About Me
- Fantasio
- My name is Oliver.
I paint the stuff you know, but different.
Digital art is what I live for as it allows for complex experimentation and perfect compositions.I learn mostly from the old masters and share my knowledge about digital painting, here on my blog and sometimes on Artstation or my Patreon.
In my spare time I write about art, marketing and technology on Ars Fantasio and for Altpick Connects.
I regularly create personal and new works that early adopters on my venture see first.
Here you find my CV
- Art talk
- illustration
- digital painting
- digital art
- art
- artists
- art marketing
- art-business
- fantasy
- Publishing
- illustrator
- portfolio
- psychology
- howto
- Artworks
- applied arts
- creative
- Art advice
- art professionals
- creativity
- photoshop
- images
- communication
- affirmation
- againts procrastination
- artist
- artmarketing
- entrepreneur
- freelance
- guide
- advice
- book cover
- creative process
- design
- art process
- artist for hire
- characters
- social media
- art business
- coaching
- Apple
- art-market
- blogging
- character
- productivity
- Art show
- Tutorials
- art community
- inspiration
- Sci-Fi
- Wacom
- artistic influence
- cover illustration
- editorial
- entrepreneurship
- success
- tutorial
- artcommunity
- character design
- education
- patreon
- review
- time-management
- Advanced Photoshop
- Artistry
- aritsts
- business
- cyborg
- discussion
- freelancer
- marketing
- portrait
- Featured
- adobe
- casestudy
- communities
- conceptart
- cover art
- cover artwork
- creation
- drawing
- fine arts
- learning
- pinup
- technology
- 101
- Artbooks
- Case_Studies
- Science Fiction
- art critique
- artbook
- artist websites
- authentic art
- career
- challenge
- designer
- desktop publishing
- experience
- freelancing
- goals
- habits
- painting
- promotion
- surreal
- workshop
- Ars Fantasio
- Book cover illustration
- Landscape
- art theft
- artists block
- avoid burnout doing freelance work
- cg art
- commission
- creature
- dark
- digital
- e-learning
- fanart
- fine art
- health
- how to
- ideas
- inceptionism
- influence
- ipad
- lifehack
- mental coaching
- mental training
- popularity
- push publishing
- robot
- self learning
- 2Dartist
- Fantasio Girls
- Gil Elvgren
- Godin
- Magazine
- Pin-up
- Retro
- Sculpture
- android legacy
- art prints
- artorder
- assignments
- autonomy
- branding
- brushes
- call for art
- comic
- confidence
- contest
- copyright
- creatures
- dark art
- dark realm collective
- desktop
- digital artist
- fantasio
- fantasy art
- genre art
- industry
- life
- lizard brain
- mastery
- mindset
- mixed media
- motivation
- online representation
- personal art project
- showcase
- star wars
- wacky
- whimsical
- workplace
- workstation
- Angel
- Art advise
- Ballistic
- Cintiq 13HD
- Cintiq 27QHD
- Coupon code
- DIY
- DRC
- Elvgren
- Ergotron
- Guardian
- Howard W. Lewis
- PC
- Pausch
- Pop Culture
- Procreate
- SEO
- Skull:z & Idols
- Tool Presets
- Windows
- XP-Pen
- agent
- alien
- android
- art book
- art style
- art thief
- art4love
- artist representative
- artwork pricing
- autistic
- call for submissions
- canvas prints
- celebrity
- cghub
- chad love lieberman
- character artist
- competition
- concept art
- craiyon
- creature design
- culture
- designjet z2100
- desktop customization
- device
- digital content
- digital creation
- do-it-yourself
- environment
- fantabulous visions
- features
- fictional characters
- figure
- flow
- freelancing and burnout
- gadget
- geek
- graphic
- guideline
- gumroad
- hacking
- how-to
- iPad Pro
- iconography
- illustrators
- independence day
- infringement
- inventions
- landscapes
- life-help
- management consulting
- musician
- mythology
- myths
- nerd
- nightcafe
- painter
- passive income
- pen display
- pop art
- poster
- practice
- principle
- realism
- realistic
- reference
- resource
- self help
- sketchbook
- skills
- speed painting
- speedpainting
- spotify
- stable diffusion
- study
- tablet
- technique
- tentacle
- tip
- tribute
- update
- updated
- vampire
- vintage
- way of life
- web portfolio
- wide format printer
- wings
- writing
- zbrush
- .abr
- .tpl
- 2017
- 27"
- 2d
- 30" hardware for digital painting
- 3d printing
- 3d-modelling
- 3rd alternative
- 4 hours work week
- 44"
- 4k
- 5 piece canvas
- AIart
- ASMR-Music
- AT-AT
- Adobe Photoshop
- Advanced Creation
- Aiptek
- Albert Bierstadt
- Apoptygma Berzerk
- Ars Fantasio Discount
- Art Print framing
- Art Trend
- Art book competition
- Artist printers
- Atari
- BJÖRK
- Bente Schlick
- Boardgame
- Brom
- Brom tribute
- Brusherator
- Brutus Symmetry
- Buchumschlag
- Chuck Close
- Chun Li
- Cintiq Companion
- Cintiq Pro 32 Fan noise
- Cintweak
- ColorFriends
- Comic Convention
- Comic Style
- Companion
- Convention booth
- Corel painter
- Corona and conventions
- Corona artists
- Cover
- Cover Illustrator
- Crypto Art
- Cy-Co
- D&D
- DIY slate skin
- Daedalus Rims Saga
- David Revoy
- Digital painting studio
- Digital printing
- Digitizer
- Discount code
- Dungeons and Dragons
- EU
- Easy framing
- Empire Prints
- Epson
- Ergotron Easel
- Ergotron Tablet Cradle
- Ergotron arm
- Ergotron arm and Wacom 13hd
- EventViewer
- Fairey
- Fantasio girl
- Fantasy Cover Art
- Fast
- Focus Stealing osx
- Frank Chimero
- Freelance work
- Genius
- George Lucas
- Gerhard Glück
- Ghibli
- Gizmostweak
- Godzilla
- Griffon Lore Games
- GuideGuide
- HDTV
- Halloween
- Hanvon
- Hard Fantasy
- Hardware
- Hatsune Miku
- Howl´s Moving Castle
- Hudson River
- Hudson River School
- IOS 7
- IPS panels
- In-app purchase
- Institution
- KArabiner-Elements
- KMFDM
- Kaiju
- Kepler quadro vs. Nvidia GeForce
- Keyboard hack
- KnockKnock
- Krueger
- Kyle B. Stiff
- Laputa
- Legend
- Liam Sharp
- Lifehacks
- Luna & Nova
- M1 Ultra
- Mac Pro 2013
- Mac Studio
- Mac Studio review digital artist Mac Studio Photoshop Benchmark tech reviews artist Workplace under desk mount solution diy solution
- Macbook vs. Ultrabook
- Magic Trackpad Skins Natural Stone skin trackpad
- MagicSquire
- Mardock Scramble
- Marvel
- Menk
- Mercury
- Michael Sowa
- Microsoft surface
- Mini One Stop Shop
- Miyazaki
- Mohrbacher
- Monoprice
- Monsters in landscapes
- Moran
- Motorcycle
- Mr. Brainwash
- NEC
- NFT
- NFT Art
- NLP
- News and Events
- OS
- Oil painting
- Omnimo
- Original work
- PSD file
- PSD repair
- Pacific Rim
- Pathfinder
- Pen-Display
- Perspective Tools
- Pete Mohrbacher
- Photoshop Workshop
- Photoshop brushes
- Photoshop bushes
- Photoshop painting
- Photoshop secrets
- Photoshop tablet test
- Photshop brushes
- Poster art
- Prodigy
- RPG
- Rainmeter
- Ren Garcia
- Retina
- Richard Prince
- Risk Analytics
- Roger Hassler
- Roxxlyn
- Rune Ballot
- SDCC
- San Diego Comic Con
- San Diego ComicCon
- Skin
- Skull portraits
- Skulls
- Skullz n Idols
- Slate lite
- Sorayama
- Storm X-men
- Style
- Tablet review
- Tablet solution arm
- Tenome
- Toxic sushi
- Twelve South Ipad crap
- VAT
- VATMOSS
- Verlag
- Wacom Cintiq 32 fan noise
- Wacom Guide
- Wacom Pro Fan Noise
- Wacom Pro advice
- Wacom pen
- Wacom pro review
- Wacom tablet
- Warren Louw
- Website
- Wil Wheaton
- Windows 8
- Workspace ergonomy
- XP pen Artist 22" 2nd generation
- Xppen
- abstract
- adblock
- add-on
- add-ons
- addonn
- advantages
- advertising
- aesthetic
- agencies
- ai-art
- alternative
- amazon
- animated series
- anime
- anthro
- apple decals
- apple desktop zen
- apple pencil review
- arabesque
- art agent
- art communities
- art direction
- art director
- art for sale
- art group
- art in progress
- art market
- art of security
- art order
- art print
- art printer
- art theft case
- art venture
- art websites
- artist alley
- artist booth
- artist communities
- artist grant
- artist interviews
- artist meetup
- artist opinion
- artist rep
- artist rights
- artist rules
- artist vs machine
- artshow
- artstation
- asmr
- autism
- autosuggestion
- availability
- banksy
- belief
- belle lettres art
- blade
- blogger as portfolio replacement
- blue
- book cover art
- book jacket
- book review
- box of pandora
- brain exercise
- brand name
- browser
- browsing
- brushset
- bunny
- burnout
- business-zen
- calendar
- campaign
- canon
- canvas corners
- canvasfrenzy
- card
- caricature
- case study
- catwoman
- celebration
- ceo
- cg artist
- cg community
- cg-art
- change
- chapter art
- character creation
- character driven
- character driven cover art
- characterdesign
- chart
- cheap
- chrome
- cintic
- class
- client relationship
- cloak
- collage art
- collective
- color
- color scheme
- color theory
- colored metal
- coloring
- comittment
- communication arts
- complaints
- composition
- computing
- concept artist
- consciousness
- consultin
- consulting
- content creation
- contentment
- convention
- copycat
- cost of art
- cost of illustration
- course
- cover artist
- cover design
- cover template
- cradle
- creative block
- creative direction
- creative thinking
- creator
- cross processing
- crossover
- crow
- crowd sourcing
- crowdsourcing
- cthulhu
- cuh.app
- curator
- custom PS brushes
- custom domain on blogspot
- customization
- cyberpunk
- daily deviations
- dall-e
- dalle-2
- damaged
- dark realm collective. drc
- death star
- decision making
- design jobs
- designjet 90
- designjet z6
- desktop hack
- desktop pc
- desktop zen
- detect program steal focus on mac
- deviantArt Protect
- deviantart
- difficult inquiries
- digital artists
- digital brushes
- digital drawing
- digital goods
- digital illustration
- digital illustrator
- digital impressionism
- digital painter
- digital painting computer
- digital painting tablett
- digital painting workstation
- digital paintings
- directory
- disco diffusion
- disorder
- display
- divine proportions
- dmca opensea.io
- dmca takedown
- doubt
- dragon
- droid
- dtp
- e-business
- easterbunny
- eastern
- ebook
- edgy
- effictive people
- electronic devices
- end of the year
- entry
- evil minion
- exclusive art
- exclusivity
- exercise
- exit strategy
- explained
- extrinsic
- eyecatcher
- face
- facepaint
- facts
- fail
- fake
- fantasiox
- fantasy artists
- fast canvas mounting
- favorites
- female
- fembot
- festive season
- figurative
- file
- file corrupt
- fire
- flat canvas corners
- flat solution
- focusing
- for cintiq
- fractals
- frameless
- framing
- fraud
- from diffuse to reflective material
- fuel cell
- fur
- gallery
- game art
- game artist
- game assets
- game creation
- game development
- game studio
- gaming pc for work
- gatekeeper
- geek-bling
- genreart
- get better at anything
- giclee print
- giger
- giveaway
- glass plate
- glossy
- golden cut
- gols
- google+
- graphic designer
- graphitablet
- greek
- greetings card
- guide to
- guidelines
- hacker
- hackpainting
- hacks
- half life
- hand painted inceptionism
- handpainted inceptionism
- hands on
- hardware guide
- hardware review display
- headgear
- heavy metal thunder
- help
- hi-res wallpaper
- hints
- homage
- homepage
- horror
- house m.d
- household name
- how to evoke feelings with art
- how to run a patreon campaign
- howls moving castle
- hp
- iMac
- iPad for artists
- iconic
- illustration business
- illustration style
- illustrations
- illustrator showcase
- image viewer
- improvement meme
- income
- influence map
- information
- inhabited landscape
- ink-jet
- input device
- insider
- inspired
- interdependence
- intrinsic nature
- investment
- jacket wrap
- jim burns
- katana
- keyboard holder
- keyboard tray
- kickstarter
- knight
- landscape painting digital
- large format printer
- late 2015
- lateral thinking
- lawsuit
- leadership
- league
- league of elder
- leaving facebook
- less clutter
- lesson
- lfp
- licencing
- life advice
- life hack
- life hacks
- life lessons
- lifehacker
- lifehacking
- lighting
- links
- list
- live hack
- logic
- mac vs. pc
- macabre
- machince learning
- machine
- machine learning
- magazine cover
- magnetic
- mandelbulb
- market strategies
- marketing art
- mashup
- massive art theft
- materials
- matte painting
- mechanic
- meme
- mental mindset
- mentorship
- metal
- middlemen
- midjourney
- millenium falcon
- mind
- mind-map
- mindmap
- ml
- mobile creation
- monitor
- monsters
- monthly income
- mount on stretcher
- music
- neuro-linguistic programming
- neuroscience
- news
- not the game
- novel
- number 1
- office
- office solutions
- oleg dou
- online
- online marketing
- online shop
- opensea copyright
- opinion
- opinions
- orange
- outsourcing
- overpaint
- overwatch
- owner
- painterly
- painting help
- panelwallart
- pavlov
- pen tablet
- pencil
- personality
- perspective
- persuasion
- philosophy
- photo manipulation
- photoshop PC
- photoshop freeze
- photoshop magic
- photoshop painting technique
- photoshop tools
- pictures
- planned obsolescence
- playlist
- plugins
- poetry
- popular
- portfolio service
- portfolio services
- portfolio websites
- positive thinking
- potato salad
- prevent app focus stealing
- pricing
- primelinegear
- printgaze
- printing from photoshop
- prints
- problem solving
- process
- product design
- production design
- professional artist
- proportions
- psd
- psychotherapy
- publication
- publishers
- quote
- rabbit
- race queen
- reach
- realism vs. fantasy
- recovery
- red head
- reflection
- representant
- response ability
- responsibility
- revolutionary
- rip software
- rip-offs
- robot-girls
- rolled
- root phi rectangle
- royo
- rules
- sakimichan
- sale
- sales
- samsung
- santa
- satire
- satisfaction
- save for web issue
- save time
- sculptris
- seasonal
- seasonal greetings
- self employed artists
- self-employment
- selfdoubt
- selfhelp
- selling
- selliung
- seminar
- senior artist
- service review
- set of rules
- settings
- setup
- shopping
- side jobs
- sirens
- sketching
- skin brushes
- skinning
- skull
- skurril
- small business
- smo
- smoke
- snow
- social education
- social fixer
- spec work
- spectrum artbook
- spikeybits
- stand by desktop
- standing desk
- star trek
- startup
- startups
- stolen artwork
- stop facebook scrolling
- streaming services
- stress
- strong women
- stuffed animals
- style variety
- stylized illustration
- stylus
- subconsciousness
- successful
- suggestion
- surfaces
- survey
- switch from wordpress to blogger
- sword
- syndrome
- tablet pc
- tattoo
- tax
- tech talk
- technical
- teepeat
- terry pastor
- theforcegallery
- third alternative
- thought provoking
- time management
- time tracking
- timeless
- timesaver
- tip jar
- tools
- touch
- traditional art
- traditional artist
- trends
- trojan horse
- tron
- trust
- truth
- tube
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- uncurl
- unroll
- update helper issues mac os x
- useful
- vampire saga
- vandalhigh
- venosa
- vinyl skins
- vis dev
- visual development
- vs.
- walk-through
- walkthrough
- wallpaper
- webdesign
- website for artists
- weird old people illustration
- western
- where to go
- wicked
- witchhunt
- wookiestore
- wordpress or blogger
- work in progress
- work pc
- working for free
- wrap jacket
- xmas
- year
- yellow
- youtube
- zatanna
- zbrush artist
- zen
- zen habits
- zen-freelancing
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