This book will showcase not only his professional and personal work, but will also include tips of the trade and stepbystep tutorials. Speaking to his evolution as a concept artist, and his move to art director at 343 industries, sparth talks about his role as. Nov 29, 2017 nov 29, 2017 artstation halo warfleet book cover, sparth. Sparth was kind enough to share some of his concept art pieces featured in structura 3. Concept artwork for halo 5 guardians ranging from cities, through jungles, to spaceships and crash sites. Guardians, halo 4, assassins creed, rage and prince of persia. This is a nice sequel to the first structura art book. Jan 31, 2012 nicolas sparth bouvier, has been an active artistic director and concept designer for the gaming industry for over 15 years. Sparth nicolas bouvier spaceship art, alien concept. Featured in the book are work created for book covers, video games halo 4 and his personal pieces, some of which are created in 30 minutes but definitely do not look so. The city seen below, for instance, isnt a major setting in halo 5. Nicolas sparth bouvier is a fantastic artist, and this book is filled with his works, so expectedly its a fine book.
Sparth has contributed to concept art for such games as prince of persia. The book is a nice flight of fancy and id happily recommend it. Sparth otherwise known as nicolas bouvier, is the current art director for halo 5, born in france and now working in seattle he had started his career within the gaming industry back in 1996 as a concept designer. Today, were looking at a collection of halo 4 art by nicolas sparth bouvier, aka one of the most talented concept artists in the world. This book will showcase not only his professional and personal work, but. My man sparth posts yet some more great concept art. Job, tutorial, art, concept art, portfolio making of halo 5 guardians multiplayermaking of halo 5 guardians episode all in esrban exclusive peek behind the curtain at what it takes to prepare for one of the biggest stages in the gamin. The highly anticipated follow up to structura and structura 2, structura 3 is the newest collection of images from halo art director, sparth, which takes viewers on an amazing journey to imaginary lands. This book focuses on concept art for scifi and environment. Art director and concept artist veteran in the video game industry since 1996, author of the structura book series, halo 5 art director.
Sparth nicolas bouvier has been an artistic director and concept designer in the. There are spaceships flying off from the many sleek locations conceived by sparth. As well as images from assassins creed and halo, he also showcases his book cover art, as well as fantasy and science fiction pieces. In addition to serving as a concept artist for halo 4, his work has been utilized in the cover art of several 343 industries titles, namely halo. And at the heart of halo is a desire to create something that feels real, and this is in very large part thanks to sparth. As with his prior best selling books, structura 3 will not only share his fascinating. Meet the art of cg legend artist, sparth nicolas bouvier whos recently worked as art director for halo 5 and who will be one of our iamc 19 speakers. Nicolas bouvier, more commonly known as sparth, is the senior art director at 343 industries. Nicolas bouvier concept art world, environment concept. Sparth art futuriste, sci fi concept art, art science fiction. Jan 27, 2012 this visually stunning book includes neverbeforeseen art from video game concept artist sparth. Nov 23, 2015 sparth has contributed to concept art for such games as prince of persia. Since his halo 4 work wont be publicly available for a while, you can see more of sparths art on his personal site, and you can purchase a book collecting some of his best stuff here. I feel i have something to offer to the greater halo fan community.
Nicolas bouvier is a huge scifi fan and it shows in the amazing futuristic structures, landscapes, vehicles and environments that feature in his artwork. It is a little on the small side in terms of its physical dimensions, but the prints are nice. Sparth has been an active artistic director and concept designer in the gaming industry since 1996. Some of the concept art ended up directly informing the game, while some didnt. See more ideas about concept art world, art and concept art.
Sparth amazing concept artist at 343 has posted some mammoth concepts. About sal ive got tons of experience with halo gaming and collecting. Reach concept art the following 200 files are in this category, out of 368 total. The sweeping video game art of nicolas sparth bouvier. Super sentinel by sparth of 343 posted on 041720 by sal. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The environment paintings are mainly of desolate but exotic landscapes.
Blocking a user will prevent that user from commenting on your posts and messaging you. I will of course still update sparth construct right here too. Sparth scifi concept artist the amazing artwork of nicolas. Guardians, the next installment in the popular series. Nov 29, 2017 artstation halo warfleet book cover, sparth. In structura 2, he delights us with what he has been imagining for the last three years since the release of his first best selling book, structura. Sparth scifi concept artist french concept artist nicolas bouvier sparth now based in the u. Halo 4 was shaped, at least in part, by one of the worlds great. They only appear in halo legends as far as im aware. Concept spaceship art by sparth fresh new work from our friend sparth. There are a brief few pages packed with exteriors painted from life that really show you sparths skill. Sparth sci fi concept art, sci fi environment, sci fi city. Spaceship art spaceship concept spaceship design concept ships concept art halo ships aliens halo spartan sci fi spaceships.
Jan 31, 2012 this is a nice sequel to the first structura art book. If you follow his work online, you probably wont see much here that you havent seen on a website. Sparth has contributed to the development of multiple games and books since 1996, including his own art book series, structura, published by designstudiopress. Sparth amazing concept artist at 343 has posted some. These are weapon skin concepts, not weapon concepts. Photo simon stalenhag is an artist based in the countryside outside of stockholm, sweden. Apr 19, 2019 discover the art of sparth nicolas bouvier, whos recently worked as art director for halo 5, in a collection of daily sketches. As you can see i have given this book four out of five stars. Evolutions essential tales of the halo universe, the forerunner saga novels cryptum, primordium, and silentium, the novella halo. Want fantastic suggestions on caring for your loved ones.
This book will showcase not only his professional and personal work, but will also include tips of the trade and stepbystep tutoria. He has worked on a variety of projects, ranging from films, commercials and book covers to art directing and concepting for video games. Concept artist dave bolton has released environment and prop concept art that he created for halo 4 while working at 343 industries. The art of sparth a follow up to structura and structura 2. Sparth has contributed to the development of several released games since 1997. Nicolas bouvier, also known as sparth, has been an active artistic director and concept designer in the gaming industry since 1996. Sparth nicolas bouvier spaceship art, alien concept art. French concept artist nicolas bouvier sparth now based in the u. Biography concept artist veteran in the video game industry since 1996, author of the structura art book series, art director for halo at microsoft 343 industries in seattle. This book is not just dedicated to concept art or imagination. Search sparth here on conceptships to see tons more art by nicolas. Halo 4 was shaped, at least in part, by one of the worlds. Sparth concept art, concept architecture, future city. Theres an almost identical piece of artwork in the halo 3 art book, its just been slightly redesigned in line with the new forerunner look.
His work is accompanied by stepbystep tutorials on different photoshop techniques. Halo guardians concept art by kory lynn hubbell halo 5 warzone structures weapons terminal by albert ng here is a big old dump of my concept art for halo collaboration with sparth, based on by jonathan lindblom, mark linington, and jihoon kim. Concept artist veteran in the video game industry since 1996, author of the structura art book series, art director for halo at microsoft 343 industries in seattle. Science fiction world the cobra wars book cover by dave seeley. Sparth has made many contributions to a whole array of videogames over the years since 1996, including work on alone in the darks franchise, prince of persia, rage and assassin. New landscape concept sketch sci fi ideas concept art world. Looks like somebody really wanted this in the games.
Oct 15, 2014 science fiction world the cobra wars book cover by dave seeley. Note that you will still see this persons artwork on the public community gallery. Is it me, or do the forerunner weapons look like they could have been part of a capital ship design. Speaking to his evolution as a concept artist, and his move to art director at 343 industries, sparth talks about his role as a leader and the collaborative efforts with his team. There are a brief few pages packed with exteriors painted from life that really show you sparth s skill. Sparth nicolas bouvier has been an active artistic director and concept designer in the gaming industry since 1996. Born in france, he now lives in seattle, washington, working for microsoft. Dave has also worked for arenanet where he created concepts for guild wars 2. Gawd, i so want an all sparth halo 4 concept art booksal. Many artists cant handle both speculative work and plein air equally, sparth accomplishes both handily.