Lead Character Modeler Marco Menco
Marco Menco is a Senior and Lead modeler in the VFX and now games industry for over 20 years.
00:00 Intro
01:39 Cutting edge of technology
02:49 Immigrant mentality
03:32 Using Zbrush for the first time
04:32 Artists communicate ideas, tools help do that.
05:25 Marco's creative origin story
09:14 How was the first portfolio
13:53 District 9 and the remake of The Thing
15:40 Artistic versus Leadership Roles
18:40 Canadian Citizenship
20:54 Marco's earliest work
23:18 How is Marco able to dedicate to the single discipline of character sculpting when there's so many other things he's clearly passionate about?
24:30 The Struggle of the flesh
30:02 Are Artists in danger of being replaced by AI? Working with MidJourney
46:18 Do you think artists at studios will be replaced by programmers?
48:23 Advice for first-timers in the industry
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You can connect directly with Marco here:
LinkedIn - / marcomenco
Instagram - / onelasagnacat
You can connect with me on:
LinkedIn - / conorwoodard
Instagram - / conorwoodard
Marco's credits include:
• Stranger Things (Digital Artist: Digital Domain)
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (lead facial modeller: Digital Domain) / (senior facial modeller: Digital Domain)
• Morbius (lead facial modeller: Digital Domain)
• Spider-Man: No Way Home (lead facial modeller: Digital Domain)
• WandaVision (TV Mini Series) (senior facial modeller - 1 episode)
• Children of the Corn (lead facial modeller: Digital Domain)
• Out of the Cradle (TV Movie documentary) (creature lead: Image Engine)
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (character lead: Image Engine)
• Logan (character lead: Image Engine)
• Star Trek Beyond (lead artist: Double Negative)
• Alice Through the Looking Glass (senior modeler: double negative)
• The Huntsman: Winter's War (lead artist: Double Negative)
• Furious 7 (facial modeler: Weta Digital)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (modeller: Weta Digital)
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (modeller: Weta Digital)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (modeller: Weta Digital)
• R.I.P.D. (concept artist: Image Engine) / (lead character modeler: Image Engine)
• Iron Man 3 (digital effects crew: Weta Digital)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (modeler: WETA Digital)
• Shhh (Short) (creature modeler: Image Engine)
• Battleship (senior modeler: Image Engine - uncredited)
• Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (senior modeler: Image Engine)
• Safe House (modeller: Image Design)
• Immortals (visual effects artist)
• The Thing (senior creature modeller: Image Engine)
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (digital artist: Image Engine)
• Stargate Universe (TV Series) (creature modeller - 2 episodes)
• The Losers (character modeller: Image Engine)
• Law Abiding Citizen (modeler: Image Engine)
• District 9 (digital artist: Image Engine)
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (previs artist)
• Dragonball Evolution (previs artist)
• Lost Boys: The Tribe (Video) (modeler: Image Engine)
• The Incredible Hulk
