LODE - Digital Media Design
Online 3D Art Portfolio of Michael Wentworth-Bell – 3D Generalist & Virtual Reality Designer from Melbourne, Australia
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Espire 1: VR Stealth game
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Boost Juice - Red Royale promo video
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Buchanan - Pressure in an Empty Space
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3D Modelling and Rendering: BASF Print Ad
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Motion Graphics- Graduate Registration Video
LODE: Digital Media Design
My name is Michael Wentworth-Bell & I am a 3D Artist and Virtual Reality Designer based in Melbourne, Australia. The ‘LODE‘ is my online website featuring my portfolio, blog, a ‘Motherlode’ of tutorials, project walkthroughs, personal projects & artwork. Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to drop me a line via my blog or contact page. You can also checkout my LODE facebook page for further updates on the projects I’m working on.
Espire 1: VR Operative is a dedicated story-driven VR stealth experience pitched as “Goldeneye” meets “Metal Gear Solid” in an immersive VR world.
I began developing Espire in November 2016 and I have been working on this project fulltime since early 2017. I have founded Espire VR LTD and have been building a team of talented artists, developers, business advisors and mentors. Together we have built the Espire 1: VR Operative prototype, currently running on Oculus Touch and HTC Vive, and we are now actively pitching the Espire project to accelerate development.
You can learn more about the project at the official Espire 1: VR Operative website and check out our development videos on the Espire VR YouTube channel.
An overview of Espire 1
This development video (August 2017) gives a short overview of the Espire project, it’s VR locomotion method and concept. It concludes with some VR stealth gameplay from one of the prototype’s short Virtual Challenges.
Latest Blog Posts:
My VR Stealth Game Prototype – Espire 1: VR Operative
I have spent half of 2016 planning a VR Stealth game, “Espire 1: VR Operative”. Over December-Jan I created a […]
Making-of Video Buchanan’s “Alive” album cover
I’ve put together a short “making-of” video for Buchanan’s “Alive” album cover. Alive was released in the last week of […]
Reel Pictures VR Diary Ep04 – VR CAD Model Viewer
Our 4th VR Diary video is an overview of our “VR CAD Model Viewer”. This app allows you to view […]
Recent Project – Alive Album Art
I just finished the cover art for Buchanan’s upcoming ‘Alive’ album, a collaboration with lead singer Josh Simons. It’s his […]
Reel Pictures Virtual Reality Experiences
I’ve been working on a few different Virtual Reality “Demos” over the past few months at Reel Pictures. This post […]
I got a HTC Vive!
My HTC Vive finally arrived, couldn’t be more excited! So far, I’ve only had 2 days to try out the […]
You can check out the rest of my blog here.
Some items from my portfolio:
A selection of projects from the LODE portfolio are shown below. I am a digital artist with nearly a decade’s experience in 3D content creation. I use these 3D modelling, animation, layout and design skills in a variety of projects – Motion Graphics videos, Print layouts and realtime Virtual Reality experiences.
ALIVE – Album Artwork
I created the album cover art for Buchanan’s first live album – “Alive.” An early version of the art for this live album originated as one of the many drafts for the “Pressure in an Empty Space” album.
Boost Juice – Pure Eden Promo Video
This is the 2nd Boost Juice 3D animated video I worked on at Reel Pictures 3D animation Studio Melbourne.
Pressure in an Empty Space – Album Artwork
I was commissioned to create the cover art for Buchanan’s 2nd album – “Pressure in an Empty Space”. The brief was to convey the feeling of intense pressure and the symbols in this cover art each relate to a song or motif throughout the album.
Boost Juice – Red Royale Promo Video
I worked as a 3D generalist on this exciting project. We created 2 explosive 3D Animated promo videos for Boost Juice’s new Black Label smoothies. The first video featured the “Red Royale” and the many ingredients that make up this smoothie.
Misty Vale Estate – 3D Animated Real Estate
An exciting project at Reel Pictures where I created a stylised 3D version of the future Misty Vale Estate in […]
Temperamentally Lyric Video
A created the lyric video for Buchanan’s “Temperamentally”. I used Adobe After Effects, RealFlow and 3ds Max.
Human Spring – Album Artwork
I created the cover art for Buchanan’s Human Spring. The art spans across 3 sections – the front & back of the CD & the liner notes.
Graduate Registration Video – PBA
It was great to be a part of this fantastic Motion Graphics piece created for the Podiatry Board of Australia.
You can view the complete folio here.
Reel Pictures Virtual Reality Diary
Between 2014-2016 I put together a series of VR Diary videos that document the Virtual Reality projects I was working on at Reel Pictures Animation Studio, Melbourne. A playlist of the videos is below:
Showcase:
The LODE portfolio and the below showreels document my work between 2011-2014. I hope to cut a current showreel as soon as possible. For more recent examples of my work, please check out the dedicated website for my VR Stealth game, Espire 1: VR Operative.
RealFlow Showreel:
The Reel Pictures Melbourne RealFlow Reel – documenting fluid simulation projects I worked on between 2012-2014. All animation in this Reel was created by Alf Kuhlmann (studio director) and myself.
Reel Pictures – Showreel 2012:
This is the 2012 Reel Pictures Showreel. I worked on nearly every project featured in the reel.
Showreel Version 1
A showreel of my current work is in production and will be completed sometime soon! I have not updated my showreel since 2011. I’m now working on my showreel version 2.0 featuring my favourite projects over the past few years.
Showreel 2.0 is almost complete! In the meantime, you can view my 2011 Student Showreel below:
This showreel was created in December, 2011. For a look at my more recent work, please check out the portfolio section of this site!