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Katherine Ramirez

Digital Media (Game & Entertainment Design)
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Katherine Ramirez
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Katherine, also known as Kotaro on social media, is an LA-based illustrator & concept artist predominantly focused on character design. By incorporating a strange mix of concept art, illustration, and manga, she is always striving to create beautifully rendered and captivating narratives. You'll often find her tucked away in quiet places thinking about the next endeavor. She's also the creator of Boar & Crane Studio, the umbrella that represents her craftsmanship.
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The Art of Gears

Gears Artbook Cover
Dustjacket design for the Art of Gears, a hardcover artbook composed of concepts and illustrations created for the Gears manga.
  • Gears Logo - Gold Version
    A front page excerpt featuring the Gears logo and Katherine's pen name, Kotaro. The logo was completely custom designed to fit the ambience of the series.
  • Gears Artbook
    A character sheet from The Art of Gears featuring Gears' heroine Lily Haworth
  • Gears Artbook
    A character sheet featuring the mysterious fox spirit that crosses Lily's path.
  • Architectural concepts for Gears
    Architectural concepts for Gears.
  • Architectural concepts for Gears
    Architectural concepts for Gears.
  • 3D rendition of the artbook. It displays concepts from a section titled Citizens of Narcis, which focuses entirely on the world's characters
    3D rendition of the artbook. It displays concepts from a section titled Citizens of Narcis, which focuses entirely on the world's characters.
  • 3D rendition of the artbook. It displays concepts from a section titled Narcis Country, which focuses entirely on the world's environmental design
    3D rendition of the artbook. It displays concepts from a section titled Narcis Country, which focuses entirely on the world's environmental design.
 

Gears - Story & Art By Kotaro

Gears Chapter One Cover
Titled The Inspector, chapter one initiates us into the Gears manga series.
  • Gears Chapter One: The Inspector
    Gears Chapter One: The Inspector
  • Gears Chapter One: The Inspector
    Gears Chapter One: The Inspector
  • Gears Chapter One: The Inspector
    Gears Chapter One: The Inspector
  • Gears Chapter One: The Inspector
    Gears Chapter One: The Inspector
  • Gears Chapter One: The Inspector
    Gears Chapter One: The Inspector
 
Gears Chapter One: The Inspector To continue reading Gears, please visit Webtoon, a free online comic reading platform. Gears is currently being serialized on a monthly basis. Thank you!

Gears Merchandise

Gears Clear Acrylic Charms
A set of three acrylic charm designs were made to complement the artbook and manga. They display Lily in chibi form, a Bean Cab design popular in the series, and the original Gears logo displayed on the cover of volume one.
  • Gears Clear Acrylic Charms
  • Gears Clear Acrylic Charms
  • Gears Clear Acrylic Charms
  • Gears Clear Acrylic Charms
 
Please visit my social media pages to learn more about acquiring a limited edition print of The Art of Gears and its complementary charms.
 

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  • Katherine Han
  • Lai He
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  • Minkyu Kim
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  • Suzie Lee
  • Yifu Li
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  • Denise Lopez
  • Elizabeth Lopez
  • Brittney Ludwig
  • Pengkun Mao
  • Ethan Marcopoulos
  • Reimi Mosses
  • Mike Nazarey
  • Abigail Dabin Oh
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  • Andrea Ortiz
  • Sejun Park
  • Angelica Pascua
  • Elise Perryman
  • Angelie Pham
  • Ruohan Qu
  • Katherine Ramirez
  • Alexandria - Sasha Rowton
  • Eli Sanchez
  • Blair Shin
  • Saurabh Shriwas
  • Caitlin Stearns
  • Peng Wang
  • Ben Wieland
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  • Tucker Wooley
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  • Katelin Yee
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