Loïc Sattler is a French Art Director experienced in web, multimedia, print, clothes styling, and corporate identity. Back in 2003, he was working at a creative studio and the manager told Sattler that his abstract compositions with intense colors looked as if they were created by an artist that was on acid. Taking it as a compliment, he came up with the name for his online sanctuary, Lysergid.com which portrays his freelance and artistic works. This extreme portfolio is quite a mind blower and we just wonder how he does it all. Such intricate work and an insane attention to detail. How does one even dream up works like these? Completely breathtaking and mind numbing to say the very least!
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Bert Simons amazes us with his very life like paper sculptures of himself and other lucky candidates. This Rotterdam, Netherlands native seems to have quite a hand at 3D imaging and rendering. The sculptures he creates could almost be the real clones of the people they represent.

This seems to be an interesting facet of art imitating life. While some of you video gamers have probably created characters with your picture applied to them, this process seems to work in reverse. Rather than creating art in the real world and bringing it to life on a computer Simons’ process works the other way around.
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With most 3D modeling, objects are defined by the modeler. In this demo, VideoTrace interprets video to assist in defining and apparently texturing a 3D model. Maybe someday no assistance will be needed. Now please excuse us, we have some moon landings to fake.

Justin Wood has been climbing the ranks of our favorite illustrators for a few years now. He combines traditional paint and brush methods with computer generated 3-d images, pushing the envelope of modern illustration. Check out his upcoming show with Oksana Badrak at Junc Gallery in Los Angeles November 11, 2006.

We had a good chuckle when we saw Taylor James’s “Real World Rendering” only because nothing ever looks this good in the real world. If you have ever wondered how photographers get those amazing images, Taylor James is giving away its secrets to anyone who cares to look. If you’d like a demo on how to composite with CGI and Photoshop check out their step-by-step process in the retouching case studies and go to school.