"I am an Antagonist" he says and we say he is also a complete artist. Vitaly S. Alexius tries and succeeds in my opinion to create quality material in different art areas such as photography, digital art or writing. He writes poems inspired by most of his digital art works and even started his own sci-fi novel – Chronoscape. He also stared a bold project, his own comic book named Romantically Apocalyptic.
But the main reason of this interview is because of his amazing digital art work. He defines a new concept in his art named - "Dreaminism, the sense of shifted reality realized in the split second before the waking."
He describes visually the chaos: apocalyptic sceneries, a world of war and terror, his sky is always dark and unpredictable. Terrific creatures, angels of death and burned cities are all part of Vitaly S. Alexius dynamic world.
Let's discover some interesting details about this talented artist!
AMy name is Vitaly S. Alexius and I was born in the year 1984, in Novokuznetsk, Siberian Russia.
This painting is inspired by the city I was born in - Novokuznetsk, Siberia.
This is how I often saw it as a child- engulfed in smog and dust from the coal mining and aluminum/steel production factories, the air so thick with metal that hail turned brown, and in cold winter smog covering the city in a gray veil from which you could only see 2 meters ahead.
On April 11/1997 fate has given me an unexpected twist and by means of aerial transportation I was thrown about 5555 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to Toronto, Canada. Since 2000, I've been tutoring on the subject of drawing and painting, as a traditional artist. In 2002, an artist friend of mine introduced me to Photoshop and I have been using it ever since, to develop an innovative, digital-art style , which I gave a name - "Dreaminism".
Currently I'm working as a photographer and an illustrator, painting various: book covers, graphic novels, posters, cd covers, concept art, and etc.
AMy parents immigrated and took me along for the ride.
AIt took my friend a day to show me photoshop basics like brush tools and layers. The rest I learned on my own through online tutorials. You too can discover awesome online tutorials just go to the deviantart tutorials section or use google.
ANope, I use Photoshop only. However, I sometimes collaborate with 3D artists, who do work in those programs.
AIt depends on each painting, but generally the process is that I get an idea, go out and take photos to use as textures/refs for a painting, then sit at my computer and draw using my Wacom Intuos 6x8 tablet. An average painting takes 3 weeks. Deeper process description is here in my tutorials:
ACanon 5d Mark II21 MegaPixels full frame DSLR,
9 focus points, 36 x 24 mm CMOS sensor,
Live View with Manual and Auto-Focus. I have 5 tripods, two 580 EX flashes, 50mm lens and a 15mm fisheye lens.
I prefer photography of nudes in abandoned buildings. I use photoshop to touch up my photos.
AI get inspired by everything I browse on the net - images, videos, sounds. My favorite PC game would be
STALKERS.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
first-person shooter computer game by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World, published in 2007., my favorite book
Metro 2033Metro 2033
is a post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi novel written by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky translated into 20 other languages..
However the biggest influence on my art is from my journeys around the world, photography of beautiful models, and search for abandoned places, forgotten by people and time.
AMy art is in the "classic-digital art" genre- it's when an artist uses classic oil painting training, but with digital art tools.
This is an advertising illustration for my sci-fi novel Chronoscape.
ALots of book covers, cd covers, posters, in newspapers and magazines all around the world.
ARomantically Apocalyptic - my own comic book. I always wanted to put together a comic book, but didn't know how to go about it, since my art is very detailed. Romantically Apocalyptic uses very specific tools like greenscreen photography to get the comic produced at a good pace - 1 to 2 pages a week.
Awww.svitart.com or alexiuss.deviantart.com
Either of those sites shows off my art and you can write: svitart@gmail.com if you want me to draw something for you. I'd say that 60% of my work goes towards CD covers, because rock musicians love my style of art.
This is a painting for the "Inherited Hell" CD cover of Stonecast music band.
This is another painting for Sylosis music band, Supreme Oppressor CD
Note: If this looks familiar to you it's because you have probably seen it on the boxes of GTX series graphic boards from Gainward
APainting with thoughts! Yes - I always have too many projects and not enough time to execute them all. My mind is always creating awesome art project ideas, which lack of time shoots down. In September for example I plan to get Romantically Apocalyptic into the video genre as youtube life action series.
Thank you very much for doing this interview and we wish you good luck with all your future projects!
1 comment(s) for "Interview with brilliant digital artist Vitaly S. Alexius"
I have wondered how this art was done and glad to gain a little insight on the process and also to have a few links to visit. Great wor reply