We continue publishing great interviews with the authors of the 3D Models presented in two of our 3D robots reviews. And today we are very glad to introduce Marco di Lucca, who works as a Senior Modeler for “Weta Digital” company (by the way this company has produced special effects for such blockbusters as “King Kong”, “X-Men - Part 3″ and “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”). This 3D author has agreed to share his experience with us and answer some of our questions.

 

 

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For how long are you in 3D Art and what was your first work?

 

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We continue the series of 3D artist interviews. This week it’s going to be a young man from Ukraine named Andrey Yamkovoy (aka “Sheff”).

 

He’s an author of “Worker Bot” - a work that has been presented in our “The Most Striking 3D Robots Ever - Part 2” review.

 

 

But enough of talking - here’s the interview itself! Enjoy!

 

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1. Andrey, for how long are you in 3D Art and what was your first work?

 

Hello everyone ! I’m Andrew Yamkovoy and I’m from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. In the age of 12 I saw 3d studio for DOS for the first time. To tell the truth I was shocked with the huge number of different buttons and things that I couldn’t understand. From that time I wanted to find out how all that stuff works. When I got 3ds max 3 I felt great power inside myself to create something in 3D. My first so called “3D child” was a work called “An old sword”. All the textures were drawn from scratch. There were diffuse, specular and bump maps used and I projected them on a very simple model that I’ve done before. Here is the final result:

 

 

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With great pleasure we continue publishing series of interviews with the most talented 3D artists from all over the world. And today we are glad to present an interview with an artist whose 2 works were published in two of our 3D Robots reviews! His name is Matt Mills (a.k.a. emciem), 29 year old artist currently living in Austin, Texas (US). Matt is a professional Software Engineer by day and a freelance 3D artist by night.

 

 

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Hello everyone! Do you remember that we’ve promised something special for you? So today is this day! There are no words to describe how proud we are to present an interview with Kazuhiko Nakamura (also known as Almacan)! This person is not just a 3D author, he is a true artist with his own absolutely unique style!

 

Kazuhiko Nakamura, “Triceratops”

 

He was born in Hyogo, Japan in 1961. Now he works as an environmental graphic designer in Tokyo while producing 3D art works in his free time. He has become famous for exhibiting his works in online 3D galleries. When he was young he was strongly influenced by surrealism paintings and cyberpunk art, and has produced watercolor paintings, drawings, sculptures and much more. Now Kazuhiko enjoys creating 3D worlds which he assembles like puzzles by gathering archaic pieces from his memory.

 

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Not long ago we have started a series of interviews with 3D artists whose works became your favorite ones judging from the popularity of “22 of the Most Striking 3D Robots Ever!” and “The Most Striking 3D Robots Ever - Part 2″. Today we continue this series of interviews and we are glad to present Arseniy Chebynkin - a Russian 3D artist with a great number of award-winning works on Russian 3D-portals. He is an author of “Phoenix“, you may see the alternate version of it below.

 

 

He was born in Rybinsk, Russian Federation, where has graduated the local School of Arts. Now he is freelance 3D artist mostly involved into detailed illustrations and posters for different companies in Russian Federation. Arseniy has agreed to give some quick answers to our questions. Well, enough of introductions - here comes the interview!

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We are glad to announce that today we start a series of interviews with the most popular 3D artists whose works were presented in two of our sensational posts - “22 of the Most Striking 3D Robots Ever!” and “The Most Striking 3D Robots Ever - Part 2″.

 

Today all of the fame and glory is for Marti Miller - the author of a work called “Cyborg Head 02″ from the second part of our review. There’s also a 3D sports car Model that Marti has made - also something outstanding.

 

 

You may also want to check out his DeviantArt portfolio. By the way it’s a great interview of a truly skillful and yet modest author. Anyways, enjoy - here goes the interview!

 

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First of all, I’m from Estonia (small country, south of Finland). Currently I work as a system administrator at the Estonian National Library, so 3D modeling is mostly just my hobby.

 

1. For how long are you in 3D Art and what was your first work?

 

I’ve been doing 3D art for about 6-7 years now. Not continuously though, sometimes making long breaks, sometimes modeling for several months, every day for 7-8 hours… so it depends. The one below is not exactly my first work but pretty close to it.

 

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Here it goes people! You have probably seen the first part of our 3D Robots Review and now the second part of our spectacularly sensational 3D Robots review is ready! It has all of your suggestions included with several additional items that we thought you will be also interested in. You’ve been waiting for it and here it is, enjoy!

 

Title: Robot Carriste
Author: Christophe Bouchet
Location: Paris, France
Portfolio: http://kyk.cgsociety.org/gallery/
Software: Lightwave 3D, Photoshop

 

 

A credit should definitely be given to the great lighting and an interesting character in this image - comic chunk-robot, although it resembles the creatures from the ‘Fifth Element’ a bit. The design is simple and realistic, nothing superfluous, really extraordinary and breath-catching!

 

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Title: Phoenix
Author: Arseniy Chebynkin
Location: Rybinsk, Russian Federation
Portfolio: http://arsxc.cgsociety.org/gallery/
Software: 3ds max, Photoshop

 

 

Beautiful scene, nice contrast, very detailed work. Indeed a great warrior robot! The visual design looks great and fits the concept perfectly. And the carefully crafted decorations altogether bring a good realism effect. An award-winning work by the way.

 

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Title: Lifeless
Author: Aleksey Mityshkin
Location: Orsk, Russian Federation
Software: 3ds max7, Vray, PS

 

 

Almost heart-breaking scene, literary speaking. The hanging ‘heart’ element is especially bitter-looking. The whole detail work is impressing - gives you a great perspective on the inside of the robot. The lighting is also very good. And again - great surrounding decorations for the 3D robot.

 

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Title: Mad Scropio
Author: Alexandr Atkishkin
Location: Samara, Russian Federation
Portfolio: http://iunewind.com/
Software: 3d max7, vray, ps

 

 

Detailed and complex 3d robot. Nice design and concept. The rocket-launcher on the tail is cool. And the auto chrome coating perfectly fits the robot’s mission. The white reflection makes it all look so extreme.

 

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Title: Worker Bot
Author: Sheff
Location: Russian Federation
Portfolio:
Software: max7, fr st1, ps 8

 

 

Great textures and amazing character - so positive and real. And so cute in its simplicity and sincerity. This 3d robot does stand out among others due to its good-natured and humorous concept with its longing for something humane instead of the endless warrior robots.

 

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Title: Military Reform [part 2]
Author: Alexey Klimov
Location: Russian Federation
Software: max5, ph7, vray

 

 

The 3d model and atmosphere are perfect. Marvelous textures and details done very professionally. Good ferrum materials, and the russian flag on the left arm looks very conceptual. As one of our readers has noted, it would be a great character for computer games.

 

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Title: 3D Model of a Blue Metal Robot
Author: Gekko
Portfolio: See Gekko’s Templates.com Profile
Software: 3Ds Max 8, Mental Ray 3.4

 

 

A 3D Model from Templates.com (see this Blue Metal Robot in different angles and with a 360 degrees rotation) by our contributor named Gekko. Perfectly produced in its smallest details this fella has a bull’s-eye style element on his face instead of ordinary face parts like mouth or eyes.

 

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Title: Robofight
Author: Extrane
Location: Russian Federation
Software: 3Dmax Vray

 

 

Interesting design and impressive detalization, though the blur distracts a bit. The concept of combat fighting is fresh. Unusual composition with a demonstrationally good angle. Nothing unnecessary as in every professional work.

 

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Title: ROBOFANT
Author: MODOX-3D
Portfolio: http://modox-3d.deviantart.com
Software: C4D+Vray

 

 

A beautiful 3D model of metal elephant robot, extremely impressive! Everything is great - materials, light and details. What I also like about it is how ordinary elephant’s parts are adopted to the robot parts - pay attention to the legs and proboscis.

 

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Title: Machine Messiah
Author: mobiusdog
Portfolio: http://mobiusdog.deviantart.com
Software: 3dmax, mental ray

 

 

Kinda aggressive character but looks very realistic. The model itself is made with all the details necessary for an overall impressive effect - the materials, lighting that gives this nice shining at the edges - everything looks great.

 

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Title: GH-Bot
Author: Shikijiyu
Portfolio: http://shikijiyu.deviantart.com/
Software: Maya, Mental Ray.

 

 

Even though extremely mechanized the grasshopper still looks like real one - especially the head. As for the details and the concept - I can only admire this idea. I mean if it were real it would surely work as there are springs in the legs and wires attached to the feet. Gorgeous one!

 

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Title: Destroyer Droid
Author: mech7
Portfolio: http://mech7.deviantart.com
Software: SolidWorks 2006

 

 

This model is a little similar to the “Mad Scorpio” mentioned above due to the color scheme and with how aggressive it looks. All of the rest is also well-composed - great details and lighting that gives the glare to the material.

 

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Title: ISO 206
Author: ajdin
Portfolio: http://ajdin.deviantart.com

 

 

This alien-alike character has beautiful smooth lines which are for some reason not very popular among other 3D artists. Because of these aerodynamic shapes and the material the model as a whole looks realistic enough to be presented in some sci-fi movies.

 

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Title: M.A.R. 9000
Author: emciem
Portfolio: http://emciem.deviantart.com
Software: modeled with Maya, rendered with vue. postwork with photoshop.

 

 

This one is one of my favorites! Spectacularly well materials and details - these rust sections (and the shades of these sections) simply take my breath away! And because of the lighting - which is also brilliant of course - what we get is a photo realistic effect. I simply love it!

 

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Title: Googlebot
Author: emciem
Portfolio: http://emciem.deviantart.com

 

 

Also one of my favorites This time it’s not that large-scale and detailed work but nevertheless there is also a photo realistic effect. The details of the legs with all these wires and devices also add realism to the 3D model. Besides the character itself (not as a model but as a creature) is so charismatic!

 

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Title: Cyborg Head 02
Author: mmarti
Portfolio: http://mmarti.deviantart.com
Software: 3D Studio Max 4.26, rendered with V-Ray, Lighting - HDR Image

 

 

This cyborg head is a little similar to the Terminator’s head, don’t you think so? Even if so it is still brilliantly done. What I especially love about this work are the materials - the metal has these little defects and scratches and because of them looks so realistic that it even scares!

 

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Title: Victorian Justice Machine
Author: MattiasA
Portfolio: http://mattiasa.deviantart.com

 

 

Also a work in which the materials play the role of the prime impressive element. I’m not saying that other aspects aren’t good, they really are great and the model is a complex of it all. It’s just that in this particular case metal makes it all look as an artwork sculpture. Not to mention how great the character concept is with all of the Victorian age details.

 

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Title: Mecha BUG AD
Author: Rasyidxtreme
Portfolio: http://rasyidxtreme.deviantart.com

 

 

A futurist 3D model of a fighter insect of some kind. Again - the materials are perfectly detailed, the scratches add a tremendous portion of realism to the character. The color scheme and the lighting are also adorable even though there are no glares that we all love so much

 

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Well, that’s about it! And yet we are pretty sure that there’s a lot of other 3D Robots left behind - it’s impossible to embrace them all on one blog Although maybe sometime in future we will gather them, who knows.

 

We hope you did love these two posts and as always - you are very welcome to comment on anything you wish.

It appears to be that 3D robots presented here at Templates.com are not the only ones that are worth attention. We have collected several interesting works from all over the Internet that we think you should see. Truly beautiful and of high quality - that’s what they are. Enjoy!

 

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Title: Optimus Prime
Name: Kevin Bao
Location: Shanghai, China
Website: http://blog.sina.com.cn/cgkevin (Chinese)
Area(s) of expertise: Lighting, Modeling, Texturing

 

 

The scene is created with Maya and rendered in MentalRay. The image is composed with the help of Digital_Fusion and Photoshop. The use of classical Dong Feng truck, great lighting and texturing bring the feeling of amazing realism to the 3d robot.

 

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Title: Obsolete
Name: Pawel Hynek
Country: Cracow, Poland
Profile: Pawel Hynel Profile

 

About his inspiration Pawel says that “It was somehow inspired by Battlestar Galactica and idea of Cylons. Creation of man, abandoned by him. Where lays the border of responsibility for our deeds?”

 

 

Model is created with 3ds max and rendered in Vray. The bittersweet message of today’s reality behind this rather original scene is delivered to us with the help of great attention paid to details of the 3d robot - the rust and dirt - along with impressive shades and lighting. Modelling and technique work is excellent. Yet, the pose seems to lack some weight and the bike seems to need some dirt or rust on it, too.

 

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Title: Automaton
Name: Kazuhiko Nakamura
Country: Kanagawa, Japan
Kazuhiko Nakamura Website

 

 

Modeled and rendered in Shade, and used “Total textues CD” for the texture mapping, the scene looks disturbing and horryfying, mysterious and beautiful in its carefully executed grunge colors and deem lighting - just perfect for the genre of surrealism. Meticulous modelling and the overall complexity is stunning. The buzzsaw tongue of the 3d robot on the left looks especially expressive.

 

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