Viking fortress

https://instagram.com/darekzabrocki Another task demo I recorded for my Mentorships students. For this task I collaborated with https://photobash.org amazing platform which provided me and my class with selection of photos we made for students to be able to make a task from. For instance we had some epic viking structures photos in super hi-res. Then the task itself was to proceed with redesigning given assets and make/build a whole fortification location built in the mountains out of it.

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A fun matte painting challenge we started on this vfx discord server. https://discordapp.com/invite/VJgr8uV I have provided a timelapse of my workflow on this piece, going through a basic 3d layout and a lot of cg paintover. I had a great time on this and it was fun to try get this done on a short period of time.

In 2016, I worked briefly on the Ubisoft Game ''For Honor''.

Viking fortress before and after Trelleborg

Practicing a new workflow that my friend shared with me. I found the mind map quite useful.

- SS2672985 Viking ring fortress wall. Artwork showing the construction of the wall of one of the circular Viking fortresses known as trelleborgs. The remains of these forts have been found in what is now Denmark and Sweden, dating from the Viking Age (8th to 11th centuries). The wooden fortress wall or rampart was 5 meters in height, and around 17 meters across at the base. It was constructed from oak, with poles between an inner and outer wall, earth and stones filling the gap, and inner…