Welcome to Random Sketchbook, the collective creative work of Niovi Phinopoulou.
Niovi started her career as a graphic designer & illustrator before transitioning to VFX. In 2013 she started as a 3D Artist at MPC commercials, moving to MPC Film, at the Groom department. Since then, she has worked in different roles and studios mainly as a groom, texture/lookdev and 3D modelling artist.
After living in the UK for 11 years, she crossed the pond, moving to Vancouver, BC.
Currently she works as a Senior Surfacing Artist at Animal Logic.
Artist’s statement
Inspired by natural environments and fascinated by textures and obscure details, I use art as a medium to explore and interpret this beautiful world we are temporary residents on.
The only constant is that everything is fluid and ever changing. As such, I work a lot with water based mediums such as inks, exploring the [un]predictability, intrinsic effects and layers to interpret a thought or an idea.
Many times I use photography for capturing a moment in time and space as a memory to be preserved, and many times as a reminder of what it was, it is not.
