About me
I discovered computer graphics in the mid 90s and it’s my passion since then. I’m working professionally as a digital artist over 20 years and before that occasionally I had chance to get few contracts or sell traditional artworks when I was a teenager.
I’m working in vfx industry as a 3D Generalist Supervisor at DistilleryVFX for last almost 2 years and before that at Industrial Light and Magic for 8 years. I have contributed in the creation of vfx for movies like Leave The World behind, Dr.Strange, Deepwater Horizon, Avengers age of Ultron, Tomorrowland, Star Wars 7,8,9, Jurassic World:Fallen Kingdom, Aladdin, Terminator 6 and James Bond No time to Die. In this amazing time I’m learning everyday from great artists from around the world. Working in such an environment is inspiring and gives opportunities to work on great movies. I also work for TV shows for Apple, HBO, HULU, Disney+, Netflix , Amazon Prime. I had great opportunity to work on shows like Under The Bridge, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Sand Man 2 and more.
Before back in 2010 I got an offer from Polish studio Platige Image. I worked full time for them till 2014. I have learned a lot during this great experience. I had the pleasure to work on game cinematics and TV for projects like: Vikings season 2 promo, The Witcher 2, The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk2077
My first full time job was in 2001. To progress from hobby to professional work I had to learn a lot, mostly from books that were very hard to get in 90s Poland, there was not internet tutorials back then. Heaving discussions on computer graphics forums and by just experimenting was a big part of it as well. I worked as a digital artist for games in small studio in my hometown. Later for many years I used to work as a freelancer for games, advertising, animation and 3d print for clients around the world (off site ). At that time, I gained a lot of general experience as a digital artist.
Before my passion to computer graphics I was drawing with pencil mostly. As a kid I draw comic books, pictures of monsters and dragons. My family had many artists, my father was a great painter and musician ( please see his website http://www.piotrmarek.com/pio/ ), my grandfather was a sculpting artist, my grandmother was an conservation artist.
Except from professional work I participated in many computer graphic contests on cgtalk.com . In 2008 and 2009 I won 2 contest with first place and one in 2005 as a 4th runner up,I won a computer/software prizes that helped me to achieve better contracts and made my name visible for potential clients at that time. My work was also published in Expose 7 album and many magazines including Photoshop. After hours in free time I’m experimenting with new techniques and software.
Currently working on short film. I have started many and few scripts. My newest one I work on in Unreal Engine. Project is something that is great playground for me and opportunity to learn and challenge myself. Mean while I still draw with pencil from time to time. Doodling or going for life drawing sessions to practice anatomy, to not forget the basics. One of the hardest problems to solve in art is empty piece of paper and pencil. What result will be like is only matter of imagination and skill.
I also started to contribute to the blockchain Ordinals communities. I am interested with technology and art styles for long time. Blockchain art is in the underground and special kind of culture. Very recently I created art design for projects like Nat Frogs - @DmtNatFrogs on X and FRU - @btcFRU. Different art styles and subjects are never boring in this space!
My web site contains a lot of different art I created over past 20 years so please take time to take a look into all menu categories.
Thank you for visiting!
Contact info:
My ArtStation Portfolio:
https://www.artstation.com/stantheman777/albums/4368838
My Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/staszekmarek1/
Email :
stanmarek777@icloud.com
staszekmarek1@gmail.com
My Imdb profile :
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1860934/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
My LinkedIn profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanislaw-marek-13658a86/
My Behance profile:
https://www.behance.net/staszekmarek
My X profile:
https://x.com/StanTheMan4u