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* Ryan was a Japanese background soldier in Clint Eastwood's ''Letters from Iwo Jima''. He is visible in two scenes. <!--From Ryan: "For Letters, I was in the marching soldiers thru the village and the VERY first guy later on in the scene where Ken Watanabe is walking thru the soldiers when he goes into battle. It's difficult to see because it's so dark."--> Ryan was also filmed for a scene in ''[[Spider-Man]]''. | * Ryan was a Japanese background soldier in Clint Eastwood's ''Letters from Iwo Jima''. He is visible in two scenes. <!--From Ryan: "For Letters, I was in the marching soldiers thru the village and the VERY first guy later on in the scene where Ken Watanabe is walking thru the soldiers when he goes into battle. It's difficult to see because it's so dark."--> Ryan was also filmed for a scene in ''[[Spider-Man]]''. | ||
* Ryan used himself and some of his friends as models for the cheerleaders, football players and students in the [[Betty (disambig)|Betty story arc]]. He said that the "biggest challenge [of the series] was to get picture reference of my friends, who live all around and a few that live in Florida. I had to use their webcam and print screen on my computer." | * Ryan used himself and some of his friends as models for the cheerleaders, football players and students in the [[Betty (disambig)|Betty story arc]]. He said that the "biggest challenge [of the series] was to get picture reference of my friends, who live all around and a few that live in Florida. I had to use their webcam and print screen on my computer." | ||
* Ryan sometimes hides his username in his art: [[RMO120]]. | |||
==Galleries== | ==Galleries== | ||
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Image:BettyP1, p1.jpg|''[[Betty, Part 1]]'', page 1 is Ryan's first published drawing for ''[[Heroes]]''. | Image:BettyP1, p1.jpg|''[[Betty, Part 1]]'', page 1 is Ryan's first published drawing for ''[[Heroes]]''. | ||
Image:Maya y Alejandro art.jpg|''[[Maya y Alejandro]]'' | Image:Maya y Alejandro art.jpg|''[[Maya y Alejandro]]'' | ||
Image:The Rogue, page 1.jpg|''[[The Rogue]]'', page 1 | |||
Image:The Rogue, page 2.jpg|''[[The Rogue]]'', page 2 | |||
Image:The Rogue, page 3.jpg|''[[The Rogue]]'', page 3 | |||
Image:The Rogue, page 4.jpg|''[[The Rogue]]'', page 4 | |||
Image:The Rogue, page 5.jpg|''[[The Rogue]]'', page 5 | |||
Image:Last Shangri-La art.jpg|''[[The Last Shangri-La]]'' | Image:Last Shangri-La art.jpg|''[[The Last Shangri-La]]'' | ||
Image:Nissan Rogue ad.jpg|Ryan's drawings of the [[Nissan Rogue]] are featured in an ad at the beginning of every [[Season Two]] [[graphic novel]]. | Image:Boom draft.jpg|A draft for ''[[Boom]]'' | ||
Image:Ryan's Boom art.jpg|The final version for ''[[Boom]]'' | |||
Image:Yang and Yang bnw.jpg|Layouts for ''[[Yang & Yang]]'' | |||
Image:Ryan's Yang and Yang art.jpg|''[[Yang & Yang]]'', the finished project | |||
Image:Requiem for My Brother, p1.jpg|''[[Requiem for My Brother]]'', page 1 | |||
Image:Requiem for My Brother, page 2.jpg|''[[Requiem for My Brother]]'', page 2 | |||
Image:Requiem for My Brother, p3.jpg|''[[Requiem for My Brother]]'', page 3 | |||
Image:Requiem for My Brother, page 4.jpg|''[[Requiem for My Brother]]'', page 4 | |||
Image:Requiem for My Brother, page 5.jpg|''[[Requiem for My Brother]]'', page 5 | |||
Image:Starting Over, page 5.jpg|''[[Consequences]]'', page 5 | |||
Image:Consequences, page 1.jpg|''[[Consequences]]'', page 1 | |||
Image:Ryan Odagawa's art for FtFoP3.jpg|''[[From the Files of Primatech, Part 3]]'' | |||
Image:Ryan Odagawa's art for FtFoP4.jpg|''[[From the Files of Primatech, Part 4]]'' | |||
Image:Ryan Odagawa's art for FtFoP7.jpg|''[[From the Files of Primatech, Part 7]]'' | |||
Image:Nissan Rogue ad.jpg|Ryan's drawings of the [[Nissan Rogue]] are featured in an ad at the beginning of every [[Season Two]] [[graphic novel]]. The colors were done by [[John Starr]]. | |||
Image:Ryan o's claire and noah.jpg|Ryan sketches [[Claire]] and [[Mr. Bennet|her father]]. | Image:Ryan o's claire and noah.jpg|Ryan sketches [[Claire]] and [[Mr. Bennet|her father]]. | ||
Image:Ryan's Hiro.jpg|Ryan draws a portrait of [[Hiro]]. | Image:Ryan's Hiro.jpg|Ryan draws a portrait of [[Hiro]]. | ||
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Image:HeroismKaito.jpg|[[Kaito Nakamura]] | Image:HeroismKaito.jpg|[[Kaito Nakamura]] | ||
Image:DreamMatt.jpg|[[Matt Parkman]] | Image:DreamMatt.jpg|[[Matt Parkman]] | ||
Image:RO-Nathan.jpg|[[Nathan Petrelli]] | |||
Image:RO-Peter.jpg|[[Peter Petrelli]] | |||
Image:DreamMohinder.jpg|[[Mohinder Suresh]] | Image:DreamMohinder.jpg|[[Mohinder Suresh]] | ||
Image:DreamSylar.jpg|[[Sylar]] | Image:DreamSylar.jpg|[[Sylar]] |
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Ryan Odagawa | |
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About | |
Title | Graphic novel artist Graphic novel colorist |
Date of birth | 15 November 1975 |
Origin | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Gender | |
Website | |
IMDb profile | |
comicbookdb profile |
Ryan Odagawa is a graphic novel artist and colorist for Heroes.
About
Ryan began his career in 1995 with an internship at Homage Studios (Wildstorm Productions). He started by illustrating cards and pinups and eventually moved on to a staff position there. While employed with Homage, Ryan worked on various projects, including Savant Garde, the first full comic and series he had ever done. He assisted J. Scott Campbell on a few issues of Gen13 and was one of the pencillers on the Resident Evil comic.
Over the next few years, Ryan illustrated for such comics as Iron Man, Marvel Age: Hulk, Marvel Age: Fantastic Four, and TwinBlades. Ryan briefly worked in video games doing textures for Steven Spielberg's video game Medal of Honor: Frontline and was the lead artist on the Sony PSP game Twisted Metal: Head On.
Additionally, Ryan has done illustration work for Upper Deck's Avatar: The Last Airbender game cards, Disney, Cheetos, and Hasbro. Recently he pencilled Aspen Comics's Killian's Vessel One-Shot. Error: String exceeds 50,000 character limit.
Trivia
- Ryan was a Japanese background soldier in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima. He is visible in two scenes. Ryan was also filmed for a scene in Spider-Man.
- Ryan used himself and some of his friends as models for the cheerleaders, football players and students in the Betty story arc. He said that the "biggest challenge [of the series] was to get picture reference of my friends, who live all around and a few that live in Florida. I had to use their webcam and print screen on my computer."
- Ryan sometimes hides his username in his art: RMO120.
Galleries
Heroes-Related Works
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Ryan has a self portrait on his website.
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Ryan models a student after himself in Betty, Part 1.
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Betty, Part 1, page 1 is Ryan's first published drawing for Heroes.
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The Rogue, page 1
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The Rogue, page 2
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The Rogue, page 3
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The Rogue, page 4
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The Rogue, page 5
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A draft for Boom
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The final version for Boom
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Layouts for Yang & Yang
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Yang & Yang, the finished project
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Requiem for My Brother, page 1
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Requiem for My Brother, page 2
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Requiem for My Brother, page 3
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Requiem for My Brother, page 4
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Requiem for My Brother, page 5
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Consequences, page 5
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Consequences, page 1
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Ryan's drawings of the Nissan Rogue are featured in an ad at the beginning of every Season Two graphic novel. The colors were done by John Starr.
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Ryan sketches Claire and her father.
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Ryan draws a portrait of Hiro.
Heroes Characters Portraits
Following are Ryan Odagawa's renditions of some Heroes characters:
External Links
- Ryan Odagawa on DeviantART
- Questions and Answers with Ryan Odagawa at Heroes Wiki, June 2007
- Interview given at the 2007 San Diego Comic Con
- Interview at 3 Heroes Podcast, 9/2/07