The 3D Art of Lee Griggs

Artist Lee Griggs does not use 3D software in the conventional way and thus creates impressive 3D landscapes – in this case with Autodesk Maya and the Arnold renderer.
Crystal-like formations on a blue surface

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He creates his geological and microbial 3D landscapes with Maya’s XGen feature, several skewed cubes or spheres, expressions and a texture map. At the end of the video, real geological surfaces and microbial recordings are compared with Lee Griggs’ 3D art. And the 3D art result with Autodesk Maya and Arnold from Solid Angle really does not need to hide behind nature!

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