Artist Research: Christian Dimitrov

  Christian Dimitrov

Dimitrov is an underrated Bulgarian concept artist and illustrator, however, he specializes in concept art for environments. Considering my theme for the term has a lot of environmental art, his work will be good inference for my pieces. 

The first piece I looked at is titled By the River, "The assignment was to create a cultural development of a fantasy world. (Dimitrov, 2016)". In this piece, it is clear there is a lot of fantasy as shown by these abnormal creatures next to each other far left. Perhaps I can also include my character in my underwater piece looking out to sea. Furthermore, it is clear the attention to detail on the rocks, perhaps those are underwater homes with lights as can be seen throughout. I believe this was done on purpose to leave it to the audience's imagination, perhaps I can as well include mystery in my piece. furthermore, it is clear from the sunray coming in from the surface of the water that this is the main light source in the piece this is important to note consider when drawing the Shadows.  additionally, this adds a realistic field to the surface of the water and also adds to that fantasy In addition he has also considered the underwater wildlife and marine life by adding different types of fish in groups.  there is also a clear perception of depth in this piece, as can be seen, there are smaller and more distant floating islands far away

The second piece I am analyzing titled By the River is vastly different from the first piece there is a lot more architecture and infrastructure in this piece.  I think this piece is very useful as a reference for my work on the Castle as there is clear attention to detail in the form and structure of the building.   depth is still a recurring and important theme in this piece he has also gone for a dark and less enthusiastic piece here. Additionally, he continues to use a wide variety of plants ranging from trees to grass and different types of flowers to bring more life to the work.  He has also added a clear reflection of light to the surface of the water however it is interesting this time because we are looking from an above-water perspective rather than an underwater perspective.  there is also a glimpse of light which distantly this creates drama in the piece over the building. 

To conclude it is clear from his work as a concept artist that attention to detail is very precise and important in looking at the bigger picture and the smaller picture is nearly just as important when creating fantasy-like artwork.

Reference list: 

(No date) Artstation - Christian Dimitrov. Available at: https://www.artstation.com/chrisd (Accessed: 08 May 2023).

Dimitrov, C. (2016) Artstation - underwater culture, Underwater Culture. Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KEY54 (Accessed: 08 May 2023). 

Dimitrov, C. (2015) Artstation - by the river, By the River. Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Byoxk (Accessed: 08 May 2023).