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Description I can finally show my latest art done for IMAGINEFX magazine issue 83 special SCIFI art!
"paint sci-fi art on anEPIC SCALE"
it goes with a full tutorial as well

People ask me a lot about "how do I do it?"
so here is an answer for you!

there's a ton of work in this one , so be sure to get it!
you might learn a thing or two with the video that I recorded of my process in the included DVD...not to mention some custom brushes...
(if you get the digital copy ,I'm not sure you'll get those extras )

you can buy the issue there: (EDIT: sorry sold out!)
[link]
mag infos here:
[link]
there's also an amazing video of what's in this issue here:
[link]

EDIT: you still can find the digital version here: [link]

a little background story for all scifi story lovers out there:

"this ship is leaving for a dangerous journey deeper into a strange nebula , where some alien activity were detected 10 years ago...this ship was specially build for that mission...
it's called "BEHEMOTH" and was build to face any dangerous radiations or danger it could encounter..."
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Comments: 554

migueljo05 In reply to ??? [2012-06-07 17:52:58 +0000 UTC]

i see, congratulations men

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moonxels In reply to ??? [2012-04-27 21:49:16 +0000 UTC]

AS I SAID ?THERES NO HALO INTO IT !I'M NOT EVEN A FAN!

as for the story this ship is living for a journey deeper into a strange nebula ,where some alien activity were detected 10 years ago...this ship was specially build for that mission...

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migueljo05 In reply to moonxels [2012-05-11 20:03:16 +0000 UTC]

comprendo, no quise decir que fuera una copia, ni criticar tu arte, es fantastico y me gusta

es interezante el contezto qeu propones, suena como si tubieras toda una historia detras de ello si es asi, estoy mas que interezado en conocerla toda
si no hay historia, que te inspiro a crear esa imagen ?

gracias por tu tiempo

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moonxels In reply to migueljo05 [2012-05-12 12:21:39 +0000 UTC]

can you speak english or french?
no habla espanol

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migueljo05 In reply to moonxels [2012-05-14 17:00:26 +0000 UTC]

oui, je parle un petit de francais
mais je te parlerai avec lΒ΄ ingles

I understand I did not mean to be a copy, or criticize your art is fantastic and I like

interesting is the context you propose sounds like If you had a whole story behind it if so, I am more than interested in knowing all
if there is no history that inspired you to create that image?

Thanks for your time

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moonxels In reply to migueljo05 [2012-05-17 19:26:36 +0000 UTC]

in fact , ImagineFX asked me for a space scene with a huge spaceship
in the style of my "black arrow" picture...because they know I'm a huge Scifi lover

that's about it!

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Jmalpica [2012-04-27 17:17:14 +0000 UTC]

Overall

Vision

Originality

Technique

Impact


First of all I'm a lover of Science Fiction, I can bet that you have seen a lot of Sci-fi movies or tv series, also read some books like Asimov o Bradbury ones, and you have captured incredibly the essence of an impressive battleship with a squadron escorting it.

In terms of color and light, I think that a less bright background, just a little bit, would have made the elements like the ship and the other ones in the right side to be more highlighted so a better sight could be achieved.

The nebula or star cluster you represented in the background and the front color of the middle ship start to blend a little bit, maybe when printed, it will darken a little bit and will be seen a lot better I think

Speaking of originality, I think your work is really good, awsome to be honest, not a lot of people achieve these kind of details, I think you have a little Battlestar Galactica influence for the small fighters, they look like the Viper ones, and that was something I loved because I'm a fan of that TV series.

The background structure in the left is just awsome and for the excellent depth you gave it, it really looks massive, not something to take lightly if I were there.

Well, these were some humble words from a Sci-fi and art fan, congratulations for your work my friend, keep doing this always!

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Jmalpica In reply to Jmalpica [2012-04-30 17:25:34 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, I know it's not the best critique that can be made, but I felt the need to do it, really, I really loved it, congrats

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moonxels In reply to Jmalpica [2012-04-27 21:51:14 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot,really...
yeah I'm a real scifi fanatic and I read A LOT of scifi books!!
don't worry it's not my last scifi work

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Ru-Di-Rulia [2020-04-03 16:17:56 +0000 UTC]

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Lightbeat70 [2018-07-22 23:43:58 +0000 UTC]

This actually reminds me of a battleship from the video game β€œProject Sylpheed”.

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LordRivacon [2017-06-13 13:53:37 +0000 UTC]

Looka like megatrons ship

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moonxels In reply to LordRivacon [2017-06-14 01:08:22 +0000 UTC]

transformers aren't an inspiration to me, I'm afraid I don't know that ship...

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LordRivacon In reply to moonxels [2017-06-14 01:08:49 +0000 UTC]

Oh... Sorry

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moonxels In reply to LordRivacon [2017-06-14 01:36:16 +0000 UTC]

don't be! a link to the spaceship you mentionned?

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LordRivacon In reply to moonxels [2017-06-14 01:36:50 +0000 UTC]

Ill try to find it and give a link

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JasonWolfe [2017-02-17 00:10:00 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of a UNSC ship centuries in the future.

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moonxels In reply to JasonWolfe [2017-02-17 14:33:55 +0000 UTC]

well, what can I say? there's more than halo in scifi!

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dloc-sleef-ti [2015-10-27 22:08:33 +0000 UTC]

thank god some people still know what sci-fi is.

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moonxels In reply to dloc-sleef-ti [2015-10-28 00:44:33 +0000 UTC]

Yeah!thanks a lot

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dloc-sleef-ti In reply to dloc-sleef-ti [2015-10-27 22:09:55 +0000 UTC]

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dloc-sleef-ti In reply to dloc-sleef-ti [2015-10-27 22:11:55 +0000 UTC]

grammatical error detected "Eek" undefined
repot ready as of 6:11-10/27/1914

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GodKingErebus [2015-08-18 12:48:07 +0000 UTC]

That is amazing work i love it, the ship is just perfect

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moonxels In reply to GodKingErebus [2015-08-18 12:50:22 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot!

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Mikito13 [2015-05-02 10:45:24 +0000 UTC]

I discovered you and your Leviathan yesterday. Thie piece is wonderful, in french i'll say that's a "chef d’œuvre" ! Thanks for sharing !Β  (sorry for my bad english!)

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moonxels In reply to Mikito13 [2015-05-04 19:16:57 +0000 UTC]

don't worry, I'm french and english isn't my language...

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joserodarte [2015-04-01 17:41:51 +0000 UTC]

fantastic work!!!!

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moonxels In reply to joserodarte [2015-04-02 07:35:17 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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joserodarte In reply to moonxels [2015-04-04 21:26:11 +0000 UTC]

welcome!

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K1ll3r98 [2015-03-17 12:26:37 +0000 UTC]

i like the design of the ship, weird but beautiful and unique

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moonxels In reply to K1ll3r98 [2015-03-17 12:47:53 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot, that was the idea

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K1ll3r98 In reply to moonxels [2015-03-17 22:51:47 +0000 UTC]

Welcome

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lenlenlen1 [2014-08-08 00:02:09 +0000 UTC]

awesome

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moonxels In reply to lenlenlen1 [2014-08-08 12:37:53 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot!

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lenlenlen1 In reply to moonxels [2014-08-08 20:36:07 +0000 UTC]

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ETandK [2014-06-08 14:38:46 +0000 UTC]

Epic, this is what it's about man, great stuff!........................

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moonxels In reply to ETandK [2014-06-10 13:23:27 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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RevealedFromtheVoy [2014-04-22 20:32:01 +0000 UTC]

I jizzed in my pants xD

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moonxels In reply to RevealedFromtheVoy [2014-05-01 16:38:57 +0000 UTC]

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MightyBOBcnc [2014-04-13 18:14:07 +0000 UTC]

This.. this makes me write.Β  Awesome.

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moonxels In reply to MightyBOBcnc [2014-04-13 23:33:20 +0000 UTC]

that's good!

thanks

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MightyBOBcnc In reply to moonxels [2014-04-28 19:15:45 +0000 UTC]

Oops I totally forgot to upload it.

mightybobcnc.deviantart.com/ar…

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moonxels In reply to MightyBOBcnc [2014-04-29 21:51:53 +0000 UTC]

good!

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MightyBOBcnc In reply to moonxels [2014-04-29 23:59:36 +0000 UTC]

Well shucks, thanks for the fave on my humble little bit of fic. ^_^

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kageitachi [2014-03-29 22:45:27 +0000 UTC]

heads up, someone used this without permission to make a "comic page" - refrainity.deviantart.com/art/…

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moonxels In reply to kageitachi [2014-03-31 15:30:49 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot, I thought this guy vanished but he got back...

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kageitachi In reply to moonxels [2014-04-01 08:31:05 +0000 UTC]

yeah, I was hoping he'd poofed for good myself. I was just going over some old tumblr posts I made and got to the one I made about their art theft and thought "eh, why not check their account..." and saw more stolen stuff. not near as much as there was before I used tumblr to try and get most of it taken down (since I needed help from people who knew Japanese because of how much was stolen from pixiv), but still they've uploaded stuff as recently as late February so I figured it's time to do what I can again. which means just contacting the people they stole from since they blocked me from commenting (otherwise I could leave links to the originals in the comments as well).

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moonxels In reply to kageitachi [2014-04-01 20:35:37 +0000 UTC]

good job anyway...

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ArtTraveller77 [2013-09-16 01:55:05 +0000 UTC]

Wow, absolutely love this piece, very detailed and very cool.

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moonxels In reply to ArtTraveller77 [2013-09-18 21:34:47 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot!

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