Peter Vinton, Jr. got his start in Fredericksburg, Virginia by selling handsomely-detailed pen-and-ink renderings to area homeowners, which led to commissions from local real estate and construction companies. Following this came a number of lucrative design contracts with various law enforcement agencies, including the DEA (for whom Peter designed the now-famous REDRUM logo), the U.S. Secret Service (for whom he designed a recruitment poster ), and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.

In the fall of 1993, inspired by the works of the fantasy art masters like Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, Michael Whelan, and Greg Horn, Vinton embarked on his own fantasy art venture, and began a portfolio of dazzling otherworldly characters and settings to which he continues to add today. Early in 1995, Vinton's first genre illustration appeared in Aberrations. He has done work for various Renaissance Faires, his work has appeared in Medusa's Hairdo, and has also been featured on the cover of Lost Worlds. Vinton has been a featured artist at New York ComicCon 2008, Wizard World's BigAppleCon (2009), at Granite State ComicCon, the Boston Comic Book Spectacular, multiple Boston ComicCons, the Portsmouth, NH Comic Convention, Northeast ComicCon, and Larry's Comics Pop Culture Extravaganza. Additional 2011 appearances are pending.

Currently Peter is developing his own series and has also illustrated for Free Lunch Comics' Sky Pirates of Valendor. He is a member of the Comicbook Artists' Guild (watch for their forthcoming Iconic 2 series) and also sells his work through Comic Art Commissions.

A native Vermonter, Vinton is a graduate of Vermont College of the Union Institute (Montpelier), and he now divides his time about evenly: being chained to the drafting table and raising his son and daughter. Vinton also enjoys baiting socialists, studying American history, listening to Roger Waters, and watching Doctor Who reruns at 1:00 a.m.

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