Few years back when i decided to invest in a more powerful workstation for a cpu based rendering. If it looks like something straight out of a movie, thats got a lot to do with its chief designer, vitaly bulgarov, who has come to the project from a. Blocking a user will prevent that user from commenting on your posts and messaging you. Black phoenix is a fictional military corporation that manufactures robots in a notsodistant future. Picked up by websites and forums in japan, the renderings created in keyshot were so realistic, it. A black phoenix project mech rerendered for a nuthin but mech book. When it comes to designing mecha and robots, vitaly bulgarov is a master. Sci fi concept design vitaly bulgarov the superslice. View vitaly bulgakovs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Vitaly explains his 2d3d concept design process, then shows his process for creating clean detailed meshes within xsi. You likely know of vitaly bulgarov from his incredibly detailed work as a 3d artist, gnomon workshop tutorials or the images of his characters and concept design that create a stir across many a cg site.
His accredited experience includes many powerful years working on bestselling games with the powerhouse studio blizzard. Boston dynamics, ilm, lightstorm, dreamworks, paramount, intel, microsoft, blizzard, intuitive surgical, oakley. Vitaly bulgarov team up with lightstorm and weta digital to create some concept arts for alitas initial doll body in alita. In order to optimize 3d assembling workflow the models in fbx file maintain their original pivot coordinates. Design operations of vitaly bulgarov monday, september 30, 20. Battle angel movie using zbrush, softimage, moi3d and keyshot. The idea is creating an album that would be full of designs that could represent a whole line of products from utility and semicivilian drones to multipurpose mobile weaponry systems and vehicles. What are the benefits of having a library of 3d kitbash parts. Bruce includes two powerful and at the same time atmospheri. Vitaly bulgarov concept designer art director senior 3d artist. Join facebook to connect with vitaly bulgarov and others you may know. Vitaly bulgarov is one of the worlds leading concept artists. The extremely detailed 3d artistry of vitaly bulgarov keyshot blog. View vitaly bulgarovs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Art of vitaly bulgarov mechanical design, armor concept. Vitaly began his career as a freelance artist in moldova in 2004. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover vitalys. Besides my 2 main contributions to the film that included designs of the majors cybernetic body and the tank, i was also very fortunate to work on some other stuff.
As a 3d character modeler for video games and game cinematics, vitaly bulgarov worked at blizzard entertainment on the cinematics team for starcraft 2, diablo 3, and the world of warcraft franchise. Hes designed for films ghost in the shell, terminator. From the robocop concept visuals to his 10 days of mech, he provides a level of detail and a level of realism in his modeling and rendering that have fooled some people and have left others wondering about his process. A blog by vitaly bulgarov that is is dedicated to 3d and 2d design works. To complicate things further, there were a few random pictures released. However, as other outlets have noted, vitaly bulgarov the man behind the method01 hype is an accomplished designer and cgi artist, meaning hes more than capable of creating these.
Over the past decade, concept designer vitaly bulgarov has worked on some of the best known projects in the worlds of videogames, films and product design, including the starcraft ii and diablo iii cinematics, robocop 2014 and the upcoming transformers 4. Ai research is divided by several technical issues. This premiumquality subdbased 3d kitbash library is vfxproduction friendly due to its quadbased topology mesh carefully crafted to hold up even for extreme closeup shots or highresolution renders. Renderingwise i used octane, but the same lightingshading setup can be used in keyshot or any other modern renderer. Ai is a technology and a branch of computer science that studies and develops intelligent machines and software. In my case its zbrush, softimage and moi3d, but with its emphasis on principles rather than just showing how the software works i do hope this class will be useful regardless of what is your software of choice. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Design operations of vitaly bulgarov modeling techniques, modeling tips, drawing techniques, lightsaber. One person familiar with creating extremely detailed and realistic compositions is vitaly bulgarov. Black phoenix project is an ongoing concept design exploration centered around the idea of a fictional robotics corporation that develops its products in a not. Introducing the mighty vitaly bulgarov, who at the young age of 27, is already a true force in the concept and creative industry.
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Since i was learning alot of the tools as i go, many of the details like the body and leg joints were referenced from vitaly bulgarovs designs. Black phoenix project is an ongoing concept design exploration centered around the idea of a fictional robotics corporation that develops its products in a not so distant future. Artstation magazine published an interview with vitaly recently and talk to him about everything from his. So the internet seem to have gone mental with the release of the hera arms cqb stock and front grip. Growing up as a huge fan of the original gits it was a dream project for me to work on the full feature film adaptation. The software was so easy to use that i kept on going until a mech came out of it. Using software such as softimage xsi and zbrush for 3d modeling, keyshot for rendering, and photoshop for post production work, he creates science fiction magic. He has been working in the entertainment industry for about a decade and his star is finally beginning to rise. Vitaly bulgarov mech design, 3d kitbash store, tutorials, blog. Portions of content provided by tivo corporation 2020 tivo corporation whats new. Ultraborg subd cybermuscles vitaly bulgarov robot design 3d design zbrush rendering software extreme close up mechanical design concept art character design sci fi this premiumquality subdbased 3d kitbash library is vfxproduction friendly due to its quadbased topology mesh carefully crafted to hold up even for extreme closeup shots. Formerly employed at blizzard entertainment and ilm, vitaly now brings his machine design skills.
The werewolf mode for one of the black phoenix mechs. Genisys, games starcraft 2, diablo 3, and has even designed surgical robotics and worked as a chief designer for hankook mirae technology, the company behind the worlds first fourmeter tall mecharobotic suit join us at gnomon school of vfx on friday. In this lecture, vitaly bulgarov shows his process of creating a fully rendered 3d design for productionoriented pipelines. Manmachine designer vitaly bulgarov artstation magazine. As a 3d character modeler for video games and game cinematics, vitaly bulgarov worked at blizzard. Ar15, benelli, dexstock, hera arms, magpul, robocop, taran tactical, terminator, vitaly bulgarov. Vitaly bulgarov is an awardwinning 3d artist who is currently working at blizzard entertainment as a cinematic artist. Gimbal defense system lineart render, vitaly bulgarov. When you compose an image focusing on the detail, adjusting the light to accentuate the shapes and edges perfectly every detail matters. Vitaly bulgarov is an exceptional artist and a long time keyshot user. Every gap, surface, material and texture is a brush stroke to complete the masterpiece.