Artist / Owner at Kosart Effects Studios, LLC.
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Artist / Owner at Kosart Effects Studios, LLC.
- Freelance Halloween Mask Designer / Sculptor at Zagone Studios, LLC
- Freelance Artist and Sculpt Painter at The Bradford Group
- Past
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- Professional Freelance Artist at KOSART Effects
- Special Effects Intern Summer 2007 at Stan Winston Studio
- Product Development Intern Summer 2006 at The Bradford Group
- Education
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- American Academy of Art
- Schell Sculpture Studio
- Connections
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J. Anthony Kosar’s Summary
J. Anthony Kosar is a well rounded artist in all medias, specializing in Fine Art, Illustration, Sculpture, Creature Design, and Make-up Effects.
WEBSITE:
www.kosarteffects.com
BLOG:
www.kosarteffects.blogspot.com
TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/KOSARTeffects
FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kosart-Effects-Studios-The-Art-of-J-Anthony-Kosar/109198188820
PLAXO:
http://kosarteffects.myplaxo.com/
DEVIANT ART:
http://www.kosarteffects.deviantart.com/
THE FX LAB:
http://theeffectslab.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=9084
MODEL MAYHEM:
http://www.modelmayhem.com/kosarteffects
J. Anthony Kosar’s Specialties:
Fine Art, Illustration, Graphic Design, Sculpting, Creature Design, Make-up Effects, and more...
J. Anthony Kosar’s Experience
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Artist / Owner
Kosart Effects Studios, LLC.
(Fine Art industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Kosart Effects Studios, LLC is the work of Freelance Artist J. Anthony Kosar, specializing in Fine Art, Illustration, Sculpture, Creature Design, Make-up Effects, and much more, including Concept Art, Storyboards, Halloween Masks, Props, Maquettes, Byzantine Iconography, Graphic Design & Product Design. Though Kosar has been using the name "KOSART Effects" since 2002, he formed the official LLC in 2008. Despite the familiar connotation of the word “effects,” the name “KOSART Effects” not only encompasses Kosar's alter ego of special effects, but also of all his art and everything who he is. The word “effect” means “end result” and “the extent to which something succeeds.” In a way, “KOSART Effects” is more of a promise to himself and to the world, a promise best said in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, “So much has been done. More, far more, will I achieve; treading in the footsteps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.”
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Freelance Halloween Mask Designer / Sculptor
Zagone Studios, LLC
(Consumer Goods industry)
November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
In 2008, Kosar sculpted his first commercially made Halloween mask for Zagone Sudios, "Gargoyle," and has two more Halloween masks for Zagone’s 2009 line "SATANIC PANIC" and "Alien." Kosar will be working on several more for 2010.
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Freelance Artist and Sculpt Painter
The Bradford Group
(Privately Held; Consumer Goods industry)
September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
Kosar designs products, creates digital renderings and mock-ups of product concepts, critiques sculpts, and paints the cast-resin sculpts.
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Professional Freelance Artist
KOSART Effects
(Fine Art industry)
September 2002 — October 2008 (6 years 2 months)
KOSART Effects is the work of Freelance Artist J. Anthony Kosar, specializing in Fine Art, Illustration, Sculpture, Creature Design, Make-up Effects, and much more, including Concept Art, Storyboards, Halloween Masks, Props, Maquettes, Byzantine Iconography, Graphic Design & Product Design.
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Special Effects Intern Summer 2007
Stan Winston Studio
(Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)
As an intern, Kosar learned the many aspects of the FX industry, working on the major motion pictures "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and James Cameron's "Avatar," and commercials including Xbox's Halo 3 "Believe" Campaign and the Axe Body Spray's "Dark Temptation: The Chocolate Man."
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Product Development Intern Summer 2006
The Bradford Group
(Privately Held; Consumer Goods industry)
May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)
As an Intern, Kosar learned the Product Development Industry: designing products, creating digital renderings and mock-ups of product concepts, critiquing sculpts, and painting the cast-resin sculpts. He continues doing these things as a Freelance Artist.
J. Anthony Kosar’s Education
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American Academy of Art
Bachelor of Fine Art , Illustration , 2004 — 2008
Education Honors:
• Valedictorian of 2008 American Academy of Art Graduating Class.
• President's List: Fall 2005 & Spring 2008; Dean's List: Spring 2006 & Spring 2007.
• Selected to represent American Academy of Art in 2007 Nation Wide Art Competition.
• Awarded "First Place" in American Academy of Art 2004 Annual Senior Art Scholarship Competition. -
Schell Sculpture Studio
Mask Making and Creature Design Fundamentals 2007 — 2007
Kosar studied sculpture under acclaimed Hollywood sculptor and creature designer Jordu Schell.
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J. Anthony Kosar’s Interests:
Art, Filmmaking, Theater, Poetry, Paleontology, Archeology, Mythology, Movies, Monsters, Rock 'n' Roll, 80s Metal, and Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
J. Anthony Kosar’s Groups:
Illinois Watercolor Society, Chicago Greek Media Club, Naperville Art League
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J. Anthony Kosar’s Honors:
2009
• "Dong Kingman Award" at American Watercolor Society's 142nd Annual International Exhibition & Travel Show.
2008
• Valedictorian of 2008 American Academy of Art Graduating Class.
• Best of Show at 24th Annual Illinois Watercolor Society Open Exibition.
• Peter C. Berry Memorial Scholarship/Student Choice Award at American Academy of Art Annual Student Juried Exhibition.
• First Place in Illustration Award at American Academy of Art Annual Student Juried Exhibition.
2007
• Peter C. Berry Memorial Scholarship/Student Choice Award at American Academy of Art Annual Student Juried Exhibition.
• First Place in Illustration Award at American Academy of Art Annual Student Juried Exhibition.
• Honorable Mention in IBHE Annual Collegiate Art Competition.
For more Awards and Honors, please visit his website: www.kosarteffects.com
J. Anthony Kosar’s Contact Settings
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