Portfolio — 3D Generalist

Jonatan
Jiménez Karar

Character & Environment Artist
Flagship project

Fireheart
Firehouse Interior

Environment art · Lighting · Compositing

A stylized firehouse built for light: full set dressing, warm practicals against cool ambient fill, and a compositing breakdown.

Fireheart — process
01 · Concept art — Paintover defining mood, palette and key light.02 · Blockout — Massing out the space, camera and scale.03 · Blockout — Refining proportions and sight lines.04 · Blockout — Set dressing — placing the hero props.05 · Clay + light — Grey clay render to validate the lighting design.06 · Wireframe — Final topology before shading.07 · Final render — Full composite — the render the breakdown resolves into.
Helmet — process
01 · Final — Fireheart helmet — hero prop.02 · Wireframe — Clean topology for texturing.
Lamp — process
01 · Final — Desk lamp — hero prop.02 · Wireframe — Clean topology for texturing.03 · Maps — Texture maps.
Environment

Western

Modeling · Texturing · Lighting
Character

Jester

Character art · Grooming · Texturing
Jester — process
01 · Concept — Character sheet — concept and turnaround.02 · Retopology — Clean edge flow; cloth patterns and simulation.03 · UDIMs — Body and clothing — multi-tile UV layout.04 · Grooming — Hair and fur grooming.05 · Detail — Close-up — materials and detail.06 · Final — Jester — final turnaround.
Sculpt study

Creature

Digital sculpting
Character

Mandy

Creature sculpt · Lookdev
Mandy — process
01 · Concepts — Exploring silhouette and personality.02 · Sculpt — Primary forms.03 · Sculpt — Secondary forms and detail.04 · Lookdev — Skin, eyes and presentation.05 · Final — Mandy — final render, front and back.
About

Building worlds
one light at a time.

3D Generalist graduate and 2D illustrator. I care about the full arc of a shot — from blocking and sculpt to the final lit frame — with a soft spot for stylized environments and creatures with personality.

  • Modeling / Sculpting
  • Lighting / Texturing
  • Lookdev
Thank you

Let's build
something luminous.

jonikarar@gmail.com
@jonikarar·ArtStation