Creating Realistic 3D Environments for Animation, Games and Films with Omar Fernandes
by CGAfrica in Articles, News, Africa, Guinea-Bissau,
on June 28th, 2020
Let there be light, God said, and light came to be.
Let's render, an Environment Artist said and there came a new world.
Creating a world from nothing is the task of an Environment Artist, a responsibility of generating environments born inside the human mind on to a 3D. Their work is invaluable to the creation of video games, animated movies and films. They create the digital assets and visuals players in a game or actors will encounter and interact with.
Omar Fernandes, from Guinea-Bissau, has mastered the art. With s career-spanning over a decade, he has created environments for Hollywood blockbusters and games.
After graduating from Vancouver Film School, he started his career as a 3ds Max instructor. He slowly worked his way up to creating some of the best environment in the CG & VFX world. With experiences in the field of Lighting, CG generalists and Sequence lead, he has worked on such projects like Pacific Rim, Captain America: The winter soldier, Game of Thrones, Star Wars Episode VII, The Division 2, GTA 5, Aquaman, Avengers: Infinity war etc.
Omar will be sharing his experience and his workflow with CGAfrica Impacting Animation/VFX knowledge to Artist. Make sure you don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn.
Watch Omar's Demo Reel below:
Register and learn to create a 3D environment under Omar’s training.
Drop your questions to Omar in the comment section.
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