Website: www.todddaniele.com/

At a young age I developed an affinity for drawing, that doesn’t mean I was a prodigy, it just means I liked to play with crayons. I never imagined when I picked up my first crayon that I would be creating Photo-Real 3D models with a machine called a computer, yet here I am. It was a long path with lots of distractions, the tools I used changed dramatically, but the one thing that was constant was my love of visual expression. When I am not geeking it up in a Soho studio with my friends, I am enjoying great food, movies, and most importantly my wife and family.

What I do?

First and foremost I am a 3D Modeler, usually working within a 3ds Max pipeline. Aside from modeling I also have a strong knowledge of texture creation, uv unwrapping, material/shader development, lighting and rendering within both a V-ray and Mental Ray environment. As a modeler I have made the natural progression to digital sculpting, I am fluent in Pixologic Zbrush, and to some extent Autodesk Mudbox. I have been creating highly detailed character, environment and hard surface models within these applications for quite some time now.
A strong sense of design, spatial relations, and overall composition mean that I bring much more to the table than just simply modeling. I have an acute ability to adapt and design while creating 3D assets and environments.

I know what works, what looks good, and explore all options as I create.
In addition to my work in the industry, I have authored a book, ”Poly-Modeling with 3ds Max” published by Focal Press. I have also contributed a chapter to the 3DATS publication ” 3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization Advanced to Expert”. More recently I created training material for Digital-Tutors. Digital-Tutors: Mixed Modeling Techniques in 3ds Max 2012 with Todd Daniele. In the video series I outline various modeling techniques within 3ds Max 2012.