45 Incredible Digital Artworks by Tomasz Maronski

Tomasz Maronski is a digital book illustrator who started with art nearly 10 years ago, working initially with traditional painting.  However, traditional oil paintings were too time consuming, and with the emergence of computer graphics, he switched to a digital painting style to improve productivity.

His paintings generally focus on fantasy themes with inspiration from the everyday world.  In this post, we’ll look at 45 brilliant digital paintings from Tomasz, some of which you might recognize from the cover of various books.  Be sure to check out his CGSociety portfolio: http://maronski.cgsociety.org/

Enjoy the digital paintings, and thanks for reading!

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38 Breathtaking Digital Artworks from OmeN2501

OmeN2501, real name Marek Okon, is a digital artist from Lublin, Poland who is incredibly talented at digital painting and digital art.  Currently, he primarily works as a concept artist and artist for videogames and literature, and of course, many of his works are around the internet as wallpapers.

He tends to mix science fiction with traditional fantasy, and while subtle influences such as Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings and other epics are evident in his works, his style remains wholly original and will leave you captivated.

Hopefully you like his work, and if you do, please share this post with your friends as always! :)

Enjoy the awesome digital art!

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33 Awe-Inspiring Matte Paintings by Christian Hecker

Christian Hecker, also known as Tigaer, is an incredibly talented digital artist from Germany, who works with concept art, matte painting, 3D and other styles to create visually stunning environments.  He has won numerous contests on CGTalk, CGHub and others, and he uses digital painting, 3DS Max, Vue, and other programs to create his results.

In this post, we’ll feature 33 awe-inspiring and gorgeous works from Christian.  Hopefully you like his work, and be sure to check his gallery, as he’s open for commissions: http://v5.tigaer-design.com/

Have a great start to your week, and be sure to share this post with your friends!

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24 Mindblowing Pieces of Concept Art by Daniel Conway

thumbDaniel Conway is a 23 year old digital painter, concept artist and animator from the UK.  A recent graduate of Dundee University in Scotland, Daniel has been dazzling the world with his digital painting and concept art for the past 4 years.

His ability to create stunning digital paintings that capture various elements, including water and fire, along with his use of color and contrast makes him one of the most talented concept artists around.  Today, we have 24 mindblowing pieces of concept art by Daniel, which showcase his incredible gallery, located here: http://www.artofconway.com/

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55 Epic, Weird and Totally Awesome Images

thumbThere are some incredibly talented and creative minds in the field of graphic design.  Combining 3D, photomanipulation, and digital painting can result in some pretty incredible effects.  However, designers don’t always create serious images for clients, sometimes, they just like to goof off.

Today, we have 55 epic, weird, insane, crazy, neat, confusing and just all around freakin’ awesome images that you have to see.  If you glance at one and don’t get the idea, be sure to click and see the fullsize image, because there’s some hidden tricks in some of the images.  A lot of these are a perfect wallpaper size, too.

I hope you all think this post is as cool as I do, and if you do, please Stumble, Digg and share it with your friends.

Thanks for reading, everyone!  Enjoy.

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42 Eye-Popping Digital Paintings by Snow Skadi

thumbSnowSkadi is a fantasy digital painter and artist from Russia, specializing in fantasy concept art and landscape digital painting.  SnowSkadi is a master of architectural concepts, as you’ll notice in many of the digital paintings, and also is an expert at a unique soft coloring technique that provides subtle yet eye catching colors.

Today, it’s my pleasure to feature 42 of SnowSkadi’s beautiful digital paintings here, for your viewing enjoyment.  Each image was hand selected for having a beautiful concept, flawless colors and beautiful details.  If you like them, be sure to check out SnowSkadi on deviantART here: http://snowskadi.deviantart.com/

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Best of the Web #30

thumbAs always, since it’s Monday, I’ve gone ahead and rounded up the best posts from the design world from the previous week.  While certainly not the “end-all” of best of the web posts, I think that these posts illustrate the 7-10 posts that I think readers would most enjoy.

This week had some great tutorials, some really awesome inspirational posts (including one roundup of really cool Threadless t-shirts), and of course, some excellent design freebies.  Of course, if you feel like I missed any posts, please let me know in the comments.

Thanks for reading as always, everyone, and if you ever need anything, just drop me an email or comment.

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