For high poly I used plugin HardOps, it is very handy and time-saving tool due to the Nonsubdiv modeling and Boolean operations. After that came time for high poly and low poly models. Having enough references, I got down to the blockout: set primitives to understand how the silhouette would look like, what objects to make, how to fill the environment with details. My references were screenshots from the game and cinematics. There also was a challenge to present this installation out of the game environment but keep it recognizable. Modelingįirst of all, I wanted to reinforce skills, gained at the studio: to get better at conveying mood by lighting, and at the least, to make a nice diorama. I believe that it is a reference to the myth of Icarus and Daedalus. But if we take a closer look, the lamps form a shape of big wings. At first sight, it seems to be just a bunch of lamps, collected here to light the environment. As I take it, he endowed it with the certain inner meaning. Unfortunately, I don’t know the name of the concept artist who invented this installation. Following the Aug Incident in Panchaea in 2027, the station quickly became a ghetto for the mechanically augmented. This area was originally built to provide the working class with temporary housing. The diorama is showcasing an installation from one of the games’ locations – Útulek Station, nicknamed Golem City. Technological breakthrough in robotics, human body augmentation, the constant pressure of megacorporations, all of that create a special atmosphere. My diorama is from the game Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, developed by Eidos Montreal and published by Square Enix. That time the task was to make a diorama on any media product. Now, at TRACE Studio I am working on the unannounced but really interesting AAA project.

After that, I started to receive small freelance orders for indie projects: props and objects for environment. First year and a half I spent on the self-education and portfolio.

In particular – to make objects for the environment. In 2016 I decided that I want to make content for PC and console games professionally. My acquaintance with 3D began in 2008 – I was curious how games were being made. Hi everyone! My name is Vlad Shintukov, I am an environment artist at TRACE Studio, it is an outsourcing company, based in Saint Petersburg.

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