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Reza Afshar Paints Alien Worlds So Vast and Detailed That Every Image Feels Like the Opening Scene of an Unmade Science-Fiction Epic

Reza Afshar is an Iranian freelance environment concept artist and illustrator whose detailed digital paintings build vast science-fiction and fantasy worlds. He has worked professionally in video games, film, animation, and trading-card games since 2012, and is described in recent profiles as based in Istanbul.

Reza Afshar Paints Alien Worlds So Vast and Detailed That Every Image Feels Like the Opening Scene of an Unmade Science-Fiction Epic

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Reza Afshar is an Iranian freelance environment concept artist and illustrator whose detailed digital paintings build vast science-fiction and fantasy worlds.

He has worked professionally in video games, film, animation, and trading-card games since 2012, and is described in recent profiles as based in Istanbul.

Afshar's work centers on places rather than portraits: colossal ruins, […]

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Reza Afshar is an Iranian freelance environment concept artist and illustrator whose detailed digital paintings build vast science-fiction and fantasy worlds. He has worked professionally in video games, film, animation, and trading-card games since 2012, and is described in recent profiles as based in Istanbul. Afshar's work centers on places rather than portraits: colossal ruins, […]

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