Refreshed portfolio

Had to make an unexpected and swift portfolio service change. Behance Pro, I've been using without any issues for two years, is going to turn into Adobe Portfolio that forces you to buy subscription for any of their CC plans. Since China is boycotted by Adobe (and has been for years), I got an email saying that I can't get any of CC's and I can find myself a new service. And I better do it fast before my website is shut down. How nice... ^_^ Fuckers.

Anyway, I already moved to Squarespace (URL stays the same, obviously, www.ak-art.net), which seem to be pretty decent although customizing takes a bit of work. So, for now, portfolio is a bit raw but when I finally manage to find a while, I'll fine tune it a bit for sure.

'The Universe of Seven' announced

Sooo, here’s the reason for all that recent teasing and really long break in posting anything relevant. From October 2014, I’ve been a lead concept artist on an upcoming new franchise ‘The Universe of Seven’. This exciting IP will be released gradually in form of books and games, with the first wave to hit throughout 2016 and 2017. You can check some of the concepts prepared for U7 in my Behance gallery and for more information + art visit official website: http://www.uof7.com

More stuff and info will be released gradually, as we will work on the project development. In the meantime, you can check out the goods we've prepared so far and make sure to Subscribe to stay up to date with the incoming ‘Fall of Kyos’. All hail the pinz!

On official Shade 3D channel

Official Shade 3D Channel on YouTube picked up my Gumroad tutorial and started publishing the clips, couple of them at a time. So, if you want to check them out without downloading them (in 1080p), you'll be able to find all of them there soon.

'Introduction to Shade 3D' is up.

OK, so my brief (well, 2.5 hours) intro to Shade is up for download on Gumroad. More content on Shade will come (probably project-based, showing the pipeline from start to finish). To get the goodies, go here.

CEEK - Jewellery Shop

As my cooperation with CEEK continues, new options are being prepared. One of the newest additions is a jewellery store with Richline collection, which will have its own VR environment. Based, on course, on my concept art (though very little is seen in the clip below). Soon, new batch of artworks will be published. Check here for an article about it.

Shade 3D tutorial coming up

Yesterday, exactly 12 months on the current gig have passed. Tons of concepts done (and other art-related stuff) and the official website is about to launch. Some of that art was accomplished with an assistance from Shade 3D, pretty kick-ass 3D app from Japan. Since it's relatively unknown to the 'Western audience', I'm cooking a small introductory tutorial, which will be available for free on my Gumroad in a week or two. Later on, if there is any interest, more specific, project oriented tutorials will follow. Cheers.

On the cover of 'Если'

Still busy putting finishing touches on the promo website for the upcoming game I'm concepting for. In the meantime, here's one of my images on the latest cover of 'Если' (e.g. 'If') a Russian magazine about science-fiction and 'things to come'. This issue is about the future of robotics.