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Ben Mauro

3 months

The first prequel book in the HUXLEY universe, 'The Oracle' is a gritty war story telling of Max’s early days in the Ronin army. The Oracle Empire is at the height of its power just as the A.I. wars are beginning.

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Ben Mauro

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7 years

Nice visualization of something I've thought about quite a bit over the years consciously/unconsciously, cool to see it organized like this.

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5 years

For anyone that hasn't seen this yet, they have finally released all 4 parts of the '10 years with Hayao Miyasaki' documentary. Recommended viewing for every artist/creative.

10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki | NHK WORLD-JAPAN

An exclusive 4-part documentary chronicling the creative process of the legendary Japanese filmmaker. He is shown as a passionate artisan, a steadfast trailblazer, and a father butting heads with his...

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

Battle of Hoth. 😅

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4 years

So sad to hear of Mike Nash's passing, he was an incredible talent in the industry and will be sorely missed. 😢

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

This book looks amazing! 'Anime Architecture' more info/images here:

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4 years

Inspiration for the day: Tatsuyuki Tanaka, author of 'Cannabis works 1/2', one of my favorites. Some more of his work here:

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4 years

Syd Mead Thursday inspiration.

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

Too real.

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Ben Mauro

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6 years

Wow! Some amazing Nausicaa model/installation from Takeya.

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Ben Mauro

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6 years

Fun time at Yohichi Nishikawa's “Art of Studio Ghibli Background Painting" workshop at Concept Design Academy!

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

Another "Inktober" catch-up. #Inktoberday14

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

Blender experiments before bed last night figuring out holograms and a few other workflows/plugins I hadn’t gotten around to finally....all in eevee/real-time. One of the most invaluable programs for me right now, really makes 3D fun again! 😊 #blender

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

How it started. 🪨 How it ended. 💎

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Ben Mauro

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6 years

So cool!

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

4 years

Quick test checking out some of the new Scatter biomes last week and seeing how much faster Cycles is with the 3090. Really exciting stuff, i can't wait to do more extensive tests in bigger scenes when i have a bit more free time after my book is finished!🙂 #Blender3d #rtx3090

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

Another late night Blender experiment, wanted to figure out smoke/particles in eevee. So cool to see it all in camera, it’s like having a finished movie set in your viewport..... in real-time! :D #blender #Eevee

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

Was going through my old inktober scenes, forgot i setup more realistic realtime lighting in Blender/Eevee before deciding to try the more graphic black and white line drawing look for renders. Always feels like magic seeing this in my viewport.🙂 #blender #Blender3d #Eevee

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Ben Mauro

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6 years

For anyone else in the middle of some bigger personal projects, always helps to put in perspective how long it took for some of our favorite manga's/graphic novels to be completed.

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

4 years

10 years in the making🌌 21 exclusive #NFTs 📦 1 collection 💎 7 minutes to sell out! 🤯 From the bottom of my heart, thank you guys so much, I didn't expect this! Thanks to the @VIV3com and @flow_blockchain for making this possible on my first NFT drop.🙏

Evolution: Thank you!

From the bottom of my heart, thank you guys so much! I didn't expect this! Thanks to the @VIV3com and @flow_blockchain for making this possible on my first c...

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

5 years

HUXLEY® PART 1 The reason I've been so quiet the last 3+ years is because i have been putting all my free time into writing and illustrating my first original graphic novel called HUXLEY®. Part one here:

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Ben Mauro

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6 years

Special guest showed up to the booth today at ECCC! ⁉️ #metalgearsolid

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

Testing out a cool/simple graphic shader setup in blender that Ricardo Guimaraes showed how to make in a recent video, super cool and effective! 😮

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

Throwback Thursday, some old industrial spaceship sketches.

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

3 years

Portfolio day.🚀 #PortfolioDay

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

4 years

Very cool, i hadn't seen these before. Jim Martin concept paintings for THE MATRIX RELOADED (2003).

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

3 years

Excited to finally be able share the cinematic trailer for @huxleysaga and announce that Ari Arad of Arad Productions (producers of Iron Man, Spider-Man, Ghost in the Shell) + Oscar nominee Jerome Chen will be producing the feature film adaptation!📽️🍿🤟

HUXLEY (Official)

The official cinematic for Ben Mauro's HUXLEY™ graphic novel series, a post apocalyptic sci-fi universe a decade in the making! Stumbling upon a forgotten tr...

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Ben Mauro

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6 years

A calmer alternate version of the last Snake vs. Rex shot i did for the MGS film. More of the moment when Snake first comes across Metal Gear Rex in the hanger, cold breath and socom in hand. #metalgearsolid #benmauro

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

6 years

Some cargo spaceship sketches for week 3 of David Heidoffs class over at The Workshop Academy, fun stuff!

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

5 years

Happy portfolio day! I’m a senior concept designer, art director and creator working in the entertainment industry. Lot of sci-fi and world building for games and films over the years. #PortfolioDay

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

4 years

Wow! Very cool style/animation done in Blender.

Dordogne 🎨 OUT NOW 🖌 Un Je Ne Sais Quoi

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4 years

We work in Blender for all the assets, animations (3D + grease pencil) and cinematics Being able to work in real-time thanks to eeve helps a lot to get an idea of the final look we’ll achieve in Unity ❤️Wishlist❤️ #screenshotsaturday #madewithunity #b3d

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

Had an awesome time making the cover art for the new Kitbash 3D Sci-Fi Industrial kit! If someone told me a year ago making making epic images like this would be super easy i would have told them they were crazy! Blender really opens a lot of avenues.

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

5 years

Matte-Black helps a lot. #Cybertruck

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

2 years

The @huxleysaga cinematic trailer! The YT version has passed 3.4m views to date collectively, Ari Arad of Arad Productions (producers of Iron Man, Spider-Man, Ghost in the Shell) + Oscar nominee Jerome Chen are producing the feature film adaptation.📽️🍿🤟

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

Have been heavily involved in the Forerunner design on Infinite, was super cool to see this space come together working with the environment team! #Haloinfinite #Halo #E32019

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

4 years

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4 years

Congrats @BenMauro993 ! The EVOLUTION limited edition drop on VIV3 powered by @flow_blockchain sold out in 7 minutes for a total of $2M.

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

6 years

Started as a Stratos Zero study and it turned into some sort of bladerunnery design while experimenting with new brushes/techniques.

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

5 years

You can drag and drop animated videos into blender for holograms!?! #blender #Blender3d

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

4 years

EVOLUTION: An epic NFT event, 10 years in the making! Officially dropping March 3, 3PM GMT/UTC exclusively on @VIV3com powered by @flow_blockchain . #nft #cryptoart #evolution

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

4 years

Had a fun time mocking up a quick post apocalyptic 'Last of Us' inspired scene in Blender during my Icon Manila Demo tonight. Showing how you can start with a small set of assets and building out a pretty complicated scene in a few minutes.😊 #blender

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

"They dance now? They dance now?! They dance now..." Finally figured out how to auto rig and import animations into Blender lol. 😅

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

3 years

What an epic year! Happy that three projects i worked on for many years launched, two of which were my original IP's! Excited to see what unfolds in 2022 and beyond. Everyone have a safe and Happy New Year!🥳

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

5 years

And the other one for today, "Fallen King". Will try to get a few more out the door by end of the month. #inktober #metalgear #Rex #MetalGearSolid

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

5 years

Artstation made a great article about Syd’s life and career.

In Memory of Syd Mead: The Grandfather of Concept Design - ArtStation Magazine

Syd Mead passed away on Monday 30th December 2019, and his loss has been felt deeply around the world. His body of work was ahead of its time both in content and vision, and we want to celebrate the...

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

AKIRA background painting inspiration.

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

How it started. 🪨 How it ended.💎

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

4 years

Now that everything is live i just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who came out to support this project and my art. I'm beyond humbled and honored to have supporters like you! Will need some time to rest/recover, but lots more cool stuff to come, this is just the beginning.💎

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Ben Mauro

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6 years

Back from la la land and catching up on some sketches for Davids class. :)

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Ben Mauro

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3 years

Going through all the @NFT_NYC photos/videos, still so impressed how cool the @huxleysaga MAX hologram turned out on the @PORTLhologram ! It was like standing in front of a life size version of the character in the graphic novel. 👀🤟🦾

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

With my Evolution #NFT cards about to start trading on @VIV3com powered by @flow_blockchain , i thought I'd share some of the cards/art till they are live. First up is Common cards 01 and 09, 'The Collection' and 'Cerulean'.💎

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

5 years

That 'ganbreeder' site is now called 'Artbreeder', has way more features and is getting better alarmingly fast. Here are some Dark Souls/LoTR looking fantasy paintings i made by clicking my mouse 3 times. HD versions of your creations coming soon. 😅

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

Moebius inspiration for the day. :)

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Ben Mauro

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7 years

New Juno/Jupiter mission photos from NASA, breathtaking stuff!

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

After the first week of sales, Evolution sold over $1.6m! Working with the @cryptoslamio team to get it officially listed, until then here is where it would have fallen on their site, #4 ! Will be so cool to see another @flow_blockchain project on the list.

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

Couple more tests trying out Jama's Blender clay texture pack. Playing with displacement settings in Cycles a bit more, super convincing!

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

WOW. Had to make some Dogecoin art after work. Keep it up little buddy, i believe in you.🚀 #dogecoin #moon #Cryptoart

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

3 years

The @huxleysaga trailer just crossed half a million views (and counting) in the last 4 days! So cool to see the world enjoying all the hard work @_SavaZivkovic , myself and the team did on it!🙏

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

8 years

Probably the most impressive series of paintings/artwork i have seen in person to date.....Alphonse Mucha's 'The Slav Epic' in Prague.

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

4 years

Arrived! It's so beautiful. A heavy Blender/Eevee scene that was taking 2-3 mins to load in all the 8k textures on my 2080ti, now takes 2-3 seconds on the 3090.....i dont believe it.😅

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

4 years

Huge thanks to the @kitbash3d team for the feature! Some fun tips and techniques in Blender and Keyshot using their kits to make epic graphic images in 3D.

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Ben Mauro

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2 years

Some epic new @huxleysaga concept art teased the other day in its HD glory by the amazing @swang_art ! Can you tell which panel from the comic this shot is referencing?📕

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

5 years

Inuit snow goggles, from 100BC. Original post with more images on FB here. Super inspiring!

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

AKIRA inspiration for the day.

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

Early Kruger robot design and some initial pencil sketches from ELYSIUM back in 2010, time flies! #benmauro #benmaurodesign #scifi #elysium #future #neillblomkamp #military #robot #mech #guns #pewpewpew

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

Interview with @decryptmedia about my recent ‘Evolution’ drop with @VIV3com , #NFT ’s and @flow_blockchain ! Thank you everyone again who has supported me through all this, I still don’t quite believe it. 🙏

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

That's so rad! 😮

FickleSwimming

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4 years

I made a gun that melts rocks in HDRP using Shader Graph and VFX Graph #madewithunity #gamedev #indiedev #shadergraph #vfx

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

The last time a posted a workspace photo was when i was on the road working on a tiny laptop! Settling down to work on HUXLEY™ in a dedicated studio space the last few years has been really helpful for me getting things done more efficiently. What is your home studio-space like?

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

Old live action Patlabor image i did for a demo at a workshop 7 or so years ago. Good times. #Patlabor

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5 years

Couple more from the Lightstorm visit, Avatar AMP suit up close! #lightstorm #avatar #mech

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Ben Mauro

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3 years

That new @Halo legendary helmet name is pretty cool, can’t put my finger on why. 😅

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

5 years

For anyone worried about having wildly different art styles, techniques and interests. That sort of variety is what keeps me excited to create each day, always experimenting and exploring new things, i wouldn't have it any other way. What about you?

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

Utilizing A.I. into your workflow 2019 starter kit: Let A.I. up-rez your painting: Let A.I. make environments for you: Let A.I. turn it into a painting:

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

Legendary Halo artist and Art Director @nbsparth listing his first ever #NFT with @withFND ! 😮

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

Happy #Artstationday !

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

5 years

Back from Berlin and time for some serious experimental "inktober" catch-up! Will see how far i can get before end of month. 😊

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

5 years

My old OPAL design from back in 2014, forgot about the 'idea' sheet i made at the time ha! #MetalGearGumby

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

5 years

My co-worker and friend David Heidhoff is teaching an online class for his awesome hard surface design course for the first time! I had a lot of fun in this class when i took it. Great for beginners and working professionals looking to push their skills.

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

3 years

Evolution News: Creating a new galaxy in the #Metaverse is no easy task, thankfully my friends @JaimeJonesart and @furiotedeschi will be helping out on future content! Legendary artists on Star Wars, Mass Effect, Destiny, Magic the Gathering and more.👀👽

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

6 years

Probably the best build/paint of my old Gorilla Tank model kit I've seen to date, fantastic work Christopher Pounds! 😍

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

4 years

Over the next few days till launch I'll be sharing some card art for my #NFT drop Evolution! First two common cards 'Cornelius' and 'Happy', even though they are in the common tier, i think these guys will be pretty popular cards, especially Happy. :)

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

5 years

Doom mural even more epic in person! #E32019 #DoomEternal

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

Two more 'Common' tier card characters for my #NFT drop Evolution launching Wed the 3rd at 3PM GMT/UTC! As we move further on the evolutionary timeline we find a more evolved primate 'THOR' and an early aquatic alien named 'Cerulean'. :)

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

Nausicaa toy. 😮

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Ben Mauro

@BenMauroArt

3 years

The @huxleysaga trailer officially passed 2 million views and counting! Took half as much time for the second million…it’s accelerating. 👀🎉🚀

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4 years

My 'Evolution' #NFT cards are about to start trading on @VIV3com powered by @flow_blockchain Friday at 6pm UTC. Last up is Legendary cards 20 and 21 'Trilobite' and 'Hilux'. Final post before they are live, see you all tomorrow on the marketplace!💎🚀🌊

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Ben Mauro

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3 years

Super excited to see all the @huxleysaga robots out the door! What did everyone get? I didn't end up with anything rare, but pretty happy with this Galactic!🤖

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3 years

The @huxleysaga trailer just crossed 1 million views! So cool to see the world enjoying all the hard work @_SavaZivkovic , myself and the team did on it!🙏

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

Ian working his blender magic. 😮

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Ben Mauro

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2 years

RTFKT Space Drip x Nike Air Force 1 : BEN MAURO 2 days left to redeem your @RTFKT space drip @Nike sneakers! 👩‍🚀💧👟

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4 years

Beeple! 👑

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1 year

Happy #portfolioday !

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1 year

🐸Friday🐸

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Ben Mauro

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4 years

More Blender/Eevee ink shader tests, these ones trying out TJ Foo's cool shader he mocked up. You can turn on the realtime fog to get some interesting atmospheric perspective in the values/shapes. Really fun to play around with!

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Ben Mauro

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5 years

HUXLEY™ PART 2 The reason I've been so quiet the last 3+ years is because i have been putting all my free time into writing and illustrating my first original graphic novel called HUXLEY™. Part two here:

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Ben Mauro

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6 years

Stratos Zero study from earlier in the year that went a bit bladerunnery/sci-fi. Will try to get on some new (digital) inktobers going this weekend, been a busy month.

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5 years

Start//Finish #StartToFinish One of the first pieces for my graphic novel HUXLEY™ back in 2014. Pencil on paper then Photoshop for painting.

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5 years

Another old robot from 2014 called H.A.N.S.E.L. So hot right now. Hansel.

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3 years

Another Forerunner architecture design done for @Halo Infinite. Was really cool to be able to design one of the more iconic structures seen all around the open world and MP levels in the game.

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Ben Mauro

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6 years

Some vehicle studies from Week 1 homework for David Heidoff's hard surface design class, been way too many years since i did this sort of thing outside of client work. Nice to start shaking off the rust after so long, should be a fun class! :)

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4 years

A social network where you can view everyone's #NFT 's across all platforms? Great idea! #Cryptoart

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