Featured Artist: Ugur Sahin - 3D Automotive Design & Concepts

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A few days back I was squirming around Deviant Art and I found this guys page  http://ugursahin1234.deviantart.com/ and whoaaaa... the Cars were made in 3D and they were so beautiful and exquisite I was immediately impressed. This man is living my dream life :) designing Cars in 3D both real-world ones and the concept cars as well.

Take a look at his company website  http://www.ugursahindesign.com because pictures speak more than words do. Amazing artist and designer and from Turkey.... one of my favorite countries.

Shiraz Saeed Showreel 2009

Some more work from Shiraz :)

Shiraz Saeed - 3D Modeler & Animator - Showreel

Shiraz Saeed, is my long-time friend :) He's a passionate 3D Modeler, Designer & Animator, Has worked with great Pakistani companies such as Sharp Image & Post Amazers. Now a days doing his own business and providing above services to clients, I like his work a lot, will be posting more with time. Thanks for reading (if you did read it)

Featured Artist: Mike-Nash

Hi, Long time since a featured artist. :)

Yesterday I saw the site of Mike Nash and his illustrations were great, so I thought I should post his work to my blog and emailed him for a permission. He gave me permission on the condition that everybody on my blog should take care of the copyrights and doesn't use his work on their site or projects. Mike Nash's Official Website is
www.mike-nash.com , Here you can find several tutorials on how to make great illustrations and his photo gallery.

Mike Nash has a great list of clients like Lord of the Ring, Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer etc :D

Sze Jones Interview at ZBrush Central

This is a good interview of a great Female artist Sze Jones, She has great skills and specially in the area of "Female Character Modeling". In this interview she describes about her work and life, I was happy to know that she also learned "Belly Dance" :) and what can I say about her beauty the combination of beauty, skill, sense of humor and intelligence makes this girl a dream girl. Specially her new work on "Warhammer Online's Evil Elf" is something to look at.
Interview Link: http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=062056

Featured Artist: Shakil N Ali.

Shakil is a superb young artist at Deviant Art, He's special because He lives in my city Karachi. :)
Please check his work here http://shakilnali.deviantart.com

Featured Artist: Harald Belker

On 27th Jul 2007 I emailed Harald Belker, the reknowned CG Car Designer of the Hollywood asking his permission to put his work on my blog :) seriously I wasn't expecting an answer but only after one day he replied to me and positively allowed me to post his work on the website :D. As I also am a Car Enthusiast that's why you'll see a lot of car related stuff on my blog too :)



His BIO:
Every designer has that one little “something” which, long ago, clued them into their artistic abilities. Mine was a car magazine, given to me during my senior year in college (on a tennis scholarship of all things). One of the automotive design schools advertised in it was called Art Center College of Design. Noting that this “Art Center” was located in sunny Southern California, I quit practice early that day, drew some pictures and sent them off.

My first day at Art Center struck like a bolt of lightning, and I spent the next four years honing my newfound craft and sharing this passion with a class that would later become a very special part of my life. After graduating with honors, I took a design job with Porsche in Stuttgart, Germany. I knew this was a rare opportunity, but my heart belonged to Los Angeles, where an equally remarkable opportunity presented itself in the form of the Advanced Design Studio for Mercedes-Benz, in Orange County.

I think for most people with a passion for their craft, the sunny skies darken a few hues when they learn the startling truths of the business world. Corporate decisions often conspire to rule design. At Mercedes, I learned that to truly make a difference in the world of design, one must be independent. I decided to forego stability and leave the corporate studio desk that I had once seen as the pinnacle of design achievement.

In the stark reality of the freelance design community, lightning struck again. An Art Center colleague called with an opportunity to design a vehicle for a project over at Warner Bros., a little production called Batman & Robin. Eight bat-vehicles later, I had a new career. Every movie I work on marks a special turning point in my design development. My most satisfying project? Minority Report, featuring a handful of futuristic vehicles. But it was bigger than vehicles. Bigger than design, even. It was a one-in-a-lifetime chance to design and realize a truly futuristic mode of transportation.

Since 1995 (back, now, in the real world), I have designed a series of electric bikes for Lee Iaccoca, created a fun array of Hotwheels for Mattel, consulted for companies such as Porsche Style in Huntington Beach and Nissan Design International, and designed vehicles and props for numerous motion pictures including Batman & Robin, Armageddon, Deep Blue Sea, Inspector Gadget, Battlefield Earth, Spider-Man, Minority Report, XXX and The Cat in the Hat.


Today, as I reflect upon my winding path in design, I’m amused by the things that helped me along the way: dreaming big, accepting life’s twists, seeking innovation, maintaining a level of fun, and, finally, recognizing a lightning strike when I saw one. This book is a compilation of design work from a group innovators and re-innovators. I am thankful to be a part of it. More Info at http://www.haraldbelker.com


Harald has also published Tutorial DVDs uncovering his work secrets, Links to Store and other information about Him & His work can be found at www.haraldbelker.com

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