Artist style and influence breakdownfrom @mike_sunday

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This artist is a master of composition and lighting. This is the work of Pablo Uchida. Uchida bridges the gap between classical painting techniques and modern digital design. He does the covers for illustration books. He works on movie posters and does key visuals for triple a video games. No, he is a master of tone creating a wonderful sense of hierarchy complemented by his extremely strong composition skills often relying on a pyramid shape. And the user's eyes are guided across his posters almost like a story or a movie itself. And he utilizes the ancient technique of chiaroscuro, the bold contrast of light and dark to create volume and depth, but most importantly drama. You can often see his masterful color control and his highlights and shadows. They almost feel like they have their own palette unto themselves. But it's his understanding of how an onlooker may first check out one of his posters that I think make his composition so strong. The protagonists of the scene always sit or occupy these central focus lines while peripheral characters are layered in while also maintaining silhouette control no that each character is distinct better feels a part of this larger composition. And one of his major milestones was when he did the promotional art for Metal Gear Solid five, The Phantom Pain by the one and only Omehiro Kojima. No, Uchiha is strongly considered to be the spiritual successor to Noriyoshi Arai, the iconic Japanese illustrator who had done posters for Star Worse, Godzilla, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He also references Ridley Scott's Blade Runner as being a major point point of artistic influence. It's evident with his use of atmospheric haze, neon speculars, and futuristic weathering to create these sci fi environments. But to me, his work feels most strongly inspired by the legendary Drew Strutzen, most famous for Star Worse, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, and the like. So by fusing traditional Japanese character design elements with better cinematic layout structures, Pablo Ichida is one of the finest contemporary designer and artists and in my eyes has far surpassed the title of illustrator and is worthy of the title visual architect. So are you familiar with any of the works of Pablo Uchida? If so, let's have a discussion down in the comments.