Olivier Ponsonnet
Fantasy character creation is a delicate balance between reality and unreality. Too few fantasy aspects in a portrait can result in a drab, mundane creation, whereas too few familiar traits can render the work unapproachable and abstract. Olivier Ponsonnet exhibits masterful skill in avoiding these pitfalls while continuously exploring the interplay between imagination and realism.
His mysterious, introspective creations …read more
Posted on Sunday, September 28th, 2008 by Jeff
Rebeca Puebla
Creating hyper-realistic, lethal ladies is a creative habit that Rebeca Puebla seems unable to break. She’s rendered women from past and future, but Mr. Puebla has outdone herself — and earned extra fanboy points –for her stunning Famke Janssen incarnation of Jean Gray, in classic Dark Phoenix form. If only the X-Men movies were so faithful to the source material.
Rebeca’s other standout characters …read more
Posted on Saturday, October 13th, 2007 by Jeff
Kobayashi’s NAhopa!
Anime has been steadily evolving and growing as an art form and cultural phenomenon since it’s birth in the 1960’s. While it has influenced a generation of artists the world over, the forces that shape it’s styles — and ultimately it’s destiny — are still firmly rooted in Japan. Once such force in Anime’s future is surely the talented Mr. Kobayashi, and his compelling 3D characters. His sci-fi action heroes and fantasy maidens breathe new life into the anime form, while preserving …read more
Posted on Friday, June 9th, 2006 by Jeff
Eun Hee Choi
The loftiest goal in portraiture is to successfully capture the spirit of the character — that elusive spark of life. This is especially difficult in 3D modeling, as countless lifeless posing mannequins found in online galleries will readily attest. Eun Hee Choi — using the cryptic moniker 97bzo — proves a stunning exception as she achieves this most difficult miracle time and time again.
Having trained with (and married) gifted …read more
Posted on Friday, August 5th, 2005 by Jeff 1 Comment »
