cambot - memory

ARTIST Dong Liang SOFTWARE Maya, Mari, Nuke, Arnold “When I was a kid, my grandma used to bring me chalks,” says Dong Liang, a 3D surfacing artist based in Singapore. “She encouraged me to draw on the floor and even on the wall. Doodling really sparked my creativity and imagination, and might have influenced me subconsciously into pursuing a career in 3D.”

Dong’s certainly come a long way from chalk doodles, and his personal project, Cambot Memory, shows off his talents. “Every artwork begins from a story I try to tell,” he explains. “To start with, I usually do a bunch of concept sketches to explore the design and composition while also looking for reference images. Once there is a decent sketch, I start blocking in the low-poly geometries in 3D.”

From here, Dong begins working on the detailing and lighting. This piece, however, posed a unique challenge. “The rain effect was done a little bit unconventionally,” he reveals. “I randomly instanced five different streak models onto a nparticle system to mimic the rain streaks instead of using motion blur to do so. Rendering noise-free motion blur is too heavy for my machine.” www.obidong.wixsite.com/home/3d-gallery