A small collection of 3D animations, mainly out of curiosity to learn the software.
Typography designed in Adobe Illustrator, exported as an SVG to Blender, then textured and animated. Also an unfortunate truth.
Compressed like crazy to fit Webflow's 3MB GIF size limit. Preview a slightly higher resolution version here.
Short 3D animation from my Introduction to Maya class at California College of the Arts. Responsible for the entire pipeline in Autodesk Maya: modelling, texturing, rigging, animation, and rendering. Also includes some very basic sound design done in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Daniel Castro Maia (he/him) is a Brazilian illustrator and designer based in Denver, CO. By day, Daniel is a graphic designer for Nectar Consulting. By night, he's a freelance illustrator. On weekends, he fights crime with the help of his cat sidekick. Here's proof. Daniel studied Illustration at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
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