Welcome the next post devoted to the pure-fiction style Steampunk!
For the last years Steampunk has turned out to be the most popular and influential among other styles. The speculative fiction that it presents has gained the wide popularity and we are looking for the new inventions in this genre impatiently. This style combines the past and the future presented in the spectacular way. It features the most striking points of Victorian era in their elegance and the modern times with high technological progress. Speaking about Steampunk, it should be mentioned that it catches with aesthetics and the technological romance. It opens the gates in the grotesque world of steam-driven robots, awesome inventions, airships and alchemy. It’s really a great pleasure to deep in the Steampunk realm and forget about the ambience of modern times.

This post will show you the other side of our perception, will present you a part of Steampunk anthology. Perhaps, it will inspire you for your own steampunk inventions. Enjoy it!

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Title: Steampunk Camera
Artist: Michael Grote
Portfolio here

All the stuff presented here creates the original and impressive steampunk scene. All the details are rendered in the realistic way and imply the main idea of steampunk – aesthetic technical power. The author has chosen the modern objects like gears, pipes, steam, springs, cranks, camera and has transferred them in the style of Victorian era. Excellent!

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Title: Seahorse
Artist: Silvia Fusetti
Software: Photoshop, XSI
Portfolio here

How do you find this item? It is undoubtedly excellent. Done in steampunk style, it renders the ideas of mechanical power and the aesthetics. This great mix makes it impressive. The author has presented in it creative concept and great modeling. Admire it!

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This post is dedicated to gun power. It is special edition for gun enthusiasts. Those who have real passion for shooting and are knowledgeable in this field will certainly appreciate it. So, if you know a thing about firearms, or this topic is your cup of tea, this post will meet your interests. This collection of firearms consists of various impressive items that are noticeable for their characteristics and have long history. It will discover the main specifications of guns, rifles, revolvers, pistols, shotguns and of course will give the large view at them.
Disclaimer: editing this post and presenting it to the wide publicity, we keep in mind that this theme is a tricky one. Actually, firearms are dangerous because they lead to the bad laws. But! Here we just wanted to present the professionally done 3D models that really worth your attention as noticeable pieces of work.

Let’s start and browse this multiple collection of exclusive gun 3D models. Hope, you will really enjoy it!

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Title: Shotgun
Author: Mohamed Saleh
Software: 3ds max, AutoCAD, VRay
Portfolio here

It would be great to decorate the home interior with these excellent items. Just pay attention to these pumps! Quite realistic and impressive! Well-done 3D models.

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Title: Dragunov
Author: Peter Balogh
Software: Maya
Portfolio here

This 3D model renders the real Dragunov sniper rifle that was developed in the USSR. This variant of Dragunov is known as a hunting “carbine”. It has no cheek pad, two 5-round magazines, and no flash suppressor. That’s really cool to try this semi-automatic sniper rifle!

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Still-life paintings capture the visual impression of the objects. They focus on the whole composition and bring it to us in the least details. The genre of still-life painting implies the way of rendering the author’s observation and his symbolic ideas. The choice of certain objects for study, their arrangement, the lightening – everything plays a role. These paintings are interesting due to their study of the objects when the creator transfers the object on the canvas, its shape, the light and the shadows the object makes and its relations to the other objects. They blend colors and create the illusion of form. The narrative arrangements that we sometimes observe in these works of art are awesome and eye-catchy. There is a great variety of these pieces of art. Among still-life paintings you will find the flower pieces, still-life fruit paintings, kitchen pieces. These paintings throw back at the viewer the impression of this still beauty.

This collection is devoted to 3D still-life paintings. They are created in the traditions of the classical paintings of this genre, but worked out in amazing 3D.

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Title: Still Life
Author: dolphinboy2000
Software: 3ds Max
Portfolio here

This 3D still-life piece of art is awesome. It attracts attention with the saturated colors and detailed rendering of the objects. Fruits, vegetables, the mirrored surfaces look excellent in this lightening. The creator depicts them as close as it is possible and rather realistic.

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Title: Still Life
Author: kai20021
Portfolio here

Asian motives in this 3D piece complicate its idea. This still-painting captures the scene that is really interesting for the study. Admire the mixture of colors and the way of presenting the main idea of this work!

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The time hangs heavy at sleepless nights, when you can’t sleep a wink. It seems long till the dawn comes and you feel really devastated. This is the very moment when the obscure dismay fills you without cause. Nightmares creep up on you under cover of darkness and overtake you. When you let them in there is impossible to turn time back. You begin to feel how the fear gains its forth somewhere at your heart and it makes you finally distraught. It grips you in a vice, you feel how this gluey fear crawls backslap and chills your blood. The speechless and deaf silence that is all around you is the ideal place for the hellish creatures that rise from the ashes of your nightmares. At the day time they are hidden in the depth of your mind and at night they run the show. Vicious and wicked, they cause disaster and chaos wheresoever they appear. Besides, they have one peculiarity – they are always somewhere near you and they are looking for the right moment to attack you.

This post is like the Pandora’s box. The moment you run into it, the infernal creatures from your nightmares will awake and become quite real.

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Title: Heroes – Dark Age
Author: Borja Fresco Costal
Software: Photoshop
Portfolio here

The fleeting time before dawn is the ideal one for the revelry of evil. God-damn souls and other disgusting creatures turn into flesh and blood and began their coven. They govern until the sun appears in the sky.

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Title: Hateful Draft
Author: James Wolf Strehle
Software: Photoshop
Portfolio here

This awesome illustration is the stunning example of the morbid and dark art. It is disturbing in all its elements and causes strong feelings. Top-notch execution gives the speechless impression. Admire it!

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This post contains the most striking artworks created by contemporary digital artists. All of them are done in 3D and impress greatly with their accurate rendering of the world. They are so realistic that make you puzzle for a bit. It happens so that for a few moments you wonder whether it is a photo of a real person or just the mature rendering in 3D. All items presented in this collection posses their own peculiar features and are marked with certain strong accents. They can be called stunning without a word. It is really captivating to study them in all the details, admire professional execution and original concepts.

So, let’s start and have a look at this excellent collection of awesome 3D Models.

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Title: The Artist Himself
Author: Piotr Fox Wysocki
Software: Maya, mental ray, Photoshop, ZBrush
Portfolio here

With this digital piece of work its author proves that artworks can be really incredible. It is done with the impressive realism. You can look at it for hours admiring each detail and appreciating the professional execution. Stunning, without a words.

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Title: Monk
Author: Sven Rabe
Software: After Effects, Photoshop, XSI, ZBrush
Portfolio here

This type of character is the excellent one. It is done in the dark and gloomy colors with strong accents. The creator brings the face in the focus of attention and paints it as the determined one. Hope, you will enjoy this perfect execution.

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Music is harmony, harmony that is a long goal for all of us. You can find your harmony in it just floating on the melody and passing it through yourself. Music is all about perfection, the realm of complete bliss. It gives you relaxation and serenity that you are looking for in this earthian world. Perfect meditative state can be attained by being devoted for music, growing and vibrant sounds that gain their force while filling the room and wrapping you in the whirlpool of their tints. Music perception is not all about being taught, gained or believed, it is just your attitude to the melody. This sharp perception enriches you, gives you the colors to paint your mood and everything around. You can pretend being aloof from music, but it will not be quiet true. Perhaps, you haven’t found yet the music that can heal your soul. Being absorbed with music means longing to hear and admire it wherever and whenever around the world, around the clock.

This post in devoted for all those who are keen on music and can’t imagine their life without it. Hope, you will find the familiar sounds of your favorite melodies here.

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Title: Get Lifted
Author: Elizabeth Le
Software: Painter
Portfolio here

Inspired by music the author created presented here illustration. It reflects the lifted mood that was caused by the magnetic sounds of the favorite melody. Dreamy and playful color palette of this illustration makes it vibrant and cool.

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Title: Music and Me
Author: Elizabeth Le
Software: Painter
Portfolio here

If music is a real treat for you and you can’t imagine your life without it, you will certainly admire this illustration. When music is a long wish for you, it is impossible to stay a minute without it. It doesn’t matter what style of music you prefer, the main thing is to be absorbed with it wherever and whenever.

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This post is devoted for all those who are real fans of aviation, for those who find the point of life in it, for all those who are not afraid of the depth of the sky. The dream to fly above the clouds in the altitudes where the air is thin is not for everyone, only those who are strong in their spirit are able to perform it and they dare to do it. They are capable of a faster gait in the sky when the sun dazzles the eyes, everything around is covered with fleece and even the beat of the heart is not heard against the din of engines. The flight starts with warming up the engines and ends after extremely tense hours spend in the boundless sky. The sky is their life, desire and passion. Their thoughts are always flying skywards and there is nothing for them like the form of the plane that projects on the sky in the birth of the day. I wish you and all of them the serenity of the sky and god-speed!

So, the time to start has come. Take a look at this collection of sky-viators and enjoy it!

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Title: EUROCOPTER EC135 German Police
Author: Andre Cantarel
Software: 3ds max, finalRender
Portfolio here

This version of the police helicopter is a fictional one. At a first sight you can understand that it is really spectacular. The stunning modeling, textures and lighting make this illustration worth your attention. Enjoy it!

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Title: Fokker G1
Author: Wiek Luijken
Software: LightWave 3D
Portfolio here

This illustration renders a model of the Fokker G.1 mercury. Being designed as a heavy fighter, this aircraft was not usual for the times when it appeared. It was the most innovative fighter that was available in the Netherlands airforce to fight the Germans.

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They are the result of technical progress, they are the innovative machines that inhabit the fake planet. This planet is somewhere in the far spaces and it can’t be reached by any spaceship. This weird world is the place where machines rule and have the overall power. They have determined their rules and it is impossible to be at cross-purposes with them. They look like people, the appearances that they posses are extremely alike. They think, move and even behave like people, but they don’t have soul, feelings and emotions, just wires and cold steel everywhere. These mechanical creatures are striking and powerful. All presented here illustrations are about these mind-bending creatures. Here you will find the stunning technologies and the inventions that will take your breath away.
Enjoy them just now!

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Title: AmalgaMATE II
Author: Michael Oswald
Software: Photoshop
Portfolio here

This illustration is the great example of the high-grade realization of the concept. The author has done his best and you can appreciate the result. This model is absolutely stunning in all the details. Admire it!

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Title: Cyborg Jam
Author: Bryan Marvin P. Sola
Software: Photoshop
Portfolio here

It is not easy to define at a first sight who it is, a human being, or the innovative mechanical creature. The combination of flesh, cold steel, wires and different details is excellent! To add the stunning tone to this figure the creator gives it the beautiful female appearance.

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Pin-up art is all about strong and passionate female beauty. From the first shots these pictures got the ever-growing army of fans. Utilizing the luring shots, the pin-up photographers depict the female nature as teasing, appealing and playful. Its vibrant, pulsating and natural tone is evident. These pictures have the label of flirt and obvious sensuality. Most of them present playful moments that invite the viewer to imagine what lies behind them. The main idea of pin-up pictures is to give a slight hint that is enough to tease. The eroticism that is hidden in these pictures can be magical with inimitable chic, painted in subdued dyes, sometimes intensive and even aggressive. They are the object of interest and have one striking quality – they prompt you to look at them for hours and then you return to them again and again.

I invite you to glimpse into the pin-up art and to admire its aesthetic and passionate tone.

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Title: Relaxing Holidays
Author: Oliver Wetter
Software: Photoshop
Portfolio here

Holidays have come and you can relax tension. To have relax means to have some spare time to think about some pleasant things. These teasing thoughts flash in your mind and carry you away. The bonny appealing girls like this one can be their main points. Admire this pin-up piece of art and find your inspiration here!

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Title: White Hibiscus
Author: Joerg Warda
Software: Painter, Photoshop
Portfolio here

The illimitable ocean, hot sun and the gentle wind are waiting for you. Finish your daily affairs and dive into summer day and pleasant emotions. This girl has followed the advice. This spicy pin-up pic is marked with the intensive and stunning tone. Enjoy it!

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Please, don’t start looking through this post if your nerves are not steady. This post is one of those that have a lot of thrill and, as a result, it suppresses the mind. So, if you are still full of stern resolve to proceed with this ominous theme, you are welcome!

Here you will not find anything bright and multicolored, anything optimistic and cheerful, only dark spirit is waiting for you. This collection is all about sinister illustrations that create the oppressive impression and arouse dismal mood. It is not a great idea to look them before going to sleep, because all possible sweet dreams will fade and then vanish. What will you find here? Grotesque and morbid illustrations of good-damn souls, the creatures that resemble monsters from the hell and mind-bending creepy scenes. The sinister spirit penetrates all this dark art.

So, let’s start the thrilling journey to the hellish land.

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Title: 13inches
Author: Borja Fresco Costal
Software: Photoshop
Portfolio here

This strong composition whispers about somber days colored in red. You can distinguish mud, red blood and ashes everywhere. All these elements compose intensive and thrilling atmosphere. This overall scene is full of noise, but it is one more attempt to add the creepy tone to it.

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Title: Lost Soul From Doom
Author: Lukas Dubeda
Software: 3ds max, AfterBurn, finalRender Stage-1, Photoshop
Portfolio here

This absolutely awesome artwork makes your blood frozen in the veins. It is terrible and at the same time magnetic. It is really eye-catchy and you can spend plenty of time looking at it and inspecting in all the details. Top-notch mind-bending image!

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