My 3D projects
"The Croods" Fan Art
A little personal project where I recreated a mini-sequence from *The Croods*.
My main goal was to practice lighting, working on two different shots but making sure they looked like they belonged to the same scene.
Fruit salad
Creation of a poster designed for editorial use to showcase seasonal products. Inspired by classical still life, this image aims to create an atmosphere that is both understated and elegant.
The scene was created entirely in Autodesk Maya, with particular attention paid to lighting, a central element of the project. The lighting was carefully composed to evoke a subdued atmosphere, inspired by the Flemish masters, and to highlight textures and volumes with softness and realism.
The procedural shader for the fig presented a real challenge: we had to capture the subtle nuances of its skin—which is both matte and slightly translucent—while maintaining consistency in the overall lighting.
The flame, generated using a volumetric fluid, adds a dynamic focal point without disrupting the overall balance of the composition.
The project was carried out according to a precise brief, in a professional setting, with some leeway allowed for artistic interpretation.
Mr. Jones
As a lighting artist, I wanted to work on a portrait because it’s an excellent way to explore the subtleties of light and how it shapes forms and emotions. Since I’m also a 3D artist, I chose to create the character myself—from modeling to texturing—so that I could have complete freedom with the lighting and better understand how each detail affects the overall result.
Shadow of the hearth
I created this 3D illustration, drawing heavily on the visual style of Hong Kong cinema. As a huge fan of the renowned director Wong Kar-wai, I wanted to recreate an image that captures the spirit of his films: a melancholic atmosphere, colorful and contrasting lighting, and an intimate, poetic composition. My goal was to convey this unique sensibility through a still scene, using light, textures, and staging to evoke an emotion rather than tell a direct story.
Still Life
In this series of four images, I explored different lighting conditions to observe how light transforms the perception of the same still-life scene. My goal was to show that lighting does more than simply illuminate: it tells a story, creates an atmosphere, and profoundly influences the emotion conveyed by the image.
The first image is bathed in natural light—soft and balanced, typical of daytime lighting. It evokes a calm, realistic, and familiar atmosphere, highlighting the objects in their simplicity. This is the most neutral light, the one that allows for a direct reading of the scene.
The second image is the most symbolically charged. It is bathed in diffuse light, tinged with shades of orange, brown, and red, like a dense and ominous fog. The atmosphere evokes the end of the world, a post-apocalyptic or desert landscape. The air seems heavy, saturated, and the scene, though static, suggests an underlying tension. It is a light that suffocates more than it illuminates, transforming the still life into a witness to a devastated world.
In this third version, the scene is still lit by daylight, but rendered in a stylized manner, with stark contrasts, sharp shadows, and heightened brightness. This treatment creates an almost unreal effect, evoking the world of animation or digital art. The image appears more vivid, dynamic, and slightly artificial, as if it
Photo reproduction
One exercise I really enjoy for practice is recreating photos as 3D scenes.
This is particularly helpful for working on lighting, since I’m starting with a real, consistent light source.
By analyzing the light, shadows, and reflections in an existing image, I develop my observational skills and my ability to create believable 3D environments.
Sisyphus and Merope
graduation short film
This short film is a personal interpretation of the myth of Sisyphus.
I chose to depict it through rough, deliberately unfinished sculptures in order to create a stark contrast with the scene’s oppressive stillness. This approach also lends a more dynamic quality, almost as if in motion.
These sketched forms create a dynamic quality, as if the material itself were resisting stillness, evoking Sisyphus’s perpetual motion and endless struggle.
Beyond the legend, I wanted to revisit the choices that led Sisyphus to his condemnation. He is not merely a hero punished for his cunning, but a man who chose, despite the warnings, to prolong his life alongside his wife, even if it meant defying the gods.
There is a profoundly human act here: preferring love and life—even if fleeting—to blind obedience.
Sisyphus does not passively endure his fate; he has, in a sense, accepted it in advance, in exchange for a moment of peace and freedom.
It is this paradox that I wanted to highlight: what if his damnation was, in reality, the price of a choice he fully embraced?
The Forgotten Sanctuary
Fascinated by ancient Egypt, I wanted to recreate the mystical and monumental atmosphere of an Egyptian temple through this 3D scene. Lighting plays a central role in highlighting the architecture: sunlight streams through the temple’s opening, casting the space in dramatic chiaroscuro. The interior remains slightly shrouded in shadow, which enhances the mystery and solemnity of the place, while highlighting the massive volumes of the columns and the texture of the stone.
I sought to recapture that sense of sacred silence and timelessness unique to great Egyptian edifices, as if the temple still held the secrets of those who built it.
Flooding Game
I love reading; I didn’t always love it, but once I started, I couldn’t stop! A few days ago, while browsing the young adult fiction section (I always stop there—it’s a reflex), I stumbled upon a real gem: a reissue of the very famous Harry Potter.
The cover was so fresh, so beautiful, that it inspired me to try a little exercise: designing covers for my favorite books.
Without hesitation, I wanted to illustrate the characters from Écarlate, a novel by the very talented Élisabeth Koshava.