Hey everyone! I have recently published an article about creating my 'Wicked House' piece on The Rookies Blog. If you are interested in creating a CG environment or already creating one this should help you avoid some troubles and give you a better understanding of what to look out for. I talk about how I came up with a concept, what steps I took during modeling, I also give tips and examples on improving composition and lighting. Hope you find it useful!

https://blog.therookies.co/2019/01/08/how-to-create-a-cg-environment/

So a few months ago I made a post about the progress of texturing my 'Wicked House' piece. I have finished texturing it in August but was hesitant to update the piece in my portfolio. The truth is, I am not entirely satisfied with it. By the end of my master's programme, I absolutely had to finish it to pass and I have spent day and night working on it. I gave it my best effort...until I got a job. After I got my offer letter the sense of urgency vanished. So at that point, I was only working on it to get it done so I can pass. Now, looking at it, I think its an okay piece. I definitely have better pieces and with a bit more time and polish, it can look great. But I want to move on. My true passion is characters and while it was fun experience modeling and texturing environment, I don't want to go back to it. So here it is. Finished, not perfect.

Original piece: https://oli-r.artstation.com/projects/axvlR?album_id=648514

I am proud to announce that I am featured in this month's 3D Artist Magazine issue with my Vray cloth shader tutorial. I walk you through the process of creating fabric shaders in Maya using a Thunderloom plugin. It is a very cool and free plugin that allows you to create awesome cloth shaders without bringing the external maps in.

Here is the link to their website 3D Artist

Sharing my progress of texturing the wicked house model that I have done a while ago. It has been almost 3 weeks and I really like how it is turning out. My main objective is to give this environment a character and not make it just another medieval house model. I implemented a lot of architecture style from different cultures: Romanian, Italian, Russian and I feel that it is working quite well. In case you are wondering how I did vegetation, it is simple pain effects in Maya, i just adjusted shaders to my liking.

Original piece: https://oli-r.artstation.com/projects/axvlR?album_id=648514

It's been a while since I drew something abstract. All my drawings over the past year were based on human form and anatomy. While it is a great way to improve, it also restrains creativity. You start to heavily rely on reference, measurements and proportions. I wanted to draw something different this time and, I must admit that I found it very enjoying. There is something meditating about making an abstract painting. 

Wanted to share a piece that I am working on right now. This is a creature model for my thesis project. Concept art is done by amazing Dhenzel Obeng https://www.artstation.com/dhenzel

My plan is to finish this piece by August. The model is fully retopoed and unwrapped, most of the secondary details are there too. I am currently refining anatomy of the body and for next steps I want to add some texture and fine (torchiery?) details. Still a lot of work to do but I like how this piece is coming along. 

This time, instead of using Xgen for hair I decided to use hair planes. I am also trying to keep the polycount in mind as I want this model to be game ready. At the moment, the whole piece is under 50k but I am thinking about uprezing some pieces.

Here a some screen shots from Zbrush and link to the concept art:

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/XgQAn

Hey guys and girls! Wanted to share my recent freelance project with you. This is a sculpture for a board game that is about to launch on kickstarter 'Sharks VS Mermaids'. It will be 3D printed and listed as a part of a stretch goal. I had a lot of fun working on it and I wish this project success! For those who want to check it out, here is a link to their FB page Click

Everything was done is Zbrush, rendered in Maya with Vray. For scales and tentacle pimples (? idk what it is called :D) I created a vector displacement map. If you are interested in trying it out, leave a comment and I'll upload it for you <3

Here is my latest blend shapes practise. I chose Daniel Kaluua's face as he has a stunning performance in 'Get Out'. The model is very low poly, 1580 faces, no triangles, animation ready. Here are just some of the shapes that I've done. Overall, I have done 19 blend shapes for the face, each separated in two parts: brow and mouth., 2 blend shapes for the teeth and 4 shapes for the tongue. I am also collaborating with a rigger https://www.artstation.com/dawonlee. She will do a full facial rig with joints, controllers and extra setup.

On May the 4th I was announced a winner for the Spring Show 2018 in the 3D modelling category. I can't describe how proud I am. Winning that thing was my dream and my goal ever since I got in the school. I also got my work printed on a 6 feet poster and displayed in a Spring Show Hall at 2225 Jerrold Ave San Francisco, so if you are interested, come see it! It is open to the public.

Link to the work : Click

I want to thank all my friends and family for supporting and believing in me. Special thank you to my teachers, who guided me through the whole journey. I wouldn’t have been able to do this without you.

Anyone else saw this show on Netflix? It was so unexpectedly sinister, I loved it. If you like drama/suspense, then it is for you :)