The Art OF Rob Laro

Olaf The Insurmountable (Via)

I discovered Rob Laro back when I was playing Team Fortress 2 fanatically, mainly thanks to some of the items he created for the games bustling marketplace. His works ranged from the Tank Buster series to item sets commissioned by Sega and Eidos for Shogun and Deus Ex: Human Revolution as incentives for buying the Steam versions.

Upon tracking it back to his blog, I really fell in love with his simple, colorful style. Laro is a UK based artist who's a jack of all trades, dabbling in concept art, illustration, 3D and programming. His style emphasizes bold proportions and colorful palettes that are easy on the eye. He's definitely admirable thanks to the fact that he's got a knack for doing a lot more with a lot less, focusing on the most defining features of his characters and environments rather than getting bogged down with fine detail and rendering. Check out more of his work after the break!