Three different artists showcase their amazing work and share creative workflows powered by NVIDIA Studio.

Three different 3D artists step into NVIDIA Studio this week to share the creative processes behind redesigning iconic European buildings with the help of NVIDIA Studio. You can click on the link to watch the video.

Drawing on their inspiration, Robert Lazăr, Dawid Herda and Dalibor Cee share their unique creative journeys and the tools they use in their workflows with emerging artists.

While the artists’ techniques and styles differ, they all prefer to use NVIDIA Studio support. Artists enjoy the freedom to move faster in their creative applications thanks to GPU acceleration. AI-powered features accelerated by NVIDIA RTX GPUs reduce repetitive, tedious work, giving them precious time to focus on their projects and perfect their work.

Romanian view

Lazăr, also known as Eurosadboy, is a self-taught 3D artist with 17 years of experience and a respected musician who embarks on a new adventure with every piece he creates.

While exploring his hometown of Bucharest, Lazăr marveled at the Romanian Architects Union Building, with its striking combination of nostalgia and futurism. Driven by his passion for science fiction, he combined this iconic building with digital art that incorporates elements from the past, present and future. You can click on the link to watch the video.

Lazăr first examined the building on site to estimate its overall dimensions, then created an inspiration board for inspiration from his favorite artists. Lazăr brought his dream image to life, opened Cinema 4D software and built models for his futuristic creation. The NVIDIA RTX GPU-accelerated viewport provided seamless interaction for these complex 3D shapes during modeling.

He then created metal, stone and glass textures in the free JSplacement software and imported them back into Cinema 4D to apply to his models. He added animated elements to create the “space elevator” with spinning discs and opening arms. “I got it with the GPU’s RTX technology, choosing the ray tracing technology I needed to properly represent my hyper-realistic style,” said Lazăr.

To ensure the scene is lit in the same way as the original image, Lazăr created an ambient occlusion effect in Otoy’s Octane using GPU-accelerated ray tracing, resulting in blazing-fast photo-realistic lighting.

At this stage, Lazăr imported the scene into Adobe After Effects software and then superimposed the digital scene over the high-definition video footage to create an incredibly realistic image. “The images were in 4K RAW format, so without the capabilities of the NVIDIA RTX GPU, I wouldn’t be able to view them in real time, spending more time on technical details and less time on creativity,” he said. .

The artist adds that color matching is crucial, and “thankfully, a few GPU-accelerated features from After Effects, such as brightness and contrast, color shift and exposure, helped me get the job done.” say.

Using his GeForce 3080 Ti GPU and ASUS ProArt NVIDIA Studio laptop, Lazăr was able to make this 3D artwork faster and more efficient.

Polish pride

Dawid Herda, better known as Graffit, has described himself as an artist for over ten years. The artist is most inspired by his hitchhiking experiences in his native Poland.

Visiting Gdańsk, Herda was inspired by an artistic transformation of the architecture of the city’s 600-year-old sea crane. Vinci drew new buildings with glass facades around the old brick structure and visualized it as a futuristic tower made of metal and glass. You can click on the link to watch the video.

During the workflow, the artist leveraged NVIDIA Omniverse, a 3D design collaboration and world simulation platform that is free to RTX GPU owners. The open-source, extensible Universal Scene Definition file format gave Herda the freedom to work within several 3D applications simultaneously without having to repeatedly import and export between them. He also shared the artwork he developed with his colleagues in real time without the need for advanced equipment.

“All these features make complex design work much more efficient, save me a lot of time and allow me to focus on creativity,” says Herda.

Herda used the Omniverse Connector for Blender to perform 3D motion tracking, a simulation of live-action camera movements and perspective within composition software. Herda chose her favorite photos from 4K ProRes footage of the crane captured by the drone before importing it. He tracked the camera movement and map perspective in the scene using specific points in the footage.

Then Herda added the futuristic build variant that was created and modeled from scratch. AI noise reduction in the viewport and RTX GPU-accelerated ray tracing gave Herda instant feedback and clear, beautiful details. The artist created a basic 3D model of the crane using transformed simple blocks, modeling and detailing each element. It accurately changed the textures in real time as you interact with the model, giving it a futuristic look without having to wait for iterations of the model to render.

After animating each shape of a building, Herda quickly exported the final frame images using RTX-accelerated OptiX ray tracing. He then imported the project into After Effects, where GPU-accelerated features were used in the curated stage to complete the project.

“In the business process you often have to switch between applications, but everything is faster and smoother thanks to NVIDIA Studio,” says Herda.

In the creative phase, the artist used a home computer equipped with a GeForce RTX 3090 GPU and an ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo NVIDIA Studio laptop with a GeForce RTX 3080 Notebook GPU. This means that Herda can create photo-realistic content anytime, anywhere.

Czech crafts

Dalibor Cee turned his childhood passion for 3D into a 20-year career. He started working with 3D architectural models before returning to Prague to specialize in special film effects such as liquid simulations, smoke and explosions.

Dalibor also enjoys projection mapping as a way to bring new light and feel to old structures, such as the Astronomical Clock in the iconic Orloj Building in Prague’s Old Town Square. You can click on the link to watch the video.

Fascinated by the round elements of the clock, Dalibor redesigned them in a Czech sci-fi inspired style, creating a lens effect and using shiny, gold-colored elements and crystal shapes.

The artist started in Blender to align video footage with the 3D building blocks that will make up the main animation and to track movement. Dalibor then added textures created with the JSplacement tool. He experimented with colours, materials and masks to change the brightness or roughness, emission and specular properties of each element.

Models were then attached to curves to be animated for forward, backward and rotational movements – creating animation depth similar to that of an optical zoom. Dalibor achieved this at astonishing speed using Blender Cycles RTX-accelerated OptiX ray tracing in the viewport.

“I use applications that require NVIDIA CUDA and PhysX, and in general all software offers several benefits when used in 3D with NVIDIA RTX GPUs,” Dalibor said.

Dalibor notes that such work takes a lot of time, but the two GeForce RTX 3090 Ti GPUs allow it to complete extra-large projects without spending hours on rendering. Blender’s Cycles engine, with RTX-accelerated OptiX ray tracing and AI noise removal, enabled Dalibor to render the entire project in just 20 minutes—about 20 times faster than using just the CPU in its test.

This time saving allowed Dalibor to focus on creating and animating the hundreds of elements of the piece. He combined colors and effects to bring the model to life as he imagined it.

NVIDIA Studio systems have become indispensable to the next generation of 3D content creators, pushing the boundaries to create inspiring, thought-provoking and emotionally intense works of art.

Studio Success Stories

To better understand their workflow, click on the links to see how Lazăr, Herda and Dalibor Cee take their designs from concept to finish in their detailed videos.

You can click on the links to Lazăr and Herda’s Instagram channels on ArtStation and get to know Dalibor Cee better on ArtStation.

Join the #CreatorsJourneyChallenge

In the spirit of learning, the NVIDIA Studio team calls for a challenge for people to showcase their personal talents. Enter the #CreatorsJourney competition for a chance to showcase your creations on NVIDIA Studio social media channels.

The access is very easy. You can place a newer artwork next to an older artwork to show your journey as an artist. Follow and tag NVIDIA Studio on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook and use the hashtag #CreatorsJourney to enter.

Source: (BYZHA) – Beyaz News Agency