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Ukko, Finnish equivalent of Thor (or Donar or Taranis, etc), God of Thunder. Ukko is the head deity in Finnish folklore.

Done with Painter, Inked outlines done with Scratchboard tool and coloring with Thick'n'Thin pen.

Enjoy!

Image updated. The left hand is now smaller...]]> Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:03:52 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/520226

Hiisi, an evil Finnish mythological character, sitting on his stony throne, guarded byt Hiisi's Moose bull (also a character in Finnish folklore).

This is one of the illustrations for a book of Finnish mythology. It will be published this fall.]]> Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:45:49 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/483784

Just a random idea... And a study in composition.]]> Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:44:23 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/455631

An illustration for a classic music festival poster. Aino, a mythological figure in the finnish national epic Kalevala, is holding the origin of music in her hand.]]> Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:07:08 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/329933

A concept rendering of a sci-fi air bike. Originally posted in StrataCafe in 2002. Re-rendered for CGSociety. There is room for improvement modelingwise, but I tought this is good enough to convey the concept I had in mind. This was done for a pending graphic novel script.]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:03:17 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/484091

This is a perspective shot of the Air Ship Concept design. Modeled in part in Silo and Cinema 4D, Textured in BodyPaint No postwork except the logo artwork in the lower lefthand corner.

I also have other designs for the paintjob that I may upload in the portfolio later.

Comments and Critique welcomed as always.
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I finally found some time to finish the texturing for my concept ship.

some more shots in my portfolio

Comments and critique welcome =)]]> Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:06:52 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/370752

This is a ship design for a short story. Sort of a concept sketch that started to live a life of its own.]]> Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:09:10 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/426275

A logo I created to testdrive the nev Strata CX 5 update. In fact I created the logo initially for drummer friends of mine who I know whip the air with their hands when hearing a catchy drum fill or solo. I had t-shirts printed that I have been handing out to them. I got the Idea in a Rush concert as I observed the air drumming mass of people during YYZ...]]> Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:40:21 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/435684

A whole spread illustration for Nokia's own NokiaPeople Magazine. Background is intetionally left very sparse. Lot of empty space in the composition for headers, copytext and magazine specific page layout elements. C+C welcome. Thanks for viewing!]]> Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:04:01 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/347474

This piece is about the dangers of smoking and the difficulty of quitting. This is actually a byproduct of a project I'm working on, I decided to recycle the mousetrap model for this image. In fact I got the idea for this after I saw Magic bullet -image by Enrico Cerica... By the way, can you tell where the cigarette brand comes from? ]]> Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:17:59 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/420566

An Illustration for a marketing campaign. The quickly sewn swatch on top reads: "Win" and the text continues in needlepoint: "A home, ready to move in". This is an adaptation of the finnish equivalent of Home, Sweet Home idiom.

Art Direction by Tommi Levy of Työmaa, Oulu, Finland]]> Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:14:13 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/398471

A cover illustration for Robert Jordan's Wheel of time saga... the latter part of "The Winters Heart". The book is divided into two books in the finnish edition.]]> Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:42:54 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/420529

A bookjacket illustration for the Finnish edition of Robert Jordan's "A Crown of Swords". Background is an overpainted photocomposition.

The character has a Poser head and a hand. Everything else modeled in Strata 3D.

Finally everything was overpainted in Painter.]]> Mon, 23 Oct 2006 06:38:57 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/342392

A cover illustration for a fantasy novel. Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time -saga... can't remember which part at the moment. This was done for the finnish edition. I wanted to have a decidedly illustratory feel for this, I wasn't aiming for photorealism so I incorporated some brush strokes here and there. Poser for the female figure, parts of the ship modeled in Wings3D and rendered in Strata CX. All mixed together in PS.

Here's a link to a preliminary Painter-sketch that was used to convey the idea to the client.

http://www.rgr.fi/dropzone/CGSociety/Tuon1.jpg

-Sakari]]> Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:06:42 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/338968

A cover illustration for a murder mystery book. Composited in Photoshop. The train image was originally photographed in full daylight. The tiles in foreground generated in Strata 3D CX. ]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:46:57 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/420518

An illustration for an economics magazine feature. I used the weather forecast to represent the predictions for changes in world economy.]]> Mon, 23 Oct 2006 06:19:11 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/370725

An illustration for an economics magazine.]]> Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:19:57 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/370719

A small scene modeled in Strata 3D. Color corrected in Photoshop]]> Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:57:54 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/338674

A Hot Rod VW Beetle. This was originally posted for StrataCafe Silo-Strata CX -challenge. Modeled in Silo, Rendered in Strata 3D CX and some post-work in Photoshop.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:25:18 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/325379

A robot designed to act as a mascot for the Clone Digital Film Festival held annually in Hämeenlinna (and Helsinki), Finland. Modeling in Wings 3d, Silo and Strata. Very little postwork in Photoshop (I added a glow emitting from the bellybutton projector lens). Also, flaked and faded paint textures painted in Photoshop and then textured in Strata. Radiosity rendered in Strata 3D CX.]]> Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:32:09 +0000 http://sakari.cgsociety.org/gallery/370723

An earlier version of the Clone festival mascot. Simple modeling but got the message through. This image was published in Photoshopuser magazine illustrating a Strata CX review.

http://www.rgr.fi/dropzone/CGSociety/photoshopuser.jpg]]> Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:09:04 +0000