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Virtual Reality artist, Collin Leix, talks about her development as a visual artist. Starting by painting oil, she is now discovering the intricacies that lie within VR art.
"Before I started my journey as an artist in VR, I began with oil painting and a particular focus was on portraits. Over time the focus changed and I became more interested in the theories behind the process of creating.
The development of an artist, starting with music, then classic artto the creation of Metaverse
I'm a violinist, and I got really interested in the visual musical scores and various ways of interpreting the sketches as music-related guidance. In addition, I discovered that I am suffering from synaesthesia which is a neurologic condition which causes a blend of several senses. In my case, the numbers, and the color of my eyes. The whole thing led me to experiment with how I approached creating an image."
"In 2009 I began a Master's degree of Fine Arts at the University of Michigan, where students were taught to experiment with a variety of techniques. I began as a painter and finished with my thesis, which was a huge installation in the ceiling that had animations projected on the ceiling. My first animations that I worked with were simple sketches made with paint and paper. I also used my environment was the subject. The work was so difficult as a medium I was certain that I'd want to keep working on the project.
After my Masters in 2012, I attended an area college of community colleges for a class on After Effects as well, and since that time, I've been largely self-taught. I started exploring art applications, Cinema4D, and have made a few attempts at cel however , I've concentrated mainly upon After Effects. I created animations straight-to-client for a number of years, making sure that I do my own artful explorations in animation. I then uploaded them to the internet.
"I was suffering from major health issues and was going through depression. I was often on the ground with my dog. That was what I thought. I challenged myself to make every week a new thing regardless of whether it wasn't an enormous amount of work to meet myself the place I was truly.
In the year 2018, I got hired as an Animation Studio Gunner in Detroit located in The city of Detroit. I've worked there since!"
What would you say about your art style?
"Realism is a constant in my heart from the beginning of my life. The past has seen my style incorporates a touch of humorous and surrealism in my ongoing research into the way color conveys mood.
My personal style has completely transformed since I joined Gunner. Gunner team. Gunner. It's commonplace for us to collaborate in a group to help support various styles. As a result, I am able to try various styles that don't fit my individual style. A few ways to use loose brushwork, outlines or simplifying designs are a handful of the things I've tried , and then continued to do in the following days. As an example"Crocus," the piece involves creating texture on 3D forms, with realism and basic designs. It uses VR modeling as well as good old Photoshop painting."
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"One reason why I enjoy working at the studio is because the boundaries that define my personal style and me have blurred. Take the movie "Interruption" for example. The film asked me to design an Instagram post to promote Gunner when I started exploring. I was looking to utilize the absurdity of my work to show what it's like being immersed in playing music. I also wanted to convey the images you can visualize in your mind's eye and also the sense of being disturbed.
Although I created all of the animation and a lot of the designing, my amazing coworker Ian Sigmon pushed me a ton when it comes to character design. I couldn't have created those crazy, lengthy arms and slim physiques on my own. This led us to realize that women's bodies could dissolve and revert back to their forms once she starts playing with her body."
"I have a memory of losing a competition in high school for my artwork because it didn't seem to be coherent or of the same style. I was convinced that this was a curse however, it turned out to be a blessing for the work I do now."
What's the secret to drawing your art?
"For me, it's always has to come down to an instinctual feeling. There's always a nugget of fascination at the very beginning of any new piece. Most often, it's a colour scheme that I'd like to experiment with or maybe it's a gesture or a quote, or even the beginning of a or short story.
The thing that differentiates my artwork is that I am constantly trying new media. Right now, I'm fascinated by painting and drawing in Virtual Reality. We're currently working on a short film that focuses on Gunner that will cover everything from to painterly cels within Photoshop and 3D rendering and creating sculptures using VR and projecting the paintings on the sculpture. We've also added a scene in the film that is called Sync to provide an non-official glimpse. The film is the debut of Gunner with a director who is an actress. It's about three strangers traveling on the plane and something unusual happens in the trip.
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What would you advise anyone who is just beginning with VR art?
"When trying to understand the implications of any new technology that I'm intrigued by, I have always an idea of what I want to create before I begin. It's an idea to those who want to improve their capabilities - create a style frame or have some ideas for a sketch or story you want to tell before incorporating the latest technologies. It will give you a motive that you can explain an explanation for. Otherwise, you're just flopping around tutorials and trying to copy other's designs and tales.
This was a design we did for an event known as Blend at Gunner during the year of 2019, where I created a lot of the environmental objects in Virtual Reality. I've attempted to create sculptures before, but once I understood the proper 'why the reason', my curiosity and capabilities exploded. Below is a video look at some of the various landscapes I made."
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"I'm quite active with Instagram as well. I also developed a class on how to create drawings of your own using 3D space, with Tilt Brush. The class doesn't require that you be an expert VR artist, however you must have an VR headset in order to attend the class. I will guide participants through the process. My heartfelt love for this!"
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