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Meditation by cobaltplasma
Meditation
30min. spitpaint (30 minutes, no photo usage aside from visual reference), wanted to do something a little more expressive, loosen up a bit more rather than go for a tight rendering...

...I guess that could be a nice way of saying I was being lazy (hahaha).  But seriuosly I wanted to convey something a bit more metaphysical, like the physical stretching and melting like wax through the cosmos as the conscious mind expands and ascends through stars.

No? :)
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Junk Striders on Scrapworld by cobaltplasma
Junk Striders on Scrapworld
I had this scifi-ish scene in my head, a world of just rusted scrap with these tall, spire-like robot things just shambling throughout, scrounging for metal things with their thin hands to toss into the ratchety furnaces they carried on their backs...
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Grove Witch // Ascension : Gift of the Elements by cobaltplasma
Grove Witch // Ascension : Gift of the Elements
Card and box art for Stone Blade Entertainment's Ascension deck building game.  Every set is more and more fun to work on, the pieces I did for this set were some of my favorite ever that I've worked on for a client :)  If you're into fantasy card games, deck builders especially, then you would do yourself a service and check out Ascension ^_^


Ascension : Gift of the Elements

Grove Witch
©2015-2016 Stone Blade Entertainment
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Unnamed-1 by cobaltplasma
"Limited deluxe fantasy artbook. The most ambitious collection of contemporary fantasy art. The offspring of a community."

I'm proud to give a big shoutout to this project that I'm a part of, the first time I've ever been in an art book :D  It's live on Kickstarter right now, doing pretty well as of this writing (currently at about 66% funded after 36 hours!) and I'd like to humbly ask you awesome folks to please check it out.

Short link: goo.gl/0b78G1

The artists in this book are all folks I look up to, I'm unabashedly fanboy-ing over being included in this. I mean seriously, you got folks like Darek Zabrocki, Marat Ars, James Paick, Tianhua Xu, WL OP, just to name a few, presented in this awesome deluxe hardcover collection of awesome.  It's such an honor to be a part of this and to see folks pledging, it's like... very, very cool.

Thank you for all of your support, not just for this project but for all the scribbles I've tossed up here :) It's meant the world to me and makes me want to be a better artist.
Keeper of the Gate by cobaltplasma
Keeper of the Gate
One of the last hero cards for my card game, Fields of Eleria :)  Thematically she ties in with the Dayhassha, Daughter of the Dark Goddess, so there are some visual echoes as well as some gameplay ones; they both draw the most power by sacrificing other little minions to power themselves. Fun at parties, I hope folks enjoy her command of the battlefield hehe.
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  • Listening to: Game of Thrones OST by Ramin Djawadi
  • Reading: Ready Player One
  • Watching: Game of Thrones s1-4
  • Playing: Heroes of the Storm, Warframe (PS4)
  • Eating: Popcorn
  • Drinking: Strawberry guava lemonade
I'm swamped with work. Swamped. But not just art-related stuff, which I'm superduper grateful for, but my regular 9-to-5 with my family's business is going through some busy times, too.  All and all this means that sleep is kicked off to the side until the weekend and I feel like I'm in college again... only I'm a bit older now and not half as spry when I get 4hrs of sleep.. :)  You know how they say you should do things "for the love"?  I'm doing things for the love right now, it feels like exercise, like that almost acidic burn that's kind of good to feel from time to time.  The next couple months will be really crazy then things will slow down come fall... but December... whoo boy... that'll be a time to buckle down and Just Do It™.

I can't wait to get the art for my game done because then I can piece all the pieces together and start showing you folks what I'm working on.  A couple people have guessed correctly, it's actually not a terribly well-hidden secret lol, but yeah... it's fun, a bucket list kind of project that I'll be happy with completing whether it sells 2 copies or 2,000,000 copies.  Reviewing my personal projects list, I seem to gravtitate towards niche markets, like the iOS games I like to work on are turn-based RPGs, basically the smallest sliver of marketshare you can fight for in the App Store haha :D  This personal project is kind of along those lines, but it's fun and it'll be mine.

Well, we're over halfway done with June, I'm about 3 or 4 weeks behind schedule, but it's fine..things will get done, as they always have, and this is something I *will* finish this year and then.... insanity :)

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Aaron Nakahara
United States
Current Residence: Hawaii
deviantWEAR sizing preference: M
Favourite genre of music: Ambient-anything..or big soundtracks, Two Steps From Hell comes to mind.
Favourite photographer: Ansel Adams
Favourite style of art: Manga-Western hybrid
Operating System: Mac OSX 10.8 / Win7-64
MP3 player of choice: iPhone (harhar)
Shell of choice: bash
Wallpaper of choice: changes every day
Skin of choice: changes every... well no... tan?
Favourite cartoon character: Spike Spiegel
Personal Quote: "You can't win if you don't play"
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TMarchev Featured By Owner Oct 25, 2016  Professional Artist
Hi :) here you can create your Wall Art Shop in minutes & start selling unique products to a worldwide audience:
Every month, I get a regular source of income from fans pledging to me through Patreon:
patreon.com/invite/zlvwl
Good day :)))
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Lux386 Featured By Owner Oct 22, 2016
Your work is amazing!
Heart  it Love 
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:iconcobaltplasma:
cobaltplasma Featured By Owner Oct 27, 2016
Thank you very, very much :D
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ArtMaster20122 Featured By Owner Aug 16, 2016  Student Artist
😇
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Kickstarter Featured By Owner Aug 12, 2016  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
You have such a hauntingly lovely style. <3
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AustenMengler Featured By Owner Aug 11, 2016  Professional Digital Artist
Sick work! :spidey::horns:
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cobaltplasma Featured By Owner Aug 11, 2016
Thank you very much! :squee:
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Dzulkifli27 Featured By Owner Aug 3, 2016
Ah heck.
There is so many nice artwork you did, I just have to watch you.
Can't keep up with the fave.
Thank you for sharing your arts!
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cobaltplasma Featured By Owner Aug 11, 2016
Thank you very much, I shall keep on keepin' on hehe ^_^
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:icondzulkifli27:
Dzulkifli27 Featured By Owner Aug 11, 2016
Its a pleasure. I'm happy to hear that. Hehe.
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