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Antropus

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About Me

Some of my personal work, most in progress:

My name is Krishnamurti Martins Costa, aka Antropus. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I discovered my interest in computer graphics as a teenager, using an Amiga computer. Years later, I created my first models on a DX2 66Mhz PC, using 3D Studio 3.0 for DOS. After 13 years and dozens of 3D software programs, I found Maya and Zbrush to be the perfect packages for my CG creations today.

Currently working as a character animator, modeler and texture artist at CafeFX in Santa Maria, California, my film career ranges from "Barnyard: The Movie" to “Pan’s Labyrinth.”

I won the 3D Grand Prize in two editions of the CGSociety Challenges: MachineFlesh 2004 and Master & Servant 2005, the most prestigious competitions of their kind on the internet. I also won the Animamundi 2002, Brazil, one of the biggest animation festivals in South America, as animator and art director for the Brazilian movie "O Lobisomem e o Coronel", directed by Ítalo Cajueiro and Elvis Kleber.

I constantly share my workflow in CG forums and comprehensive free tutorials, also available in my website.

I'm the founder and owner of the biggest Brazilian CG community today, 3D4ALL.org , with almost 14.000 registered users. 3D4ALL.org was created with the intention of mentoring artists, revealing their talents and providing a friendly space to share resources and useful information related to CG and illustration enthusiasts.

To know more about me and my 3D work, visit: http://www.antropus.com
This is an old animation created about 3-4 years ago. This is a character from my never released short movie (eternal wip). I did this animation just to test the range of facial expressions I could create by using a combination of bones and blend shapes in Maya:
The Plumber
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Some of my new 3D models:
New favorite singer: KT Tunstall. Watch this:

My Interests

Friends, inspiration from other artists

I'd like to meet:

Friends, inspiring artists
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Music:

Pink Floyd

Progressive rock/Metal: Symphony-X, Dream Theater, Rush, Kansas. Classic rock: AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Queen. Classical music, mainly Chopin, Bach, Mozart and Bethoven. I love the classical guitar played by Andrés Segovia. I also love the amazing sitar player and indian master Ravi Shankar

Movies:

Pan's Labyrinth

Blade Runner, Being John Malkovich, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Matrix (only the first one), Run Lola Run, Fight Club, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Iron Giant, Shrek, Bug's Life, Ice Age, all Monthy Python movies, almost all Wood Allen movies and any other movie with great VFX

Television:

South Park

Dave Chappelle's Show. I also love extreme sports (mainly skateboarding, in-line skating, motocross and bike stunts). I must confess that I like some brutal sports like boxing and ultimate fighting too

Books:

Art books in general

I can spend hours of my day looking at paintings, sculptures, drawings and knowing more about art history

Heroes:

Gustav Klimt
Salvador Dali, Rembrandt, Picasso, Goya, Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Rodin, Van Gogh, Toulouse Lautrec and many many painters and sculptors that always were the inspiration for my work and for my life. God above all.
My film credits :
The Mist (2007) creture modeler character animator
CafeFX
Evan Almighty Universal (2007) character animator
CafeFX

Pan's Labyrinth
Picturehouse
(2005)
character animator
facial rigger
modeler
texture/shader artist
CafeFX


Snakes on a Plane
New Line Cinema (2005)

character animator
texture artist CafeFX
Zathura
Columbia Pictures (2005)

uncredited
Modeling (Zorgon's armour), texturing (Zorgon's body and armour)
CafeFX
Barnyard, The Movie Paramount Pictures (2006)
Character Animator
Omation Studio