This blacksmith environment was created as a personal project to experiment with environmental storytelling and handcrafted detail. Inspired by medieval fantasy workshops, the scene focuses on worn materials, practical props, and warm cinematic lighting to create a lived-in atmosphere. The project was developed using Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, Arnold, Redshift, Procreate, and After Effects.
A detailed 3D recreation of the Ascension Cross from my church. This asset was modeled in Maya and ZBrush, textured in Substance Painter, and rendered in Redshift, with a focus on capturing material detail and craftsmanship.
This project was developed during Drexel University’s Star Program and focuses on the historical discovery of Peale’s Mastodon. Inspired by Charles Willson Peale’s written letters to his son, I created a short AI-generated film interpreting his account of the excavation.
To support the visual accuracy of the AI output, I modeled a detailed mastodon skeleton in ZBrush, textured it in Substance Painter, and rendered it in Maya using Redshift. This asset was used to guide the AI pipeline toward more anatomically consistent results.
The video was generated using Google Gemini and Flow, with AI-generated narration produced through Eleven Labs. The script was written by me and based directly on Peale’s historical correspondence.
