Skills

Motion design allows me to infuse my art with dynamic movement, bringing visual stories to life through captivating animation. Digital illustration serves as a boundless canvas for intricate and expressive creations, while the tactile realm of physical art encompasses the timeless crafts of sewing and various meticulous handcrafts, reflecting a rich tapestry of artistic versatility.

The skills below are just some of the avenues towards creativity I have available to use in projects.

After Effects

Creating animated marketing materials; storyboarding and producing long, multi-scene educational materials; UI motion studies and proof-of-concept walk-throughs for app development; animated illustrations, titles, and graphics for social media.

Cinema4D

Cinema 4D

Creating and animating realistic products; renders for concepting; generating dynamic particle effects; modeling and rigging avatars and clothing elements for virtual gaming; generating 3D environmental layouts for visualizing potential event spaces.

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Adobe Illustrator

Creative typography design for headlines, and social media. working with art provided by illustrators and optimizing files for use in animations; creating vector shapes for use in 3D programs, or outputting to laser, CNC cutters, 3D printing; creating original art for output as fabric patterns and event banners.

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Adobe Photoshop

Creating original, highly detailed, multi-layered photo-composites incorporating 2D and 3D assets; working with existing graphic files and optimizing them for use in animation; creating original art for event posters and banners.

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Procreate

Producing original illustrations for large-scale banners, as well as spot art for use on products such as shirts, socks, and fabric. Even though it’s an iPad app, it’s still possible to work large scale, for highly detailed art.

Laser and CNC Art

Laser design and creation of objects for gardening, pendants for gifting, fun lamps, and creating stencils. CNC router design and creation of layered signage and furniture. Vinyl art for applying to hard surface or fabric.

BlakOpal

Virtual Fashions

BlakOpal Designs is my clothing line, developed for avatars in the virtual worlds of Second Life and others, consisting of 2D and 3D assets that make up a full array of avatar outfits for men, women (and creatures) in Steampunk, Victorian, Pirate, and Fantasy styles. My designs include everything from full outfits to shoes and boots and incorporate reflective and textured attributes to achieve realistic textures.

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Substance Painter

Using realistic or fantastic materials to create desired surface textures on clothing, shoes, bags; crafting environmental textures for buildings, vehicles, or whatever might be in a scene. Incorporating PBR effects for textures, reflective and illuminated surfaces, and models.

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Marvelous Designer

Crafting clothing for online gaming using original patterns, and incorporating specific avatar shapes from virtual worlds to ensure proper fit and flow. Exporting models for texturing in Substance Painter, or Adobe Photoshop to achieve desirable fashions.

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Fabric Art

Sewing highly detailed custom designed costumes, bags, pillows, and more; using trims, beading and embroidery to enhance projects; creating new upholstery, or pillow covers, bags, and millenary detailing.

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Food Art

Baking and cooking beautiful and yummy treats for social media, or sharing with friends and co-workers; recipe how-to posts on instagram; inspiring others to cook.

Art To Inspire

I am always looking for opportunities to use my many skills. I hope to hear from you and hear what kind of things you are doing.