget to add your Raiden and Kitana art piece. ;) :thumbsup: