Coke Zero "Invasion"

This is a job that was completed a few months ago but I think it has been aired only recently. Anyway, it's out now and my part was... you'll never guess... matte paintings! I've done a lot of work on this one, skies (surprise ;), hills, grass and the big, dark, bad cloud which was especially fun. Pretty much every shot has something I worked on. I also animated the dark cloud matte paintings and this animation was later mixed with CG particles simulations for enhanced effect. Overall, good memories of loooong, busy summer time days in the Passion Pictures studio ;)

Alice: Madness Returns Teaser 2

Second teaser for this upcoming EA game is online. Done at Passion Pictures and directed by Shy The Sun. I got my usual job on this piece - I did a couple of color scripts together with Stu Hall who supervised the look on the project and then I painted London backgrounds based on those scripts. I also painted the Puppet Theater cut-out set which unfortunately you can't see in full glory in the final cut ;). I hope I'll be able to post original color sketches and mattepaintings soon! Meanwhile watch the teaser at the game official website or at YouTube.

"Dog of Zone II" making of

The "Dog of Zone II" making of tutorial that I wrote for CGSociety has recently been released. I hope it'll be interesting read for everyone who asked me or was wondering how I created this image and other similar ones from "Postcards From The Zone" series.
Tutorial appearance is connected with the forthcoming release of Ballistic "Expose 8" artbook in which "Dog of Zone II" got one of Master Awards and is presented as a 2 page spread :)
Click the image below to read the tutorial or preview "Expose 8" book here.

Alice Teaser

Latest project I worked on at Passion Pictures is online. It's a teaser for an upcoming game "Alice: Madness Returns". I got to do a color script and a background mattepainting. Enjoy!

Exhibition opened

The exhibition opening event is behind me and it went very well. For me at least. Thanks a lot to everyone who attended. Here's a few pics of my works hanging:

Juz po wernisazu, ktory (przynajmniej dla mnie) wypadl dobrze. Dziekuje wszystkim, ktorzy przybyli. A ponizej kilka zdjec wiszacej ekspozycji:


A few pictures of the actual event by Jacek Topolski and Jakub Kaszuba:
Pare zdjec z wernisazu autorstwa Jacka Topolskiego i Jakuba Kaszuby:

postcardsfromthezone.com

I set up a dedicated website (using viewbook album) for "Postcards From the Zone" project. You can see all works from series here. Watching fullscreen is definitely recommended as is bookmarking it ;). I'm going to expand the site by adding new works as they come so there is a reason to come back to postcardsfromthezone.com from time to time.
I added a widget with "Postcards From The Zone" album to the blog as well (look to the right -------->).

Pocztowki ze Strefy - wystawa / Postcards From the Zone - exhibition

Moja pierwsza wystawa indywidualna bedzie miala miejsce w Galerii Miejskiej w Tarnowie (Rynek 4) w dniach 21 maja - 15 czerwca. Wernisaz 21 maja (piatek) o 18.30.
Ekspozycja sklada sie z 6 duzych grafik i 5 malych rysunkow. W programie wernisażu jest prezentacja pokazująca produkcję (tzw. making of) teledysku Gorillaz "El Manana", projekcja krótkiej animacji obrazującej proces tworzenia jednej z grafik oraz losowanie mini-albumów, o ktorych mowa w poprzednim poscie. Ponizej prewizualizacja czesci ekspozycji. Serdecznie zapraszam :)

My first solo exhibition will be held at the Town Gallery in Tarnow, Poland between 21st may and 15th june. The set consists of 6 big prints and 5 small drawings. During the opening event I will show a presentation on making of Gorillaz "El Manana" video and a short animation showing the process of creating one of the exhibition graphics. Also, a few of the mini-albums I wrote about in my last post will be given away to public. See a rough previz of a piece of the exhibition below. Please, feel invited if you are around :)

An artbook at Blurb

I put together a little album (40 pages) with my recent works using services provided at Blurb.
I received my printed copies just a few days ago and I have to say the overall quality is great, even on the cheaper paper. I've always been afraid of distorted colours and lost details but I'm really happy with the effect this time.
It's very interesting exprience to see a lot of your work presented as a whole piece. It was also a challenge to make it look as one. A good way to reflect upon yourself, seeing a couple of years worth of work on a piece of paper that you can browse through in a few seconds ;)
Here's a photo of actual printed copies and interactive preview of the book (fullscreen recommended).

Artbook by Lukasz Pazera | BOOK INFO

Dog of Zone IV

Fresh meat from the Zone...

Dog of Zone III

Yeah, I know, it's been a while since last update. So, without wasting more time, here goes one more Zone doggie to keep series alive. This time it's a bit more mixture of 3d (the creature) and 2d (background, ink on paper). Enjoy!