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Rafael Kayanan is a Filipino-born naturalised American comic book artist and Filipino Martial Arts master in the Sayoc Kali system. ==Biography== Rafael Kayanan has illustrated for every major comic book publisher. His most notable work has been on Marvel Comics' ''Conan'', Acclaim Comics' ''Turok'' and DC Comics' ''Firestorm''. He also inked the Eisner-nominated series ''Chiaroscuro: The Life and Times of Leonardo Da Vinci'' for Vertigo Comics. Kayanan has illustrated concept designs for comic book, film and game companies.〔Lambiek〕 During the late 1990s, he was the creator and art director for Cross Plains Comics featuring the ''Pulp magazine'' characters created by Robert E. Howard. Kayanan developed concept designs for Nintendo's ground-breaking ''Turok: Dinosaur Hunter II'' video game. He currently continues to do work for Topps Cards on licenses such as ''Star Wars'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. Other titles he has worked on include: ''Conan'', ''Spider-Man'', ''Elektra'', ''Star Wars'', R. A. Salvatore's ''Drizzt'', ''Magic: The Gathering'', ''Turok'', ''Firestorm'' and ''Batman''. Kayanan's art is known for its rapid tempo, storytelling pace and layered depth. Much thought is evident in the choreography of dynamic action on every page. His slick and precise usage of shadows to define anatomy and emotion is as proficient as any of the longtime masters of the craft.〔(Rafael Kayanan ) at AlberyMoy.com. Retrieved March 28, 2006.〕 Kayanan is a Master-level edged weapons (knife, sword, tomahawk) expert and instructor in Sayoc Kali. This rare combination of a visual and martial artist, has led to projects which utilize both skills to illustrate fight storyboards for film and TV. Kayanan choreographed and trained the actors, in William Friedkin's ''The Hunted'', starring Benicio del Toro and Tommy Lee Jones.〔Van Wicklen, T: The Hunted, pg 30. Black Belt Magazine, 2003〕 He also trained actor Sam Rockwell for director George Clooney's film, ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind''. Kayanan was a development artist, fight trainer and weapons consultant for Paramount Pictures adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' ''John Carter of Mars''. His art was used for the hit CBS show ''NCIS: Los Angeles''. Kayanan designed fights for the main cast of LL Cool J, Chris O' Donnell, Daniela Ruah and Eric Christian Olsen, as well as special guest stars Danny Trejo,〔http://ncisla-episodeanalysisbysd.blogspot.com/2013/12/5x15-5x14-for-crew-dave-kalstein-cmoore.html〕 Ernie Reyes, Jr.〔http://www.enstarz.com/pre-photo/29511/20131121/ncis-la-season-5-spoilers-densi-drama-set-to-knife-wielding-gurkah-plot-photos-intense-fight-scenes-for-frozen-lake-video.htm〕 and Daniel Henney.〔http://ncisla-episodeanalysisbysd.blogspot.com/2014/02/5x20-by-crew-written-by-dave.html〕 Kayanan was the technical advisor for the close quarter fights inside the airplane of the film ''Non-Stop'' starring Liam Neeson. Additional comic book work can be found in issue 39 of Dark Horse Comics' ''Conan'', ''Annihilation'',〔(Annihilation Makes Things Civil: Hine talks "What If? Annihilation" )Marvel Comics, Comic Book Resources, October 5, 2007〕 and fantasy novelist R.A. Salvatore's ''Drizzt'', ''Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons'' from Devil's Due Publishing. Rafael Kayanan was a set illustrator and story board artist for the ''Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' Broadway show, directed by Julie Taymor with music created by Bono and the Edge. Kayanan worked on concept illustration for the films ''Immortals''. and ''Mirror, Mirror'' both directed by Tarsem Singh from Relativity Media, and the related graphic novel anthology ''Immortals: Gods and Heroes'' published by Archaia. Rafael Kayanan also co-created the DC Comics character Felicity Smoak on The CW television series ''Arrow ''with writer Gerry Conway. Rafael and Gerry also co-created the DC Comics character Slipknot〔''Fury of Firestorm'' (vol. 1 #28 (October 1984)〕 who appears in the upcoming Suicide Squad film. Recent projects include the Discovery TV show ''Lone Target'', also known internationally as ''Manhunt'', starring former Navy SEAL Joel Lambert where the Kayanan designed RnD Hawk, Bontoc and Madumi Sayoc Kali-Daniel Winkler knives were prominently featured.〔http://joellambert.com/875/madumi-knife-winkler-knives/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rafael Kayanan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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