With a mix of photos and custom brushes, Righi creates the main textures in Adobe Photoshop, using AI-powered Enhance Details technology, one of over a dozen GPU-accelerated features, to sharpen photo details before returning to Maya and applying new textures to the 3D model. Righi then uses custom brushes in ZBrush to sculpt the tiger in finer detail. He creates a base model and unwrapping UV, translating 3D mesh into 2D data so a 2D texture can be wrapped around it.
Righi’s creative workflow begins in Autodesk Maya on a Lenovo laptop powered by a GeForce RTX 3080 GPU. The creative process begins in Autodesk Maya. Righi’s dedication to the craft means he often visits animal sanctuaries to observe and take pictures and video footage to use as reference. “It’s a mix of my childhood vision with added real-life experience.” “In my illustrations, I try to show the iconic image of that specific animal, or at least what’s my personal idea of that,” Righi says. The story behind Waiting for the Year of the Tiger is a personal one for the artist. This is evident from his stunning portfolio of animal renders renowned for their lifelike photorealism and individualistic tone. A sampling of Righi’s impressive 3D animal collection.Ī native of Italy, Righi now lives in Thailand, a move he says was artistically inspired as he’s an avid lover of animals and nature. He’s also worked with clients including Autodesk, Discovery Channel, Google, Netflix and the World Wildlife Fund. The year of the tiger comes into focus this week In the NVIDIA Studio, which welcomes 3D creature artist Massimo Righi.Īn award-winning 3D artist with two decades of experience in the film industry, Righi has received multiple artist-of-the-month accolades and features in top creative publications. Editor’s note: This post is part of our weekly In the NVIDIA Studio series, which celebrates featured artists, offers creative tips and tricks, and demonstrates how NVIDIA Studio technology accelerates creative workflows.
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