Paid-members only Podcast ADP - Interview with Ben Procter Now here is a special episode if there ever was one. At least for me. One of my personal design heroes Ben Procter came on the show recently. He's currently Co-Production Designer on Avatar: Fire and Ash, having gotten an Oscar nomination for his work on Avatar: The
News Featured Mentorship + Discord I've got some big news to announce this week. A double feature! Although they would deserve their own post, I don't want to spam you with emails, so I put it together. Mentorship So here is the big one. I'm finally ready to launch
Paid-members only References Osaka As promised here is the photopack from my recent Osaka/THU trip. You'll find a mix of urban city shots from up high and also on the ground. Big city vibes during various times of the day, little alleys, cute storefronts, markets, elevated highways, bridges etc. On top
Paid-members only Thoughts THU Storytelling - Japan 2025 Finally I'm back from a very exhausting but rewarding trip. It took a few days but I wanted to give it some time to let the experience sink in and reflect on it. So here is my take on the THU storytelling event in Kaga, Japan. For ease
Podcast ADP - World Building for Games with Darren Bacon We got a great lineup of people coming up. Next in line is legendary Darren Bacon, currently working with Bungie on Marathon. He is aveteran concept artist and Art Director with many well-known titles under his belt such as Halo Infinite, Halo 5, Destiny, contributions to Star Wars, Tron and
Podcast ADP - World Building for Animation with Jason Scheier I have to apologize to you guys! With all the traveling I totally forgot to set the post to live to get you early access to the new ADP episode! It was supposed to go out before last weekend ... Guess I'm getting old ... Anyways ... this time we invited
Tutorials Featured Design Case Study - Parallel Studios This week we have another "first" (after the sketching tutorial last time). Instead of images and examples prepared specifically for a tutorial I managed to get permission to show a deep-dive into the creation of an actual client project. After the suggestion of one of our members here
Paid-members only Thoughts What's your obsession? I just got the new course on Learn Squared by Alex Akstinas (NOAX) about Advanced Vehicle Design. It's absolute killer, you should check it out. Meeting him a few times I'm lucky enough to have had many great conversations off and online with him and even
Podcast ADP - World Building with Feng Zhu Here's something for the weekend! We recently had none other than Feng Zhu on the show at ADP talking about World Building. For those who don't know, Feng is an artist, art director, entrepreneur, educator (he ran a school and also the immensely popular Design Cinema
Tutorials Featured Ideation and sketching I hope everyone had a great week! I'm happy to share the latest tutorial with you guys. After many many tutorials on finishing techniques I finally focus on the important part of ideation and sketching. What's in a sketch? What's important when it comes
Tutorials Blender Asset Browser Another tool thats incredibly useful and has been around for a while. Yet I have to remind myself to use it more. Oh and on top of that I wanted to find what it can actually do and what some of its options mean!! Perfect time to squeeze a short
Paid-members only References Urban Bangkok As I continue work on new videos I wanted to share this reference pack with you as well. Last week I was in Bangkok and couldn't miss the chance to take some nice snaps of urban areas. I think most people have seen the temples but I wanted
Thoughts The end of an era? Making something of your own and letting it out into the world never goes as you planned. Or at the very least it brings about developments and occurrences you really didn’t have in mind initially. As I launched the membership I found myself reaching out to friends and peers
Tutorials Featured Fog in Blender Hope everyone had a great weekend! I've put together a new little video about something that honestly has been bothering me in my workflow. Not sure if you do it to, but I have so many steps in my work that I just tend to do over and
Paid-members only Thoughts Inspiration strikes ... A few weeks ago, before the launch of the membership I booked tickets for a new attraction in Singapore that just opened. The newly revamped Oceanarium was just the right thing to bring the kids to during the last weeks of the summer break. Also my son is seriously into
News Featured Intro video live It is happening, the membership is going live! I made a little intro video for you guys to see what's gonna come here soon. It's basically the same content as on the site already but in an easier digestible format. Please have a look, share, let
News Coming Soon ... Welcome to my new site and my new membership service. Nothing much here for now but I'm just getting started. Things will be up and running here shortly, but you can subscribe in the meantime if you'd like to stay up to date and receive emails
