ROLE:
Digital Artist
Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
DEVELOPER/PUBLISHER:
Wētā Workshop
Translaminal, Inc
Sotheby's Metaverse
PLATFORMS:
Digital Twin NFT (multipurpose)
- • Solely created Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" digital twin sword NFT. Created remotely from Stockholm in coordination with Wētā Workshop and Translaminal, Inc.
- • Managed the end to end production of all 3D modeling, texturing, shaders, lighting and rendering of the final NFT video and glTF 3D model assets.
- • Provided Sotheby's with marketing art assets and PR during their "Snow Crash" sword auction campaign.
- • Also provided technical art direction services to Wētā Workshop for an unannounced special project during this time period.
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DIGITAL TWIN NFT VIDEO
Real-time footage captured in Unreal Engine 5
This video is solely the work of Michael McDonald. Based on conceptual drawings and the physical collectable sword created by Wētā Workshop.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Web3-ready glTF 3D model footage
Captured in real-time on laptop hardware with a RTX 2060m GPU. Used for Sotheby's marketing material.
SCREENSHOTS
Captured in Unreal Engine 5
