{"id":809116,"date":"2023-04-27T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/?p=809116"},"modified":"2023-11-22T11:30:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T19:30:32","slug":"future-3d-art-oasis-kitbash3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/future-3d-art-oasis-kitbash3d\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the futuristic cover art of ‘Oasis’ from KitBash3D with 3D artist Leo Avero"},"content":{"rendered":"

While KitBash3D’s previous Kit<\/a> featured hundreds of assets to create a 3D version of a real-life city — Hong Kong — their latest envisions a hypermodern future city straight from science fiction: Oasis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"KitBash3D<\/p>\n

This latest Kit<\/a> features sleek, futuristic, utopian designs. If your imagination drifts to hundreds or thousands of years into the future of humanity, this 3D Kit — usable in Blender, Maya, Unreal, or whatever 3D creation software you prefer — gives you dozens of assets and hundreds of textures to bring your imagination to life!<\/p>\n

One of the artists putting this Kit to use is Leo Avero<\/a>, who also created the cover art for the Kit seen above. We spoke to Avero about his inspiration for the cover art, what he likes about the Kit, and why Wacom products are essential to his creative process.<\/p>\n

\"Leo<\/p>\n

Leo, who are you and how did you get into creating 3D art?<\/h2>\n

Hi, my name is Leo Avero, I\u2019m an artist living in Indonesia, currently working as an Art Director\/Concept Artist for One Pixel Brush<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I went to art school for graphic design, but I’m mainly self taught in concept art\/3d\/2d illustration, often by using short tutorials, YouTube videos, and just asking people I admire for advice. I think YouTube should give me a degree … just kidding!<\/p>\n

Career-wise, I actually started doing pencil portraits for people, and then when I got my first Wacom tablet<\/a> from my mother as a gift — I think it was an Intuos small<\/a> — I started to learn more about digital art and started as an illustrator for book covers and tabletop games. After several years of working in that industry, it didn\u2019t really give me the excitement anymore, so then I switched to fully using 3D in 2021. I started to learn 3D in 2013 on and off, so I had a good \u2018base\u2019 to jump off of.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always loved art since I can remember, but more than that, I really really love animations and films. That\u2019s actually part of why I started to learn 3D, too. I saw this short film by Ash Thorp<\/a>, and it really encouraged me to do one of my own. I chose to do 2D art in the beginning, because I simply didn\u2019t have the money to buy the equipment and go to school for [3D]. Along the way, I forgot what I really wanted to do — but being bored of 2D illustration and seeing Ash\u2019s film really reminded me of why I like what I like.<\/p>\n

What are some of your favorite projects you\u2019ve worked on, or studios \/ companies you\u2019ve worked with?<\/h2>\n

I’m currently working for One Pixel Brush. I really admire Shaddy [Safadi]<\/a>, so having the chance to work with him is a blast. But my favorite project is actually my own short film, “Revenge” — I used the Future Slums KitBash3D Kit<\/a> for that one!<\/p>\n