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Neil Blevins

@artofsoulburn.bsky.social

Art Director & Senior Concept Designer in Film, Games, Books, Tech. Builds Scifi Worlds. Professional Work: Pixar Alum (16 Yrs), Blur, WarnerMedia, ++

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Yup, itโ€™s exactly the same thing, just different names

30.10.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2 new written tutorials uploaded. I promise new videos in the new year once I finish teaching, but until then, hope you find these interesting. The difference between additive and subtractive color www.neilblevins.com/art_lessons/... and painting metal materials www.neilblevins.com/art_lessons/...

30.10.2025 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Sorry you missed out on longqueโ€™s book. I got Eddieโ€™s larger book last year and it is indeed awesome, glad you managed to grab a copy and are enjoying it.

30.10.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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While at #lightboxexpo2025 picked up 2 books, the pen and ink sketches of Longque Chen, and Eddie Smith's (Halo OG) first sketchbook. Awesome stuff, if you see Longque at another con, pick up his book, or you can get Eddie's here: www.edsmith-visualatrium.com

29.10.2025 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The most important staple of scifi :)

28.10.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just got back from #LightboxExpo2025 and I noticed my hotel had some wallpaper that looked suspiciously like one of my megastructure paintings (or is it the other way around?) :D Hexagons are fun!

28.10.2025 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finally arrived at Lightbox expo after 2 cancelled flights and an aborted landing at Burbank. The talk on making art books went well, second photo is the talk, got lots of positive feedback and good questions. Rest of the show will be checking out art and other panels #lightbox2025 #LBX2025

26.10.2025 01:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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4th StarTrek Making Of book from Titan, this time Search For #Spock. Not my favorite of the Star Trek films, but the story of how it came to be is compelling, plus lots of gorgeous artwork. #Startrek

22.10.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Got a chance to do some still life painting last week. No worry about commercial viability or the impending AI doom, just us pushing digital paint around in Procreate trying to match the lighting on a bust. Not a perfect replica, but feel I captured the vibe. So refreshing. #painting #illustration

20.10.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy Anniversary!

19.10.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love how it turned out!

18.10.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

US politicians did. At least half the country is still very happy to be a part of the planet :)

17.10.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

God that blows, they won't ship to the US :(

17.10.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I grabbed a copy, so should you :)

14.10.2025 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Looks like another #PortfolioDay Showing off some personal favorites and maybe a couple of portfolio pieces that are a bit more obscure

14.10.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yup, the next book I do will have to be more expensive even if the tariffs go away.

14.10.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So assuming a $40 cover price that's $10 per book to pay the writers, layout artist, royalties, etc. Now with the tariffs on china, I'm sure the whole economic model is thrown on its head. I suspect making these books is not as profitable as one would think.

13.10.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't know profit margins, but I do know a little about sales numbers, artbooks for major films sell on average 20-50k copies. Only a few top movies inch past the 100k mark. You can print these books for approx $10 each (at these volumes). Book store gets half...

13.10.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hopefully. The Avatar art books have always been a bit of a mixed bag. That first book was anemicly thin, like a total after thought. The second book was great. Would love a more regular schedule and 250+ pages every time :)

12.10.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m actually quite surprised they havenโ€™t mentioned an art book yet. Of course thereโ€™s the Dylan Cole book and there seems to be an art /making of book with bits from all 3 films, but no dedicated avatar 3 book announced yet

12.10.2025 03:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"we basically sold Disney a film that we had no way to make" kinda feel that's how all films work these days :) Although now it's about how to get that many fx for such a low budget :D

10.10.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So awesome. More, more!!!!

06.10.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Come see me at #LightBoxExpo for my talk on how to Create, Finance and Publish your own Artbook. If this has always been your dream but you don't know where to start, this talk will go through all the self publishing steps in detail! lightboxexpo.com/schedule/lis... #lightbox #lightbox2025 #LBX2025

06.10.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today for #ThrowbackThursday we're doing #PurpleArt Considering my love of the color purple, I'm surprised I don't have a ton of purple artwork. Something to fix in the future #scifi #art #painting

02.10.2025 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do not. May look into it, have some other books I want to pick up first though.

01.10.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seems Bungie, at least in the past was more hands on. But maybe they can outsource it to the publisher this time around.

25.09.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Prefer the slightly more desaturated one you have on artstation personally.

25.09.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ya, not to mention with a smaller company now, they likely have fewer people to work on a book. Game first, see how it fares, then I suspect a book after that.

25.09.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Even in a world with a billion youtube videos, I still get many questions on what books do I recommend for learning how to make art. So here's a list of some of my favs and why you should consider getting them: www.neilblevins.com/art_lessons/... #arttip #artressources #artlessons #arteducation

25.09.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Artist draws spaceships inspired by household items Artist Eric Geusz only needed some art supplies and a quick rummage through his kitchen drawers to create these interstellar artworks.

I assume you've seen this guy's work? www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/46...

24.09.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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