Samuele Bandini

Livorno, Italy

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Jan 31 at 07:06 PM

"When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth"

Hey, I'm jumping into the contest at the last minute (hope it's not too late).

In this scenario, something went very wrong – some researchers opened a time portal in the wrong era.

I set up the entire scene in Blender, modeling some elements and using various assets from Sketchfab and Quixel Mixer. The dinosaurs were sculpted in ZBrush, with final image touch-ups done in Photoshop.

I wish I had more free personal time to dedicate to this contest, especially for some photobashing and detailing on the final image to polish the texture of the dinosaurs and add more storytelling details to the room.

I hope you like it! 

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Jan 11 at 03:31 PM

Ancient Ritual

A personal project created to test and practice kitbash techniques a year ago.

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Jan 02 at 11:54 AM

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Mountain - Magic the Gathering

Hi everybody! I want to wish you all a Happy New Year! Today, I'd like to share with you the second illustration I created back in 2021 for Magic: The Gathering.


Mountain
For Magic: The Gathering - Tales of Middle Earth
AD: Andrew Vallas
© 2023 MEE LLC. TM lic MEE to WotC LLC

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Dec 18 at 05:04 PM

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Swamp - Magic the Gathering

Hi everybody! I'm truly proud to share one of the first lands I painted for Magic: The Gathering. This was a significant achievement for me, considering I've been playing MtG since I was 10 years old.

Swamp
For Magic: The Gathering - Tales of Middle Earth
AD: Andrew Vallas
© 2023 MEE LLC. TM lic MEE to WotC LLC

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Dec 14 at 11:14 AM

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Mood Concept Art #1 - The Lord of the Rings : Return to Moria

Here are some mood concept art pieces created for The Lord of the Rings™: Return to Moria™. This marked my first significant experience as a concept artist in the video game industry, and it was fun to illustrate and delve deeper into the mines of Moria.

Art Director: Bradley Fulton
Ⓒ 2022 Free Range Games. All rights reserved.


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Dec 13 at 11:14 AM

WH40K First Founding - Gorgon's Forge

This Artwork was one of the firsts big-client commission I got back in 2020. It was a real pleasure for me to illustrate a legendary and unprecedented location like Gorgon's Forge.

I used a mix of techniques, including 3D for the rough base, and, of course, painting.

Published by Black Library. © 2021 Games Workshop Limited.

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Dec 12 at 10:18 AM

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Tales From The Black Shore - Concept Design Practice 

Tales from the Black Shore is a personal IP that I developed in my free time to practice my concept design skills.
I also had fun stepping out of my comfort zone to develop the logo, which I believe is an important part of adding believability to the project.
I hope to be able to create and share more concept art about this project in the future.

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Dec 11 at 11:55 AM

Onryo - Concept Art Practice

Hi! I'm thrilled to begin sharing some artwork in this new Art-Safe space during these challenging times.

With this work, I wanted to step completely outside of my comfort zone and experiment with a cyberpunk setting, trying to push the quality of the key art further. As I like to do, I imagined it as video game concept art, even trying to fake it with a logo.
In my mind, Onryo is just a group of hackers who have occupied an abandoned corporate apartment to set up their main base, of course, to fight corporations.

I am obviously inspired by Cyberpunk 2077, and I can't stop playing Phantom Liberty.

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