Nikodem Bredlich (DemNikoART) is the guest of 11th episode of the Subsurface Talks Podcast. Niko is a 3d artist who has released a series of animated shorts called ‘The Mavericks’ based on the popular Nintendo game franchise ‘MegaMan X’ by Capcom. The game gained a dedicated following in the 90's and since then i inspires a lot of pop-culture and fan-art. Nikodem is giving a more realistic - cinematic action style to his fanart movies. Basing on the MegaMan antagonist characters (the Mavericks) he creates his interpretations of their stories. Niko is also working as a freelance 3d and graphic design artist (with 2d graphic design as his background). In the podcast he shares his inspirations, his challenges and the process of quickly leveling up to a high level of proficiency with Blender. Being able to put out whole animated short movies takes a lot of dedication and time, but also some clever tricks that Niko will share in this episode. If you’re curious how to succeed like Niko, listen to this inspiring conversation.

DJ.

You can watch the latest episode of ‘The Mavericks’ here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHUJbzBOXxQ&list=PLfg4czHT_V7pFYDqammEAfeMQHq0qUV-0&index=5

Check out Niko’s whole ‘Mavericks’ series here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htnnxdxG758&list=PLfg4czHT_V7pFYDqammEAfeMQHq0qUV-0

If you want to follow Niko’s work, subscribe to his channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@DemNikoArt

And follow his socials:

https://linktr.ee/DemNiko

To support him and get additional 'behind the scenes' look you can join Niko’s Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/DemNikoArt

If you want to follow the podcast host (DJ) https://linktr.ee/djtartak

you can do it on Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon:

https://twitter.com/jaroslawdzedzej

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https://mastodon.art/@jaroslawdzedzej

The 10th episode of Subsurface Talks Podcast guest is Jason Van Gumster.

Jason (also known as Monster Javaguns) is a real ‘Jack of all trades’ and he describes himself as a member of the ‘Blender Old Farts Club’, which basically means he has been using this software forever. Jason has seen Blender used and used it himself in the most unexpected ways and he loves to share stories about this. He is the author of ‘Blender for Dummies’.He works for Autotroph (the company behind Blender Market, CG Cookie and Orange Turbine). He also writes science fiction novels and travels with his family around the United States in a mobile home (which he documents on his website https://www.functionallyhomeless.com/). In the podcast we talk about Blender used in companies, the Los Angeles Blender Conference and other interesting nerdy stuff. Jason is a podcaster, writer, coder, animator (it would be easier to write what he is not) There is so much more about what Jason does, but I think it’s enough to get you interested in this unusual conversation. Jason’s passion for Blender is contagious - so be careful, you might just want to ‘Do it all in Blender’ after listening to this episode.

Enjoy!

DJ.

If you want to know more about Jason Van Gumster and all the cool things he does, check out his website:

https://monsterjavaguns.com/

Or follow him on social media:

https://x.com/monsterjavaguns

https://mastodon.art/@monsterjavaguns

If you want to follow the podcast host (DJ) https://linktr.ee/djtartak

you can do it on Twitter, Instagram, and Mastodon:

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The guest of 9th episode of Subsurface Talks is Emlyn Davies - founder of Bomper Studio from Caerphilly near Cardiff, Wales. Emlyn is a talented and experienced animator and director. He’s done (together with his teammates) a lot of great commercial, TV, and product visualization works as well as 2 videos for the Foo Fighters for the songs ‘No son of mine’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAVfdoovrIU

and ‘Chasing Birds’ :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qYI-RtmYNI.

They also made a funny and awesome looking animated short ‘Coffe Run’, check it out here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71v_nSSYoAI

You can find all about Bomper Studio and their amazing work on their website : https://bomperstudio.com/

And YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@Bomperstudio

In the episode DJ and Emlyn discuss the history of founding Bomper Studio,The ups and downs of the animation industry (including the recent massive layoffs) and the rise of interest in Blender among many studios. We also talk about the creative process behind the visuals for the Foo Fighter videos and how to get such a great job commission. All of this in a friendly and chilled atmosphere with not a single mention about AI (how strange for a CGI podcast these days), but a few mentions of dragons from Wales and Poland instead.

Listen and enjoy!

(And if you happen to like it - subscribe and don’t forget to share it with a friend or two !)

If you want to follow the podcast host (DJ)

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