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USAF Veteran | Digital and 3D artist | Student @ Academy of Art University | http://artstation.com/freeflier181 | http://sketchfab.com/Freeflier

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Been awhile, have a little something from my D&D campaign :)

16.11.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kaiju Fury, Nicole Birk The adult Kaiju as seen in Kaiju Fury, a game made by students at the Academy of Art University. I had the pleasure of being the lead 3D artist for a semester, and had a good time making this guy as g...

Time to show off my Kaiju!
www.artstation.com/artwork/a0rEJq

10.05.2025 20:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely

03.12.2024 04:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Been enjoying the Pokemon TCG app so I thought I'd try opening a booster pack. Immediately pulled an Absol EX, Scovillain EX and this lovely Charizard EX Obsidian Flames. Feeling pretty good!

18.11.2024 23:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The latest in my actual clay series (I usually work in Zbrush.) A mammoth! Does anyone have experience with casting into epoxy? I'd like to do metal, but I don't have the equipment.

13.11.2024 01:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

First snow on Halloween 🀷

01.11.2024 04:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eucladoceros

31.10.2024 16:17 πŸ‘ 265 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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How I approach sculpting rocks in Zbrush

30.10.2024 16:29 πŸ‘ 767 πŸ” 124 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 4
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Day seven of posting old art: my Paleo Pines fanart! I did some fun little animations you can see on my sketchfab as well: skfb.ly/oLYPq

30.10.2024 00:50 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Day six of posting old art: The environment I created my cordyceps-infected Quetzalcoatlus for. All just storytelling of course :) I never did post this environment anywhere as I went on to other projects.

29.10.2024 06:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Day five of posting old art: this time it's Fresh Cut Grass! This was specifically for a class project where we had to create a robot with a broken eye. Of course, FCG from Critical Role came to mind :)

28.10.2024 04:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Nicole Birk | Utahraptor Showcase
Nicole Birk | Utahraptor Showcase YouTube video by Freeflier

And here's the Utahraptor turntable, also submitted to the same contest :)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zogz...

26.10.2024 12:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Nicole Birk | Oviraptor Showcase
Nicole Birk | Oviraptor Showcase YouTube video by Freeflier

Day four of posting old work: here's the Oviraptor turntable that won me first place in the Academy of Art's Spring Show 3D Creature category:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vktw...

26.10.2024 12:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Day three of posting old work: Here's my recreation of Thorn, based off of the cover of Christopher Paolini's book Eldest. This was in celebration of Paolini's return to that world with his latest novel, Thorn...which also features that same dragon!

25.10.2024 18:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel this. Looking good though!

25.10.2024 01:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Day two of uploading old art: my own composition for an Oviraptor render :) The previous one, which had gained so much traction, had a specific theme and so I was mimicking someone else's composition, according to the requirements of the challenge. This one I originally designed for Valentine's Day!

24.10.2024 16:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Model of Microraptor, posed in a green garden.

Model of Microraptor, posed in a green garden.

In a collaborative project involving engineers, aerodynamics experts and palaeontologists, I and colleagues constructed a life-sized model of the Early Cretaceous maniraptoran theropod Microraptor (involving real feathers) and... #dinosaurs

24.10.2024 13:41 πŸ‘ 413 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4
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Something a little different for me: a smilodon in real clay!

Working in real clay has its own set of challenges. I may continue to iterate on this.

23.10.2024 06:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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With the Last of Us coming out relatively soon, here's a reminder of the Cordyquetz I made last year :)

22.10.2024 23:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Because this one is gaining some traction, I'm going to loop it back to the updated post :) Enjoy this breakdown of how I made the feathers as well!

22.10.2024 18:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As an update to this post, I did complete that model! I'm going to continue to iterate on it, but I'm working on other things for the time being ;)

22.10.2024 18:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Here's her original render. It's beautiful, but of course it's more the result of a hunting scene. As mine is intended to be more lighthearted, the younger dinos are turned towards the adult rather than away, and rather than crouching down to hunt them, she's offering the protection of her wings.

22.10.2024 17:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Uploading old artwork, starting with my most popular render: Oviraptor! This was done as a Blender challenge, in which we were tasked with recreating a splash screen. Of course I chose Joanna Kobierska's Sinosauropteryx render. There are a few intentional differences, making mine seem more motherly!

22.10.2024 17:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Oh boy, some of the reflections didn't line up after I did some adjustments. Just fixed it
Shanwang formation in its prime.
#paleoart

22.10.2024 02:14 πŸ‘ 123 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A few other shots. I sculpted everything from scratch, from skeleton to heart. This is due for an Organic Modeling course at the Academy of Art next week.

13.12.2023 01:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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First Bluesky post!

Excited and a little nervous to finally show off my Utahraptor Γ©corchΓ©. Please note that this is still WIP, and I am actively looking for feedback from experts! I'd love to hear what you think :)

13.12.2023 01:38 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1