About Me
- Fantasio
- My name is Oliver.
I paint the stuff you know, but different.
Digital art is my what I live for as it allows for complex experimentation and perfect compositions. I learn mostly from the old masters and share my knowledge as a part-time lecturer for 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
- art
- digital 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
- art business
- coaching
- social media
- Apple
- art-market
- blogging
- character
- productivity
- Art show
- Tutorials
- inspiration
- Sci-Fi
- Wacom
- art community
- artistic influence
- cover illustration
- editorial
- entrepreneurship
- success
- tutorial
- artcommunity
- character design
- education
- patreon
- review
- time-management
- Advanced Photoshop
- Artistry
- aritsts
- business
- cyborg
- freelancer
- marketing
- portrait
- technology
- Featured
- adobe
- casestudy
- communities
- conceptart
- cover art
- cover artwork
- creation
- discussion
- drawing
- fine arts
- learning
- pinup
- 101
- Ars Fantasio
- 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
- Book cover illustration
- Landscape
- artists block
- avoid burnout doing freelance work
- cg art
- commission
- creature
- dark
- digital
- digital artist
- 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
- art theft
- artorder
- assignments
- autonomy
- branding
- brushes
- call for art
- comic
- confidence
- contest
- copyright
- creatures
- dark art
- dark realm collective
- desktop
- 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
- creature design
- culture
- designjet z2100
- device
- digital content
- digital creation
- do-it-yourself
- environment
- fantabulous visions
- features
- fictional characters
- figure
- flow
- freelancing and burnout
- gadget
- gallery
- geek
- graphic
- guideline
- gumroad
- hacking
- how-to
- iPad Pro
- iconography
- illustrators
- independence day
- infringement
- inventions
- landscapes
- life-help
- management consulting
- musician
- mythology
- myths
- nerd
- painter
- passive income
- pen display
- pop art
- poster
- practice
- principle
- realism
- realistic
- reference
- resource
- self help
- sketchbook
- skills
- speed painting
- speedpainting
- spotify
- 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
- 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
- Bitcoin
- 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
- Crypto currencies
- Cy-Co
- D&D
- 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
- Hype
- 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
- Lifehacks
- Luna & Nova
- Mac Pro 2013
- Macbook vs. Ultrabook
- 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 Art
- NFT Drop
- 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
- Rune Ballot
- SDCC
- San Diego Comic Con
- San Diego ComicCon
- Skin
- Skull portraits
- Skulls
- Skullz n Idols
- 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
- XP pen Artist 22" 2nd generation
- Xppen
- abstract
- adblock
- add-on
- add-ons
- addonn
- advantages
- advertising
- aesthetic
- agencies
- alternative
- amazon
- animated series
- anime
- anthro
- apple desktop zen
- apple pencil review
- arabesque
- art agent
- art communities
- art direction
- art director
- art drop
- art for sale
- art group
- art hubs
- 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 rules
- artshow
- asmr
- autism
- autosuggestion
- availability
- banksy
- beeple
- 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
- crypto network
- cthulhu
- cuh.app
- curator
- custom PS brushes
- custom domain on blogspot
- cyberpunk
- daily deviations
- damaged
- dark realm collective. drc
- death star
- decision making
- design jobs
- designjet 90
- designjet z6
- desktop customization
- desktop hack
- desktop pc
- desktop zen
- detect program steal focus on mac
- 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
- disorder
- display
- divine proportions
- doubt
- dragon
- droid
- dtp
- e-business
- easterbunny
- eastern
- ebook
- edgy
- effictive people
- electronic devices
- end of the year
- entry
- ethereum
- 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
- 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
- knownOrigin
- 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
- machine
- magazine cover
- magnetic
- mandelbulb
- market strategies
- marketing art
- mashup
- massive art theft
- materials
- matte painting
- mechanic
- meme
- mental mindset
- mentorship
- metal
- middlemen
- millenium falcon
- mind
- mind-map
- mindmap
- mining
- mobile creation
- monitor
- monsters
- monthly income
- mount on stretcher
- music
- neuro-linguistic programming
- neuroscience
- news
- non fungible token
- not the game
- novel
- number 1
- office
- office solutions
- oleg dou
- online
- online marketing
- online shop
- opinion
- 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-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
- 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
- unboxing
- uncurl
- unroll
- update helper issues mac os x
- useful
- vampire saga
- vandalhigh
- venosa
- 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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Quite recently I observed a very intriguing thing: People participating in a lottery. How some people believe they have a chance at winnin... -
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