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Benji Barlow
3D Art

Heyo! I am a junior digital artist who focusses on 2D art/design and 3D lighting who currently works at a small studio based in Sydney, Australia. Thanks for peaking at my work and have a great day!

Biography

Like most artists I've been drawing since I was a little lad but never really thought that it would become my career. Then in 2020 after I got out of school, I was playing Doom Eternal when I thought that it would be pretty cool to say that I had a part in making something amazing like that game that other people would play and enjoy. I looked at my skills and interests and ended up wanting to pursue art and design. I did a few short courses and ended up at NSW TAFE Design Centre Enmore where I learnt a great deal of the skills I use today. Then I applied for the Masters course at the UTS Animal Logic Academy where they said I have the skills and brought me aboard as part of their Art Department for the 2022 cohort. While there I also branched out into Lighting and Comp while taking shots at modelling, storyboarding and surfacing. Early this year I started an internship at a smaller studio working on a feature film. Now I've been hired by that studio as a lighting, surfacing and asset artist. I hope to eventually branch out into Art Department and am still working hard towards that goal!

Skills

Roles

  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Basic

Technical Skills

  • Basic

Work Experience

2023 – Present day

Lighting and Surfacing Artist

Pop Family Entertainment (Sydney, Australia)
From intern to full employee, I have been responsible for modelling, texturing, lookdev, Katana and Nuke template creation and revision, as well as other generalist bits and bobs here and there.

Education

2022 – 2022

Masters of Animation and Visualisation

UTS Animal Logic Academy

Animation and VFX

Studying 9-5 in a studio full of students led by industry veterans to create 2 CG short films. Responsible for art, design, storyboarding, lighting and compositing.

2021 – 2021

Adv. Diploma of Creative Product Development

TAFE Design Centre Enmore

Animation and Design

Learnt the fundamentals of design and art through traditional and digital techniques. Subjects included art and design, sculpting (Zbrush and traditional), digital matte painting and screen studies.