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Posted by SnarkSephiroth on Fri Mar 18th at 3:46am 2005

This guy is crazy good go check out his stuff. Found his site last night and he is one of the best artist I have seen. His art is inspiring and it is just the style I am into.

http://www.sparth.com/news.htm

Here is one of my most favorite pieces of his.

http://www.sparth.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=topn&cat=-46&pos=0

I love his art so much. I wish I was this good.
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Posted by Crono on Fri Mar 18th at 3:54am 2005

He's pretty average actually. I don't know how many times I've seen the unclean photoshop pictures (Sijun, Jdillon, toomcity, Anry to name a few) [addsig]



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Posted by SnarkSephiroth on Fri Mar 18th at 4:11am 2005

Well he might be average to you but its his style that I love the most and thats why I like him so much.
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Posted by Campaignjunkie on Fri Mar 18th at 4:16am 2005

Sparth's work is anything but unclean or average. I love his style as well. I guess the French aren't so bad after all!
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Posted by Finger on Fri Mar 18th at 7:04am 2005

Are you f**king kidding me? Sparth is an amazing artist - take it from somebody who IS average, and has spent alot of time trying not to be. Sparth has a loose style - don't mistake that for sloppiness.

But...if you want to see my alltime favorite, check Craig Mullins out.

www.goodbrush.com





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Posted by Crono on Fri Mar 18th at 8:40am 2005

Let's take a moment to stop misunderstanding what I said:

by Average, I mean his style. His style is nowhere near unique. I even listen artsts that are very simliar to him.

Unclean isn't a bad thing, nothing like sloppy (which I didn't say). [addsig]



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Posted by Finger on Fri Mar 18th at 7:53pm 2005

heh, I get defensive when it comes to my favorite artists.

Yes, the rough low-detail style is done by many people. It's almost some digital impressionist movement that grows from tools themself. Digital is great for high-detail, high-res; but it's just as great for quick speedpainting, capturing the bare essence of a scene - quick studies in color, contrast, composition, value. Anyone seriously building there skills in digital (or classical), should be working with these type of rough studies.

That said, Sparth has taken this common approach and created a body of work that is representative of his own imaginitie style. I could probably look at a wall of pictures, and identify a 'sparth' image. In this sense, I think he has succeeded in capturing a unique stlye. Of course, if its not appealing to you, that's another story.





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Posted by Spartan on Fri Mar 18th at 8:52pm 2005

I love this guys work and style. He is now one of my favorite artists of all time. His imagination is amazing. Also his style is loose, not at all sloppy. Sloppy is a bad thing. [addsig]



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Posted by DrGlass on Fri Mar 18th at 9:13pm 2005

you dont have to be good at reporducing life to be a good artist, even if an artist uses an over done style and poor technique he can still be a great artist becuase of his subject and message.

I dont have any feelings for this artist, his art is nice but dosn't stun me or really impress me much more than other people. I'm a hard man to impress tho.
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Posted by Finger on Fri Mar 18th at 9:31pm 2005

Posted a link eariler. If you want to be impressed, scan this guys sketchbook gallery. He's done conecpt art for tons of popular game and film entities (matrix, halo to name a couple).

www.goodbrush.com





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Posted by Dark Tree on Fri Apr 22nd at 10:06am 2005

Christ I hate frames...especially when they block pictures from being viewed full.

goodbrush.com = good pics, bad site.

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Posted by Cassius on Sat Apr 23rd at 1:12am 2005

A bit more definition wouldn't kill the guy. [addsig]



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Posted by French Toast on Sat Apr 23rd at 1:33am 2005

Well, you never know, it might... [addsig]



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Posted by Finger on Sat Apr 23rd at 3:07am 2005

A bit more structure wouldn't have killed Picaso either.





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Posted by Cassius on Sat Apr 23rd at 4:01am 2005

Picasso didn't make concept art.



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Posted by Finger on Sat Apr 23rd at 4:36am 2005

This type of concept art isn't about detail, i'ts about style, mood, color palette, texture. I like it for it's looseness, same way I like Mullins. I'm sure Sparth could do high detail if he chose (now you've inspired me dig around his site, in hopes of backing up that claim).



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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Wed Apr 27th at 5:13pm 2005

I personally dislike Picassos works... I like to see things pictured in a realistic manner no matter what the thing itself is. [addsig]



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Posted by French Toast on Wed Apr 27th at 11:17pm 2005

I used to dislike Picasso, but after seeing his journal, you realise that he
1. can draw real people correctly
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2. has a process for where he ends up, it's not just random placement of body parts

There really is a creative process that occurs in his work, so now I can actually appreciate his art more. [addsig]




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