Star Wars is carried in the hearts of all the fans. Today’s feature artist for SWAM is no exception. A perennial favorite at conventions throughout the Southeast, Scott underscores his wide array of works with a personal connection to fandom itself. His muses are the fans and their favorites, tapping him into a kaleidoscope of figures from our memories. You’ll see everything in his collection from old black-and-white movies to shows from the seventies and eighties all the way up to modern series like Game of Thrones. Nothing is off limits to this man with an eye for capturing heroes and villains at their very best.
Scott Rorie is a free-lance artist currently living in the Atlanta Metro area. Learning to draw at an early age, Scott won his first art show at 11 years old, when he won a school wide art show. After studying art all through high school, he attended Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC majoring in Advertising Design. Although Scott works in many different media, his mainstay is the airbrush, which he taught himself to use. Like many airbrush artists, Scott started out painting T-shirts, but eventually moved on to canvas and illustration board. Scott’s work can be found in homes from Maine to California, as well as Germany. Some of Scott’s past clients include: Kane Hodder (Jason from Friday the 13th), Gunnar Hanson (Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Vernon Wells (Wez from Road Warrior), Elizabeth Grayson (from TV’s Highlander), Barbara Leigh (Vampirella cover model) and Barbie Blake (Penthouse model).
In 2009 Scott began working on sketch/art cards. He has worked with 5FINITY Productions on art/sketch card series such as, “Zombies vs. Cheerleaders”, “Moonstone Maximum”, “Voltron”, “P’Ups”, “The Pro”, “Honey West”, “Hack/Slash”, ” Lady Death” and “Sheena”. He is a Marvel approved artist working for Rittenhouse Archives creating cards for “Marvel’s 70th Anniversary”, “Marvel’s Heroes and Villains”, “ Marvels Dangerous Divas”, “Marvel Universe 2011” ,“ Marvel’s 2012 Greatest Heroes”, “Marvels Bronze Age” and 2013s “Marvel’s Greatest Battles” card sets as well as a number of Star Trek sets. He is a LUCASFILM approved artist working for Topps on the “Star Wars Galaxy 5”, “Empire Strikes Back 30th Anniversary Widevision “, “Star Wars Galaxy 6”, “Star Wars Galaxy 7” and “Galactic Files” card sets. Scott has also created sketch cards for Breygent Marketing’s “Woodstock Generation”, “Classic and Vintage Sci-Fi and Horror Movie Posters” ,“Vampirella”, “Warlord of Mars” and Joseph Michael Linsner’s “Dawn: New Horizons”; Versacolor Production’s “Bettie Page Series1 & 2” cards and Bad Axe Studios’ “Dungeon Dolls” and “Bombshells” as well as “The Walking Dead” and Tarzan 100th Anniversary cards for Cryptozoic Entertainment. Scott has added “Unpleasant Dreams”, “ Leaf Entertainment”, “Cult Stuff”, “Asylum Studios” and “Upper Deck” to the card companies he’s worked for.
He has been published in Cavewoman from Basement Comics, Didymous from Iron Horse Comics, “Night” from Jester Press, Con-Tour Magazine, Architectural Digest and a Lady Death pin-up book.
Scott lives in Avondale Estates, GA with his wife Ann and their three cats “Stitch”, “Mickey” and “Tigger”. He can usually be found in his studio working on a painting of a movie scene or a sketch card set. Look for his fan page, “Scott Rorie Art and Illustration” on Facebook.
Scott’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Artist/Scott-Rorie-Art-and-Illustration
Scott’s Etsy page: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ScottRorieArt
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