{"product_id":"structura2-the-art-of-sparth-9781933492667","title":"Structura2: The Art of Sparth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStructura 2\u003c\/i\u003e, Nicolas \"Sparth\" Bouvier delights us with what he has been imagining for the last three years since the release of his first best selling book, \u003ci\u003eStructura\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis visually stunning book includes images from \u003ci\u003eHALO\u003c\/i\u003e, over seventeen new gorgeous books covers (for authors Greb Bear, Michael Flynn, L.E. Modesitt, Paul mcauley, Frank Herbert, Jonathan Strahan, Peter Watts and Christian de Montella, to name a few) and never before published personal science fiction pieces that will have your imagination running to the future! Not to ignore the past, Sparth also shares his world of fantasy art pieces influenced by medieval times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the amazing images that you will want to devour over and over, Sparth shares his expertise as an active Artistic Director and Concept Designer for the gaming industry for over 15 years with several step by step tutorials focusing on specific Photoshop techniques using custom brushes, custom shapes, clone stamping and the smudge tool, to name only a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe swept away into the imaginative and gorgeous world of Sparth's imagination and then pick up a few Photoshop tips to assist you in improving your digital artistic knowledge and visual communication skills!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSparth (Nicolas Bouvier)\u003c\/b\u003e 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. Having had the privilege of traveling extensively at an early age to such places as far a field as the USA, Singapore, China, France and Europe, he was influenced greatly by the various cultures, and he enjoyed observing people and making notes of all these tiny details of life that he was witnessing. The varied influences are largely responsible for his multiple creative passions, which range from space, to buildings, to robotics and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are no limits to his creativity when it comes to translating forms and concepts. One of his greatest passions remains contemporary architecture, of which he applies principles in his own art, with an experimental and original approach. He also harbors a fascination for modern skyscrapers, although he admits that he wouldn't be able to live too high above the ground himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSparth has contributed to the development of several released games since 1997. \u003ci\u003eAlone in the dark 4 \u003c\/i\u003e(2001), \u003ci\u003eCold Fear\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003ePrince of Persia - Warrior Within\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), and \u003ci\u003eRage\u003c\/i\u003e, a project still in development at IDsoftware, and has participated with Darkworks-Studio, to a lot of game projects in collaboration with large companies like Capcom and Namco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2003, he decided to leave Paris for Montreal in order to join Ubisoft on their ongoing projects, \u003ci\u003ePrince of Persia Warrior Within\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eAssassin's Creed\u003c\/i\u003e. He left Montreal for Texas in October 2005, where he spent more than three years working for IDsoftware in Dallas. Finally, in January 2009, he joined Microsoft to participate to the future \u003ci\u003eHALO\u003c\/i\u003e adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Design Studio Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922272129298,"sku":"9781933492667","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bda7afc8-9046-46dd-b702-330686b404e4.jpg?v=1765356926","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/structura2-the-art-of-sparth-9781933492667","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}