Roman Lapaev is a versatile Visual Effects artist with a strong traditional academic art background, specializing in concept design, clay modeling, 3D modeling, interface design and visual development for movies, television and video games.Tumblr (3.0; @lapaev)http://lapaev.net/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/65345889" width="400" height="222" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Some of my modeling workflows, my attempt at simplifying things in maya and making it a faster tool.</p>http://lapaev.net/post/49532283016http://lapaev.net/post/49532283016Fri, 03 May 2013 16:10:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3bc892dc18da0154ac0276dda6fd798a/tumblr_mlpyxzos9v1qfrthlo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Red Cardinal concept design.</p>http://lapaev.net/post/48704499776http://lapaev.net/post/48704499776Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:51:35 -04003dconcept<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/730337f60b4dc5a4593235cd5a527ba2/tumblr_mlpytq6mQ61qfrthlo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://lapaev.net/post/48704355271http://lapaev.net/post/48704355271Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:49:02 -04003dconcept<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/810780717b13e4fd01c303db8fe1be47/tumblr_mlpyqwyVav1qfrthlo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://lapaev.net/post/48704261787http://lapaev.net/post/48704261787Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:47:00 -04003dconcept<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/63045ad37ebd707e062400d1375568d4/tumblr_mk2rmv4O5d1qfrthlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Legs design for female character. Pencil.</p>http://lapaev.net/post/46004312605http://lapaev.net/post/46004312605Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:35:00 -0400concept<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdv9p5oWLL1qfrthlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://lapaev.net/post/36253320840http://lapaev.net/post/36253320840Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:03:00 -0500sculpture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcs97ixG0u1qfrthlo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://lapaev.net/post/34731541316http://lapaev.net/post/34731541316Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:26:00 -0400sculpture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc0ssjUcc71qfrthlo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://lapaev.net/post/33757593762http://lapaev.net/post/33757593762Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:36:00 -0400sculpture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbdxazjSOS1qfrthlo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>I’ve had the great honor of being Mary Sand’s assistant sculptor for a project commissioned by Spruce Meadows to create a life-size statue of Hickstead, the legendary show jumping stallion owned and ridden by Canadian Olympic competitor Eric Lamaze. </span><br/><span>With Lamaze & Hickstead won individual gold and team silver at the 2008 Olympic Games in Hong Kong, individual bronze at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (Ky.), where Hickstead was named Best Horse, and second place individually at the 2011 Rolex FEI World Cup Final. Spruce Meadows was home turf for Lamaze and Hickstead with an extensive list of accomplishments including the CN International cup in 2007 & 2011. </span><br/><br/><span>The statue was unveiled in the International arena at Spruce Meadows during the Master’s Tournament with Eric Lamaze and co-owner John Fleishhacker performing the unveiling. <br/></span></p>http://lapaev.net/post/32888042333http://lapaev.net/post/32888042333Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:08:00 -0400sculpture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdaw3klv9t1qfrthlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://lapaev.net/post/35451181982http://lapaev.net/post/35451181982Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:25:00 -04003d<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7x0vcRneA1qfrthlo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://lapaev.net/post/28256985829http://lapaev.net/post/28256985829Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:25:00 -0400creatureportraitmodelsculpt3dconcept<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6aq78cx3x1qfrthlo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://lapaev.net/post/26026212847http://lapaev.net/post/26026212847Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:54:00 -04003d<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m41rzdvQrM1qfrthlo1_r3_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://lapaev.net/post/23089146243http://lapaev.net/post/23089146243Tue, 15 May 2012 00:47:00 -04003dconcept<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xcg4vN5L1qfrthlo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://lapaev.net/post/22918853596http://lapaev.net/post/22918853596Sat, 12 May 2012 15:21:00 -04003d<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1mt3hjFhF1qfrthlo1_r8_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Portrait study, mudbox, ~40 min</p>http://lapaev.net/post/20106039981http://lapaev.net/post/20106039981Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:40:00 -04003d<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xe8cnapJ1qfrthlo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Life size study, water based clay, 5 feet tall, 50 hr. </p>http://lapaev.net/post/22921084098http://lapaev.net/post/22921084098Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:04:00 -0400sculpture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xe3kbWio1qfrthlo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://lapaev.net/post/22920923048http://lapaev.net/post/22920923048Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:03:00 -0400sculpture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdax1rZGdL1qfrthlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://lapaev.net/post/35452548987http://lapaev.net/post/35452548987Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:03:00 -0400drawing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1kfznXw7K1qfrthlo1_r3_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Life drawing, ~1hr</p>http://lapaev.net/post/20030441789http://lapaev.net/post/20030441789Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:02:00 -0400Portraitcharcoalcharcoal pencildrawing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdawwh52ss1qfrthlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://lapaev.net/post/35452340741http://lapaev.net/post/35452340741Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:01:00 -0400drawing