Luca Oleastri: The nickname "Innovari" (meaning innovation or renewal in Latin) has been with Luca Oleastri since he came across Syd Mead's prototype car design of the same name in his wonderful book Sentinel. This work, with its air of "a new era of design"—along with the works of many SF and fantasy illustrators (such as Chris Foss, Peter Elson, Angus McKie, Chris Moore, Jim Burns, and Fred Gambino)—drove him over the years to do his own artwork. "Fantastic fiction" always had a remarkable weight in his whole personal and professional life. He has been a professional SF author, he edited a fantasy and horror movie magazine, and for ten years has been chief modelmaker in his own special effects company.In the last decade his creativity has leaned towards computer graphics and 3D illustrations in particular—with which he wanted to create professional artworks for books and magazines. He is happy to say that in recent years this objective has been fulfilled, with many works sold worldwide to private and corporate clients. Currently he is building his worlds in Bologna, Italy, where he shares a home with his wife Raffaella and their cats, Leeloo and Merlin. His work can be found on his website at Innovari. On sale, Luca Oleastri has his book INNOVARI - the fantastic digital art of Luca Oleastri (English 140 pages full color), with a collection of 250 digital science fiction and fantasy full-color artworks. The book in available on line worldwide. Here is the link: Lulu.com Ascent-Aspirations for Artists revised November 2008
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