Creative inner wellness

 

Hello, everyone!

If we've connected through my work in the Art, VFX, film, and gaming industries, you know me as a VFX artist, 3D generalist, illustrator and concept artist. I'm grateful for my journey as an artist in film, animation, and gaming. I've always been passionate about artistry and storytelling through visuals.

In addition to my creative endeavors, I've nurtured a deep interest in mindfulness, spirituality and alternative wellness,. That has been an important part of my life and has caused my creative expression to take on a different form.

While these passions may seem like different worlds, I've found ways to integrate them, enhancing my own life and well-being. So aside from my current work that I'm still involved in. I decided to branch out into something more alternative and creative.

I'm excited to introduce Creative Inner Wellness—a space where creativity meets mental and emotional well-being.

For those curious about exploring how creativity and wellness intertwine, I invite you to join me on this journey. Follow along as I share insights, stories, poetry, tools, and experiences to inspire balance and strength.

If interested, feel free to connect and let's explore these new dimensions together!

www.creativeinnerwellness.com

@creative_inner_wellness

Babcia

 So this is another piece of my grandmother. This one is really dear to me. I actually started it back in 2016 as a photoshop painting. Then life got in the way and I Picked it up again this time working in Procreate. 

The original line work got deleted. But it started off as a sketch with the perspective lines. before I started to block in the colors. 

The time of day lighting was going to be a big part in making this panting look interesting. So I started blocking out the basic shapes that are made by the tree shadow. While not taking away from my grandmother being the focal point.

I made the colors more vibrant here as it looked to dull before. I decided that the curtain blowing in the wind took away from the peaceful feel I was going for.

I worked up the details in my grandmother and her plants. In the final touches, I added the chickens as she had many. Along with some more details that really made the place feel more colorful and nostalgic. 

I felt inspired to create another piece of my grandmother. This one is really dear to me. In this painting, I wanted to capture and share the nostalgia and warm memories of my visits to grandma's home in the Polish countryside. Back then, life felt so vibrant when I got to visit her.

She was the strongest person I had ever known. Surviving World War Two and unimaginable horrors. With hardship, she had to carry throughout her whole life. Through it all, she developed a powerful resilience and made a life where she could pass her strength onto others.

I'm grateful to have had her in my life. This painting is my way to honor her. When I need strength, I turn to those who have made it through the impossible. Though her life was not so peaceful and colorful. So, in this painting, I wanted to give her that.

Crystal Cave 3D Environment

This is from my crystal cave project. This is based on a digital painting I did a couple of years back. The piece was popular among my viewers. So, I created a 3D environment based on it in Unreal 5. I designed the environment and did some modelling, texturing, and material creation. Along with using some assets from Fab.

Video: 

https://lnkd.in/eCvjfyJt

Images can be viewed here:

https://lnkd.in/ehDqd8sH

My process: 

https://lnkd.in/eajuK-Zy

Professional achievements

 So I'm sharing some of my professional accomplishments today. I finally got to see “Mufasa The Lion King”. Where I worked as a previs key layout artist. Some great visuals in this film! Watching the scenes brought up a flood of memories of all the hours of work that we put in. Seeing it finished felt like such a sense of completion. It was really nice to see my name in the credits at the end. I'm really grateful for this experience and the teams I got to work with.

Painting purple flowers part 2

 This is a painting that started back in 2017 when I was at my Costa Rica trip. I stayed at a place that had these beautiful. Thunbergia Grandiflora (Blue Sky Flower) 

Took me some time, but I finally finished this one. now this painting serves as a portal to that beautiful costa Rica resort I stayed at years ago. I love bringing pieces of my journey with me and creating them into art. 

Children's Book Art

  Some more older work I did for the book series "The league of Elder" by Ren Garcia. This time the job was a children's book. I was working with pre existing characters in the book series. That I got to redesign the characters in my style. As well as the environments. The page layouts, pencils, inks, colors and textures are all done by me in photoshop. 

Here I'll show some of my process from rough to finish. 

Page 1

The establishing shot with the emphasis on the door and the character's reactions. The characters live high up in a big tree that is located on another planet. 

Page 2

For the page 2 final. I realized the character was way too dark. So adding the creamy colored apron nicely framed the foreground character. 

Page 3

I enjoyed working on this piece as I go to use more color variations. As well as show a variation of environments and props. 

Page 4

My initial idea was to show just the characters. But by adding the shadow of the old lady really brings her into the scene. As well as emphasizing the atmosphere of her angerly towering over the other characters. 

Page 5

Here I had everything in the scene point to the little girl. Raising the grandma's arm made for a stronger pose.

Page 6

Like with the previous scene. I made sure to keep the shadow of the grandma in the scene. 

Page 7

Here I got to show a bit more of the environment outside of the tree house.

Page 8

Emphasizing a new day and lighter atmosphere as the character returns. 

Page 9

Here I have a pulled out establishing shot that I'm pleased with. Establishing the area and the next day. 

Page 10

Here is an introduction of different characters and the prepared little girl. 

Page 11

Showing a lighter atmosphere in the character's bedroom. 

You can view this project and others on my website here