Cam de Leon (born 1961 in

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) is an American artist who specializes in surreal, dark imagery. He is best known for creating the artwork for

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's 1991 demo EP ''72826'', the EP ''

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'' and the ''

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'' album, as well as working as a digital illustrator, doing concept and visual development and character design for the feature animation industry. He worked as a digital illustrator for movies such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Sum of All Fears'' and ''

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''. He also worked with

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on various techdemos. In 2005, he published the first compendium of his work entitled ''The Art and Imagery of Cam de Leon''.

References

External links

camdeleon.com
- official website

Cam de Leon - Surreal Art Collective
American speculative fiction artists Living people People from Modesto, California Artists from California Fantasy artists 1961 births {{US-illustrator-stub