Game, Animation, & Simulation Design
Artist Biography: Andrew Yandell is a digital 3d artist from the small-town Corning, Arkansas. Yandell’s work shows a focus on creating environmental props and assets that lead the viewer into the scene where the props can be seen. Yandell’s interest in art comes from his frustration of wanting to see what new unheard-of worlds or characters never met before, but not being able to have any vision of what it was and so he chose art as a way to bring his ideas to life and make it his escape from reality, later in life while he was working as a Mental Health Para-Professional he saw how others needed art as a way of expressing oneself and using it as a way as a distraction or a coping mechanism. Wanting to help others be creating art and wanting to get out of a high-stress job he decided to peruse his passion and study at Southern Arkansas University in the Game, Animation, and Simulation program.
Yandell’s artwork has a focus on shape, light, and color taking inspiration from the design aspect of impressionism painters and using subject material that is found in everyday life. Most of the pieces that are present in Yandell’s uses one of the characteristics of the following things described as the base of the artwork and builds upon that idea showing how these concepts can mean more and how important they can be when view by others. Also, amount the artworks there is a theme and genre with inspiration to medieval fantasy and other genres that can be seen.
Andrew's Work
Grand Feast
Grand Feast is a scene set in a medieval genre using a realistic art style. The scene takes place after the feast as it shows a chaotic with glass bottles sideways on the table and no food or drink left to be consumed.
Acoustic
The Acoustic Guitar was made to further focus on how 3d models could be used to as advertising, so it contains multiple light sources to cast multiply shadows and high realism textures to show that this could exist in the real world.
Honor
Honor series display two katana swords on display without the sheath protection it along the display are two vases on each side on a dresser. The series is called Honor to draw respect to the items being displayed for the historical value of the time it represents.
Protection
Protection series shows items that would be used as protection for not only valuable items such as currency, but knowledge or vitality seen in a medieval genre. Also, the tools used to protect oneself and other valuables.
