05: Austin Marola - Lead 3D Designer, On Rendering Photorealism & The Future of Digital Imagery

3D DesignCG

May 31

Written By Justin Weiss

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“Recording our fifth episode, today's Creator is Austin Marola, Lead 3D Designer at the Mill Chicago. Through Imaginary Forces, he's worked on brands such as the NFL, HBO and League of Legends. Also title sequences such as Castle Rock and See, Apple's series starring famous buff dude Jason Mamoa. Austin is one of the kindest, humblest people I've gotten to work with. He is super passionate about everything related to technology and creativity, so glad to have you on, Austin Marola.”

The Creator Curriculum · 05: Austin Marola - Lead Designer, Achieving Photorealism, The Digital Secondary World

0:05:00 Early Mistakes
0:15:10 Imaginary Forces & HBO
0:19:18 Getting to the Mill
0:26:45 GPU Democratization
0:31:18 Austin Loves Halation
0:47:46 Micronormals & Shader Tips
0:55:55 Respect the Content
1:14:52 The Future of Digital Imagery
1:21:53 The Realtime Tik Tok Campaign Hellscape
1:27:29 Epic's Metaverse vs. Meat World
1:33:44 Aliens in the Metaverse
1:44:52 Digital Worlds = Human Rights Violations
1:49:57 Being Artsy AND Happy
2:01:18 Wrap Up