Hello there,

I would like to share with you some of my photography which I have been collecting over the past several years, feel free to follow :) I graduated from photography back in 2015 and since then I have been capturing moments around me. Last year I got my new camera gear and I have been playing and experimenting with light/shadows as well as I would like to get more into night photography.

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   Here are some previews

Thank you for following my journey!

Very happy to share this project I had an opportunity to be part of together with Yann Benedi, Emilis Baltrusaitis, Jack Stevens and the whole team at Red Knuckles and other. Check it out in the link below! :) 

check out the whole crew and article on Catsuka Head & Shoulders x CRCR

Hi everyone,

I am very grateful to share with you my interview I did for Kitbash3D.

How Irena Šmitáková Transformed a Vacation Photo into a Sci-Fi Spectacle

Check it out here

Enjoy :)

I am very happy to see the breakdown of work I have the opportunity to be part as DMP and Environment Gen at Milk VFX as a leading support next to Simon Wicker. Rebecca was definitely one of the big steps I have done in my career, where I had the chance to learn more about Generalist workflow as well as project, time and team management.

It's been a busy year!

Check out the interview with the VFX supervisor Murray Barber: ART OF VFX - Rebecca 

Check out also the breakdown

Hello everyone, I am more than happy to share with you this experience I have been offered by Learn Squared / Aaron Dhanda. If you are interested in hearing some bits of my journey, how failing has been always part of the process and how amazing mentors (like Marco Genovesi) I had ...here you can listen to it. You can find it also on Spotify, Apple and Google. Enjoy

Youtube version of the podcast

Find the blog post here: Learn Squared Blog

ENJOY :)

I am happy to announce that I'll be having a short interview talk at Lightbox Expo Kitbash 3D Game Day with KB3D guys. Tune in this weekend to check some amazing talks by many talented fellow artists :)

I would like to introduce new product I released for free on my Gumroad account, I am focusing on Entry level artist who want to become Matte Painter in VFX industry. To break it down, when I was starting out 2 years ago, I was looking for recourses and tutorials I could learn from, but I just spent big amount of time watching tutorials that said: Matte Painting for beginners, while the content actually didn't give me the knowledge I needed to know to become a Junior Matte Painter.

So I decided I am going to start sharing some of the recourses and tutorials that are strongly related to Matte Painting, same as I am trying to answer questions, many beginners ask.

Since we are just starting out, I am slowly releasing chapter after chapter, that will also later follow some Photoshop tutorials and tutorials on another softwares.

Feel free to follow and sign up, give us a feedback if you feel there is something that could be improved.

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Thank you for all your support.

Best,

Irena

I started this digital sketching series few weeks ago, every early morning, along with exploring concept design and sculpting. It feels different than sketching on paper, I am using my Wacom Cintiq Companion, so far it's awesome. :) 

EACH SKETCH / OBJECT 1-7 MINS

I thought I might share some of my practises I do in my spare time.

I always have loved old analog photographs, I cannot wait to find a time for my old Praktica again :) These were painted (digital) and based on reference, which I have been saving for couple of years