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The Artist of the Month for October, 2018 is

duo

duo is an Italian artist who creates science-fiction themed artworks. He has well over 800 followers and 3,600 likes for his extensive gallery. Here is his Renderosity bio:

The nickname "Innovari" (meaning innovation or renewal in Latin) has been with me since I 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 me over the years to do my own artwork.

"Fantastic fiction" always had a remarkable weight in my whole personal and professional life. I have been a professional SF author, I edited a fantasy and horror movie magazine, and for ten years have been chief modelmaker in my own special effects company.

In the last decade my creativity has leaned towards computer graphics and 3D illustrations in particular—with which I wanted to create professional artworks for books and magazines. I'm happy to say that in recent years this objective has been fulfilled, with many works sold worldwide to private and corporate clients.

Currently I'm building my worlds in Bologna, Italy, where I share a home with my wife Raffaella and our cats Leeloo and Merlin.

Luca Oleastri (aka duo)

We congratulate duo on winning the AOM for October. He's got a great gallery of many wonderous and epic depictions of space travellers and galactic exploration. Please stop by and take a look. We'll be posting a short interview with duo along with a video of 12 of his awesome gallery works.