Welcome, 2010!

Hey guys,

Sorry for being so quiet in the last months, it’s just that I had a lot of work and tight deadlines so I was unable to update you anylonger.

Let me thank you for being close to me in 2009 and for your great feedback and support, whether it was a bought print or a comment! Believe it or not, in that hard economy of 2009, even a sold print made the difference!

I promise you that in 2010 a lot of new cool things will come, amongst which:

- a lot of new tutorials on concept art and matte painting, there’s a whole list sitting on my desktop with to-do-s

- more Lost Chronicles artworks and novel samples

- animations and vue work/integration samples

- full making-of projects, documented step by step so you can follow them at your own pace.

So here’s a warm welcome to 2010, and let it be much better than 2009!

2010 Calendar

You can now buy a 2010 calendar which contains 12 of my artworks at less than $3 each, right from DeviantArt Shop (calendar price: $35,95)!

This offer is valid only until October 15th, when the normal price will become 59.95$ (so that’s almost a 50% discount until then! ).

So what are you waiting for? Get it now for you, your mom&dad, your friends, your girl, your pet

Small tutorial on Matte Painting

Hey guys,

Since a lot of people are still wondering what a matte painter really does in a studio, I put up an overview of most basic tasks you would undertake as Junior Matte Painter: cleaning, extending, light enhancement and grading.

This article is very simple and intended for the students and guys who want to begin on this path, so everyone else please don’t take offence

I hope that in the future I will be able to put up some more advanced aspects such as cityscape and camera projection

Anyway, here’s the link

http://www.tiberius-viris.com/tut1.html

Let me know if it’s of any use!

Legends: Pirate’s Cove

I finally had time to do a personal matte and this time I wanted to go for something more illustrative and full of small but many detail.

A continuation of the Legends theme (started with Temple of Nature), Pirate’s Cove illustrates a legendary gulf with a beauty that surpasses any Caribbean island, a place for all Pirates to gather, catch up, drink and reload their supplies.

It’s like their holiday resort

Original size is of 4000 pixels wide and I painted a bit loose at that size (You can see that in the closeups)

I hope you like it!

You can find the full image under my gallery

Of course, prints are available HERE

Skinsssss

Hey guys,

Some of my images are now available as skins for all sorts of gadgets such as phones, ipods, notebooks etc. You can find them bellow by clicking on each image:

Of course, you can also buy prints of them and many other at http://suirebit.imagekind.com

Cheers

Old Fractal Designs

While cleaning and archiving my works, I found some old fractal designs that I think are quite nice and I’ve made them available as prints for those of you who might be interested in fractal art.

You can find them all HERE

Some samples:

A glimpse at the Graphic Novel : Part 1

Hey!

Several days ago I’ve announced an upcoming graphic novel I’m working on (and hoping to finish by the next year), called “A story in 170 days”; it’s a weird title, I know, but trust me that it really fits the story and once you will get some glimpses into the universe you will see what I mean

Today, we’re gonna take a first look at it and see it’s background and the motivation behind creating it.

Background

The story of the graphic novel is set in a far, far, distant future, at a time when our galaxy is about to collapse*. If you think by now that it’s yet another clichee sci-fi story with tones of aliens and technology, you could not be more wrong because the galaxy at this time is abandoned, ruined and the mood is very dark and heavy.

The story follows the drama of an epic death (the one of our galaxy) and captures the psychological conflict of the few remaining living beings, while inserting and going after mythological, philosophical and religious elements. Without saying more, it’s like a novel version of ‘top 100 mankind questions’: Who are we? What is the purpose of live? Who is GOD? Is the universe infinite? and much more.

A story in 170 days

It’s a story I have in mind for about 10 years, but never got the chance to give it a contour. It’s actually part of a larger series of stories,  placed in the same universe, focused around a main character which over the time influences the course of history, both when alive and long after it’s demise (for easier reference, from now on we will call this series of stories as ‘The Lost Chronicles’).

This particular story can be considered the pinnacle of this evolution, set at the end of the trilogy (hence unveiled in reverse order by the means of prequels). As such, the story is not so much about the main character of the Lost Chronicles, but more about it’s legacy:  a lone templar, descendant of the once mighty Archon Saar, who pairs with the last remaining human and undertakes an epic journey at the end of our world. Will they succeed before that happens?

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That’s it for now Upcoming in part 2 is a short glimpse at our main characters.

*(later these weeks I will publish an article – for those who are interested – about the lifespan of an universe and the theories of expansion and collapse, to better understand the little science behind the story).

Blog started

Hello everyone!

I’m starting this blog in an attempt to get a chance to meet the people who visit my gallery and learn their opinions.

I also hope to deliver more frequent updates about my artworks, prints and what I do in general (if anyone is interested, hehe)

Feel free to subscribe and start to comment when something comes up!

Cheers!