Category Archives: Artist Features

Artist Highlight – Isaac Watkins’ “Cabin by the River”

When we saw “Cabin by the River,” we had to know more about the way it was made and the artist who brought it to life. Currently in their final year at Staffordshire University studying CGI and VFX, Isaac Watkins is working towards creating environments for films (and potentially games!) We reached out to Isaac […]

Artist Highlight – Melody Romero’s “Kiki’s House”

Spring had only just begun when we stumbled upon Melody Romero’s “Kiki’s House,” a 3D interpretation of a background from the Studio Ghibli film, “Kiki’s Delivery Service.” Flowers hang to dry from the ceiling in colorful bunches, plants in baskets and pots soak in the sunshine streaming from the windows: it exudes an undeniably homey […]

Top 5 Artist Spotlights: March 2019

It’s been another month jam-packed with fantastic artist highlights that we share daily on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. In case you’re taking a break from social media but still want to see some cool environment art, we have our handy monthly roundup to get you inspired without the temptation of the infinite scroll. Here’s 5 projects we featured […]

Artist Highlight – Dmitry Kremiansky’s “A Secret Place Somewhere in Alps”

While it might look like a digital painting, “A Secret Place Somewhere in Alps,” is actually a lovingly stylized 3D environment. We spoke to the artist, Dmitry Kremiansky, to learn more about his process using SpeedTree to create this 3D interpretation of Quentin Regnes’s fairytale concept art of the same name. I’ve been using SpeedTree […]

Artist Highlight – Guilherme Rabello

The breakdown from Guilherme: “In a nutshell I’ve imported the pots and bamboo stand mesh in SpeedTree and used it as a mesh force to grow the plants around it. Also a box behind it to keep the ivy to invade the wall area in the real scenario. And a magnet on the top. In […]