The Art Of Sparth

In the Lion's mouth (Via)

Sparth, aka Nicolas Bouvier has been widely considered to be one of the concept industries main powerhouses over the last decade or so, helping evolve the medium with his experimental and ever evolving process regarding digital painting. Sparth migrated from France to Montreal to work at Ubisoft in 1996, contributing to projects including: Alone In The Dark 4, Cold Fear, Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within, Rage and now Halo 4. Sparth currently works as a senior artist at 343 Industries, the company tasked with developing the future of the Halo franchise.

What I personally appreciated about him was his ability to figure out new approaches to concept painting and his endless drive to refine his process, using tools that most people had often ignored in Photoshop. I had a chance to attend a tutorial of his once at a workshop, and was blown away by his process, which went as far as using previous paintings as 'stamps' to start new pieces. If you'd like to own some of Sparth's work, check out his Structura series. Check out 11 more pieces by the talented artist after the break.