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We proudly present to you a special edition of our journal. This entire edition will not contain a single article. In fact this edition is more like a catalog with the finest and most original works that were created by SFM_RU members. This catalog consists of works from the months of April and June. Each of the works contains a little description that highlights the work and points out the most interesting parts. Enjoy and have a pleasant viewing.
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Priscilla By Wanr
At first glance you could say that this piece of work is made by Artur Pahomov, It gives you this calm and secure feeling thanks to the smoked shades of grey. Confidence oozes from the white-haired heroine. But if you look more closely you can discover that we are observing the presence of an undead character that is hiding behind the scene. His bony arm is that little detail that can change the first impression of this work. In a more detailed analysis, the stone on which the heroine sits, is starting to look more like a neck. Perhaps of a stone dragon. This again makes us wonder and pulls us deeper into this mystery. Even if the pose of the heroine is static, the whole picture itself feels very dynamic, The details and surroundings are merged so naturally in this canvas of an untold story.
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Limbo By leonses-vlad
“Limbo” - a place where the souls of those who didn’t reach kingdom come or hell itself must stay. In the game that shares the same name the main hero is struggling to find his sister in a mysterious black-and-white world that is associated with Limbo. Vlad Piskaryov has done an interesting work directly connected with the game by using the same graphic style. The use of the black-and-white gamma helps us to feel the fear and hopelessness this art represents. Despite the fact that Scout represents the main character of the game Limbo, the holder of those white-shining eyes is his enemy. While in the game it’s the other way around. In Limbo this brave little hero fights his way through and in the game the robot’s eyes become a warning sign of danger that lurks in the darkness. The feeling of tension was created thanks to the lack of light in this picture. In any other case this could be a shortcoming but here the weak, fading light becomes a part of the gloomy and dark atmosphere.
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Hope for us all By MrShlapa
As the ancient greek myth says, when Pandora opened the box that was given to her by Zeus, human suffering spread across the world and in the bottom of the box there was a scant of hope that was needed so much by the people, but they couldn’t get it. Although hope is what saves many in hard times of loneliness. Regardless of which language is spoken, whoever waits for it - the essence of saving is still the same. So it’s pretty logical why the author has chosen an Angel - the only hero from Overwatch who has the ability to resurrect, who grants hope by keeping calm. In this case, the black-and-white is very suiting for the peaceful atmosphere, without disturbing the whole harmony. The use of different fonts on different languages at the same time highlights the fact that whatever this word is called or however it is pronounced - its meaning stays the same
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Misunderstanding By Breadblack
The first thing that comes to mind after inspecting this work is a short film named “Paperman”. The flashbacks are triggered by a pretty similar color scheme used in both of them and also by the strong isolation of the red color. The plot of this artwork is hidden in the misunderstanding between the girl and three strangers. We don’t actually know what was the reason for this misunderstanding, we can only guess. This can be an ordinary wish to go out for a walk with a girl or maybe there is a criminal plot brewing. Danil Gromenko worked hard on the smoothness of the poster. Characters are rendered perfectly and are fully distinguishable because of the “human bodies” framing. In the end, the author gave us a great artwork where the plot is fully built by a viewer, while he enjoys the great technical aspect of the poster.
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Starwars Battlefront By Breadblack
This time, the viewers are presented with a truly cinematic shot from Danil Gromenko. Before us unfolds a picture, that may be a simple patrol for the stormtroopers or a quite intense scene, followed up with something sudden happening. Thanks to a precise light work and also blurred background all of the attention is focused on the main object - the stormtrooper. A fine recreated tone of the forest, which pretty easy creates the necessary atmosphere. In the end, we have a wonderful piece of work, with a tiny plot hint, that the viewer figures out for himself.
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Primal Colossus By FrvrStallone
Who knows what lurks in the forest while no one is there‌ Ivan Nehoroshov was thinking about it and presented us with a primal colossus that looks like a fox that is just wandering around. You can see a person and the colossus, this helps to compare the size of the giant living stone creature and the small man who was staying in his tent. You should note how gentle the large amounts of rim-lights were added in photoshop, that highlight the two main objects
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2300
By FrvrStallone
In the year 2300 the outside appearance of everything can change, but not the inside. Ivan Nehoroshov presented the “Thuggish� years of 2300, that differs with visualisation, but preserves all the charm of a slum that is just waiting for you to step in and get robbed. The ingrain color set of Ivan that everyone is used to highlights the devastation of this slum. Especially note the work on the background. For example, look at the man on the foreground. On his feet you can notice the parts of space a ship from the Mask pack, which is pretty creative. The author did a great job hiding his signature it is the graffiti on the front truck. As a result it made a very interesting and extraordinary piece of work with a good scene built.
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Fresh By Jewtilian
An original work made by Nikolai Morozov, was really on point this summer because of the unbearable heat. It was really funny to see how the main character of the artwork decided to “stay cool� with this weather literally putting his whole head in the fridge, just to visit it later. This piece of art uses the same color palette that is used by the author in his other works, helping him to express his original ideas and plotlines. So here we have a great combo of the good rendering and interesting storytelling.
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Moon door By Wanr
Space is a very profitable theme, not only if you can use it well, but also if you can add some diligence and originality to your work. Everything mentioned above was merged into a great poster by Arthur Pahomov. A door, slightly opened by an astronaut’s hand, invites us to visit unknown and mysterious dimensions or maybe leads the way right down to the core of the Moon. The viewer does not know what’s coming next and probably neither does the space traveller. The color spectrum of this work masterfully combines the cold, metallic shades of space with burning colors of the mysterious doorway. These catch our attention the first time we look at the poster and only then properly opening the rest of the work to our eyes.
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Overwatch Portraits By Shmagomolova
The soothing, warm color palette that is inherent to all portraits in the series is worth noting. It’s a great feature that helps the viewer relate with the characters. Everyone knows that before the “Overwatch’ program every hero on this team had a backstory with their own problems and moral challenges. Anya worked really hard on details of every work in the series (if you want to fully inspect the creation process of this art piece, you can watch it here). Every hero was transformed to fit in the borders of their lore, so we as the viewer can fully imagine what it was like for them before the “Overwatch” project.
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Forest Tank By Andrey Ripachev
We face this poster and observe a silence of darkness. A veil of light descending from the sky hides the true view for the first time and creates the feeling of a seabed. Half-light of forest thickets surrounds a little tank lost in melancholic dreams. Unfamiliar to this place in past, this metal object now rests here peacefully.
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Fight Club By leonses-vlad
“The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club”. This quote is the first thing to come to mind while taking a look at this poster. This is a remake of “Fight Club”’s most famous scene. Even since Scout’s model is probably the most popular model for creating characters based on real world people, every new instance is still able to impress us, which is achieved by author’s incredible talent and skill. The effort put into it can be noticed in every little detail like backcground scenery, character representation and even lightning. It is such a pleasure to see more works inspired by famous movies that make you watch them over and over again.
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Alternative WW1 By RussianBear2345
Andrey Kushyan is famous for his military themed model ports and posters. This time his work makes us dive into the war atmosphere. Cold tones and gloomy green shades create mournful associations with chemical warfare. Andrey cleverly separated the front scene and a background, drawing our attention to 3 main characters.This solution is logical in terms of technique and plot at the same time. The author presented to us a work of high quality that brings the mood of the war.
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Viktor Tsoi By Skywent
“Our hearts demand changes...”. On this poster Bogdan Skitenko portrayed Viktor Tsoi, who is easily recognizable due to highly detailed representation. First of all, the background looksin the background look somewhat similar to polar lights, redecing to infinity, bringing us atmosphere of unreality, in which the hero reside. Lighter’s weak flame, which haven’t lit the cigarette yet, lights the way for Tsoi. Snow, descending to dark as night hero’s hair, reminiscent of ash, which is used to sprinkle on head of a deceased during mourning, reinforcing melancholy of the picture. Despite the minor mood of the image, we still do not feel it’s cold, warmed by memories of the famous musician.
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Hallo By Jewtilian
It is time for some criminal madness. The plot is pretty obvious, but nevertheless is still interesting for us, the viewers. Beaten up scout with a desperate crazy look, represent the center of the composition, which perfectly complement the hands of Heavy and Spy. All of this together creates a harmonious diagonal composition, supplemented with a competent lighting. Post-processing is also a notable detail of this poster. Image noise effect gives similarity with snuff films. Summing it all up, let’s say that the author served us a definitely intriguing crime life of mercs from TF2 universe.
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Toy Wars By FrvrStallone
Toy war – so much meaning in this phrase. Those who played with toys as a child, imagine their little wars exacly like that. Ivan Nehoroshkov went well with this scenebuild, creating a real battlefield, where toy soldiers decide who will take over the table and declare it as their own territory. Work is made in the familiar red-violet tones which is frequently used in the works of Ivan, however, in a different form. Thus, Ivan gave us a great work, which brings us back to childhood and fully recreates those battles, which we are so fond of as children. Remarkable reference to the past.
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Bruxsa By blackjack474
The cinematic trailer of the last Witcher became the starting point, after which even the most sceptical of all sceptics didn’t dare to doubt the last expansion that everyone is waiting for, a masterpiece. That very fight scene is illustrated on Roman Zabirovaж’s poster. The scene itself, was a high level work. You can see it in the fine misted and gloomy atmosphere( All thanks to blue and light-blue shades) and in the highly detailed characters. You can create an insane amount of artwork using the Witcher universe, that attracts more and more audience. It is hard to spoil a masterpiece like this.
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You can’t hide... By Skywent
It is not the easiest thing to be a spy. Especially when a terrible monster is following you and has a huge flame thrower or axe in its hands… Bogdan Skitenko created nice and pleasant picture, in which the majority of colours are warm ones. We can mark the details: they’re the rim-lights & the Pyros’ eyes. These look quite well and help to make the composition better. In general, we can see good and well-done work, which has typical TF2 plot.
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Wiedmin By Hello-moonRay
Well, it’s a great poster done in pretty good colours and smooth transition. Due to goodlooking tints we want look deeper into the poster looking for its purpose. The author shows Geralt’s life quite clearly ( wars and fights are his companions forever). Also we can easily understand what Geralt’s relationships mean to him. Besides, the author marks that this character is destructive, and memories becomes ashes as a consequence.
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Well... Hello. By Skywent
The endless fight of Sniper and Spy often becomes a brilliant idea for posters. This picture proves that. Bogdan Skitenko marked the “dangerous” part of the work — it’s Spy - quite well. We can see vertical white lines and a lamp behind him, so at first sight we see blue Spy and then we see Sniper on the foreground. Sniper has already realized that the situation is hopeless.
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Photo Family By Breadblack
“I want to go back home, to Russia I haven’t seen mom for such a long time”. This is a very touching and well done work, that attracts attention thanks to many different details. On the first look we can see only the battlefield and the main hero, after we start grasping more important details that create a more deep atmosphere: a lone pigeon on Heavy’s shoulders, a letter, that he is reading, branches of trees in the autumn night. This creates a whole story, that is no need to be one. Danil Gromenko did a great job with the atmosphere and presented a poster with a sad story, that you could watch over and over again.
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Unidentified object By FrvrStallone
In this work it is easy to recognize Ivan Nehorosheva’s touch. Just like in the previously presented work “Primal Colossus” in our catalogue we can observe the author’s skill in scene building of large size that give you space for imagination. The wide scale and high quality of this picture gives a better view of the details that are hidden by the author in many corners. Like the rest of his works, this poster gives you cultural associations of his own. Thanks to warm natural tones and the cold glass light of the giant makes the «The Iron Giant» cartoon pop-up in your mind.
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Summer By leonses-vlad
The summer nights are always great for everyone. The time where we can create the memories that will make us smile in the future. Vlad Piskarev shows how he sees the rest of the Red mercenaries. In the picture there’s some people gathered around a bonfire, a guitar, a sleeping Heavy and a sky full of stars. What can be better than this? In the picture there are both cold and warm colors which helps to create the perfect feeling of the nice summer night. Due to the rim-light we see the engineer first and then the lying heavy after.
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Escort By Jewtilian
Lots of aliens like to bring some important or powerful things. That’s why it can be hard for them to go without an escort. This time Heavy has become the helpmate of a spy-alien and Heavy already knew what they have been spying on‌ In the picture we can see lots of well-done details. Nikolai Morozov has created the crowd scene. He also has made the table and put various things on them. Of course, both the persecutors and their goals have a gun in their hands.
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Fallout Ranger By Skywent
So far we have seen a lot works. In most case some of them were more detailed, and in some less. That is why a more laconic work gives a fresh look. This is a distinct cinematic shot. A lone hero and the remains of a collapsed society all around, this creates a quite recognizable postapocalyptic scene. Particularly would like to point out the natural lightning and an interesting model.
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What a beauttlefield day! By FrvrStallone
“Oh what a day! What a lovely day!”. You can see where Ivan Nehoroskov got his inspiration. If you look more closely at the guys on the truck, you can see that their skin is very pale, has four tattoos and marks ( By the way, one of the tattoos spells Valhalla)
The picture is done in soft yellow and light-blue tones, which creates a good contrast. Another post-apocalyptic madness, which the public adores so much. Dynamic, action, fury, Valhalla — what else does a simple man needs?
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Giant Hunters By Scotchlover
There always someone who wanted to spoil a giant’s life. Even now, in the scene little intrusive people are trying to take a hold of a giant albeit without success. Anatoliy Skrimov did a good job with the colors, creating the perfect contrast and choosing the right colors for that day: starting with a creamy and finishing with a dark-brown color and adding a dash of light blue. Marvelous work, that stands out from the rest.
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Mad Desert By OPyshkin
“I live! I die! I live again!”. After the release of “Mad Max: Fury road” movie lots of arts and posters appeared on the internet. This time Pavel OPyshkin made artwork connected with the universe of Mad Max. The visual part is similar to the original film but it doesn’t have enough contrast as the film does. The sandy brown and the blue and white colors make a contrast between the sky and the ground.
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Fallout is back By TheFunnyKep
One more artwork is dedicated to the civilization collapse. This time author moved to another popular universe — fallout. It’s not obvious that it’s the universe of fallout — it becomes clear if you look at the “Vault Tec” sign at the burning building and well-known old advertisement in the right corner of the frame. Due to accurately picked shades of the sky and the flame and blurring some lines work looks like a comic cover. I also want to match the intensive red-purple color correction that describes an apocalyptic mood of the poster.
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The frequency By foreverforum
Neon signs and bright lights are often associated with fast city life. But this work plunges into mysterious tranquility. Soft light from the windows of the trailer brings appeasement in this deep darkness of the night. Neon lights of the radio give you an opportunity to imagine a quiet evening of trailer’s occupants listening to quiet music. Purple colors are a good combination with bright-green, creating a contrast between each other and attracting attention to this bright spot on the poster.
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Voodoo By p0nystark
“Don’t you disrespect me little man! Don’t you derogate or deride! You’re in my world now Not your world And I got friends on the other side!”
The first work from our small interactive about folklore. Here he comes – Baron Samedi – loa, the invisible spirit connected with death and birth. The work contains green and purple colours that can be often seen in voodoo themes.
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Paul Bunyan By p0nystark
In the meantime, we continue to gratify winners of our interactive with new posters. This time in front of our eyes appeared a hero of american folklore, Paul Bunyan - the giant lumberjack whose laughter and claps used to break out windows in neighboring houses according to the legend. The poster itself is quite successful and interesting with it’s composition, that allow us to truly appreciate the size of our hero and insignificance of ordinary people standing next to him. In addition, the image of nature and vision of hinterland forests of America were transferred remarkably.
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The Jinnee By p0nystark
The last winner is Pavel Kiselev and his genie. Although according to the ancient teachings, Jinnah always been considered as evil spirits, we are used to represent them in the role of executors of our desires. So our pilgrim Demomen come a long way before met face to face with the most valuable treasure. In this work we can easily trace the wonderful contrast of colors, which perfectly underlines recreated atmosphere of the eastern lands. One can only wonder, what will happen to our hero on his journey. P.S. Among all the treasures and all the wealth in the world, there is nothing more precious than a stack of sandviches.
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