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    small 2008 art collection

    hi people

    it's been a while.
    i'm starting to post a bit more like in the past.
    here's a bunch of things i've been doing lately, in my spare time.
    that second one was strongly inspired by moket's and mister blackfrog's pieces with dualtone textures. i did that first one soon afterwards.
    third piece was for irene gallo at tor (thanks for the nice interview btw ! ).
    the tank image was just a brush test done with mister's cicinimo's brush pack.

    oh, and by the way, my book STRUCTURA is out. on the DSP site for now, and on amazon in the next days according to what i know.

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    your ship designs are always beautiful.

    Have you ever tried to redesign a ship by John Berkey? I think your style would fit great with a redesign of his.

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    OH JOY!!!

    I'll be on the lookout for your book on amazon. Your art is a tall pint of liquid inspiration.

    EDIT: The book is up for pre-order, 128 pages for $16, that's a steal.

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    awwwww shit
    always sick work from you. love it!
    hey, does your book have any progress shots? im a junkie for that sort of thing.

    (btw, thanks for the comment about my photography)

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    Quality
    I think the second image, and the tank are incredible.
    I look forward to more

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    Sparthy!

    I love the book, man.

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    sparth, your new book is awesome...the paintings look beautiful in print...mad inspiring, as are the new works, but i'd expect no less from you, sir . hope you and yours are all doing well... keep the fire.-c36

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    as usual,

    Never disappointing.

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    Fantastic work as always, the tank image is great,

    I love the atmosphere you manage to get into your work. Do you find it hard to put the time aside for personal work? Personally I think that When you draw for a living it can sometimes be hard to sit down at the end of the day and get your own work done, it does help if you have a crummy brief at work.

    keep up the great work, your an inspiration.

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    great stuff/style, I enjoy the detail and atmosphere created with such ease.

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    Hi sparth
    I have always loved your work and wow!

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    Fan-damn-tastic. Awe inspiring. I wish the world existed as you envision it!
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    Great to have you back sparth. That first piece is amazing, great brush strokes.
    2011 Sketchbook

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    Thanks for the inspiration!!!

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    Sparth, as always, your stuff looks great, can't wait to see more! the book cover looks awesome

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    that was uncalled for. You are ready to go to bed - one last look in the FF section and BAMM... thanks man. that thurt...

    Marvelous.

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    You have some very cool pieces there. I like the atmosphere and the color. But, in the first two, you seemed to have used a strange texture or brush, it works well in some places, but it seems out of place in others, like the outlines. Other than that, fantastic.

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    Amazing! The first two are very bold and powerful, it's great to see you experiment with different techniques such as the dualtone textures.

    Thanks for sharing!

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    really nice paintings!
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    Hey man... Awesome chunk of work here! I just got a shipment notification from designstudio so I'll see your book soon

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    wicked cool man. now i just gotta wait for your book to arrive.
    looks like some awesome stuff.

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    thanks for sharing this pieces////

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    Hey Sparth,
    I am happy to see that you are still producing some pieces.

    Nice work once again. I do not know why but finally, the painting I really enjoy the most is the last sketch, maybe because it looks like an extract from a movie.
    Vivement le bouquin sur Amazon!

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    As great as usual. Always a new update to my imagintion neurons!

    Thanks a lot for sharing!

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    bloody fantastic.. first one is now my desktop i really love your compositions... you really struck gold with that first one... awesome shapes and scale!

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    Mmmmmmmmm, Can't wait to get your book!

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    That tank man, not a usual SparthPiece but I really like - a thumbs up thread

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    Genius! That mixed style's just fantastic.

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    too nice! love the dot grid on the 1st and 2nd one.
    it's a nice bonus to make your work special.

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