Viking fortress

A fun matte painting challenge we started on this vfx discord server. https://discordapp.com/invite/VJgr8uV I have provided a timelapse of my workflow on this piece, going through a basic 3d layout and a lot of cg paintover. I had a great time on this and it was fun to try get this done on a short period of time.

With the help of laser technology, archaeologists have managed to discover a perfectly circular ring fortress in Borgring, Denmark. It dates back to 975-980 AD, and experts suggest that it was constructed during the reign of King Harald Bluetooth.

Viking-Saxon settlement in Danelaw England.

Viking fortress before and after Trelleborg

A band of Viking brothers, with a strict warrior code of conduct were said to be trained in a semi-mythical fortress in the Baltic Sea known as Jomsborg.

Practicing a new workflow that my friend shared with me. I found the mind map quite useful.

Vim insp

Eastern European Style Fortification (Grod)

In 2016, I worked briefly on the Ubisoft Game ''For Honor''.

https://instagram.com/darekzabrocki Another task demo I recorded for my Mentorships students. For this task I collaborated with https://photobash.org amazing platform which provided me and my class with selection of photos we made for students to be able to make a task from. For instance we had some epic viking structures photos in super hi-res. Then the task itself was to proceed with redesigning given assets and make/build a whole fortification location built in the mountains out of it.

Explore the mystery of the Viking colony in Vinland—its discovery, challenges, and disappearance in North America's early history.

Viking ring fortress wall. Artwork showing the construction of the wall of one of the circular Viking fortresses known as trelleborgs.

Discover the five ring-shaped Viking fortresses that were built during the early Middle Ages in Denmark as either trading posts or military bases.

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