Welcome to our 48th edition of the Artist Spotlight Series, where we highlight artists from different backgrounds, mediums, and blockchains.
This edition’s featured artists include:
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Jaime Jones (Illustrator and Concept Artist)
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Raphael Lacoste (Director and Illustrator)
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Sparth (Director and Concept Artist)
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Gregory Fromenteau (Art Director and Illustrator)
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Darek Zabrocki (Art Director & Concept Designer)
The Hunt by Jaime Jones
Jaimes Jones is an illustrator and concept artist creating imaginative sci-fi and fantasy-themed works exploring tangible alien worlds and expansive environments beautifully drawn, painted, and realized.
The Hunt is a sci-fi-themed illustration of a hunter and his hounds on an early morning excursion through a vast treacherous landscape with an awe-inspiring giant on the horizon.
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World Trees by Raphael Lacoste
Raphael Lacoste is an art director, illustrator, and concept artist working on large-scale open-world environments for films and video games set in sci-fi, fantasy, and historical universes.
Raphael’s work draws inspiration from his experience and interest in traditional and digital mediums like painting, photography, film, and sound design, influencing how he conveys light and composition in each world.
World Trees explores a terraformed world where the inhabitants not only terraformed the planet but also the people now living in cities and villages under enormous world trees they connect to.
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Exodus by Sparth
Nicolas Bouvier, aka Sparth, is an art director and concept artist, passionate about composition and color, creating illustrative works exploring themes that range from sweeping futuristic vistas to massive structures to otherworldly landscapes.
Exodus is an evocative narrative illustration of a straightforward space discovery tale that’s dramatic yet hopeful.
The simple composition builds around a strong foreground silhouette in the shadow, emphasizing a futuristic scenery focused on a single spaceship about to take off.
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The take off by Gregory Fromenteau
Gregory Fromenteau is an art director and illustrator who began drawing at a young age, developing a fascination for 3D art made in 3DStudio, paint, and early versions of Photoshop—where he started experimenting with digital color and texture.
Today, Gregory’s work draws inspiration from his interest in cars and motorcycles, which play a role alongside the characters in his fantasy and science-fiction themed large-scale scenes.
The take off depicts a man observing a long-awaited rocket launch near an industrial cityscape while smoking his last cigarette next to his classic Chevy Bel Air.
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Homecoming by Darek Zabrocki
Darek Zabrocki is an art director and concept designer with a passion for world building and environment design. His background in traditional painting and sketch drawing laid the foundation for his understanding of color, light, and composition in his digital work.
Homecoming is a personal piece from Derek’s Homecomings series—embarking on an epic journey throughout vast landscapes where man and machine must work together to find their way back home.
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