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Velocity
Never before-seen artwork from the award-winning science-fiction and fantasy artist Stephan Martiniere! Following his previous books, Quantum Dreams and Quantumscapes , Velocity is a stunning new visionary collection of sci-fi book cover paintings, commercial and film art, video game designs, and never before-seen artwork from the fantastic imagination of acclaimed artist Stephan Martiniere.
64 pages, Hardcover
First published December 15, 2011
About the author
Stephan Martinière
31 books7 followersStephan Martinière is an award-winning French science fiction and fantasy artist, using his considerable skill and experience to morph from cartoonist, to concept illustrator, to art director.
As of 2008, Stephan Martiniere resides in Dallas, Texas and works at id Software on Rage.
* Complete list of his book covers.
Book covers were something that Stephan wanted to do for many years: “As a kid I was buying sci-fi books mainly because of the cover art. I was a huge fan of Chris Foss.” His first cover was for a story from Jack Williamson, 'Terraforming the Earth'.
“Doing book covers is one of the most enjoyable and rewarding thing for me”, says Stephan. “As an artist, book covers offer individual recognition. Coming from a background in movies and animation where everything is part of a huge machine, you have no idea where your work goes and how it’s being used. It’s rare when you can see it all on the screen. As an artist it’s important to be able to show people what you do and receive feedback. It validates your art and yourself as an artist. Book covers are exciting because they are “undiluted”.
CGSociety, Grand Master Award interview.
As of 2008, Stephan Martiniere resides in Dallas, Texas and works at id Software on Rage.
* Complete list of his book covers.
Book covers were something that Stephan wanted to do for many years: “As a kid I was buying sci-fi books mainly because of the cover art. I was a huge fan of Chris Foss.” His first cover was for a story from Jack Williamson, 'Terraforming the Earth'.
“Doing book covers is one of the most enjoyable and rewarding thing for me”, says Stephan. “As an artist, book covers offer individual recognition. Coming from a background in movies and animation where everything is part of a huge machine, you have no idea where your work goes and how it’s being used. It’s rare when you can see it all on the screen. As an artist it’s important to be able to show people what you do and receive feedback. It validates your art and yourself as an artist. Book covers are exciting because they are “undiluted”.
CGSociety, Grand Master Award interview.
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November 14, 2012
(More pictures on my blog)
This is the third art book of Stephan Martiniere, the first two being Quantum Dreams (2004) and Quantumscapes (2006).
This book is really thin at 64 pages, thinner than the previous two books. Half the thickness is made of the front and back hardcover. It has been 6 years since his last art book, however, the amount of work featured doesn't add up to that.
His sci-fi environment paintings are still wonderful. Most are created for book covers. There are also paintings created for Magic the Gathering cards, illustrations created for various projects like The Looking Glass Wars, The Guardian film, Gulliver's Travels CG film.
There are some fantastic character designs as well. The ones for The Guardian which look really futuristic. There are aliens and mechanic bots, all beautifully painted to give a very 3D feel.
Those who are buying this book for the environment paintings will be slightly disappointed because they take up only half the book.
It's a nice book but certainly feels that more could have been included.
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