ABOUT ME
Hi, I’m Dmitry
I’m a 3D cinematic artist making full-CG music videos in Unreal Engine.
What excites me the most is the moment when music and image start working together. That’s why most of my work is music videos. I come up with a story for the music track, build the world and characters, set up the camera and cut to the bit.
I work across genres, from horror to comedy, and look for a new solution for every song.
HARD SKILLS
I handle the whole journey of a music video myself, from the first idea to the final grade.Concept. I come up with the idea and story of the video, storyboard it and direct the whole process.
Characters. I create characters from scratch or based on MetaHuman, from sculpting and texturing to rigging and animation. I also tailor their clothing and set up cloth simulation.
World and effects. I build environments, set up lighting and camera, and create visual effects.
Editing and color. I cut the video to the music and grade it to its final look.
TOOLS
Unreal Engine / MetaHuman / ZBrush / Maya / Blender / RizomUV / Substance Painter / Marvelous Designer / EmberGen / DaVinci Resolve
MY METHOD
Song → Concept → Frame
First I figure out what the song is about and what the viewer should feel. Then I develop the concept of the video. Only after that do I build the world, characters and lighting, and polish every frame.Below are self-initiated music videos. I chose the song, the idea and the visual approach for each one myself.
I can handle any request an artist brings when they need a music video.
«I need to show a whole world»
«Doktor Tvoego Tela», a self-initiated video for Nautilus Pompilius builds a whole world for the song. It’s a hospital where the dead are brought back to life and turned into doctors.
A hospital where the dead are brought back to life with an injection of a special serum. They are dressed in white coats and become doctors who revive the next ones. No one remembers who they used to be.But one of them openes his eyes and sees too much. He doesn’t want to put on the coat. He wants to wake the others. The problem is, there’s no one left to wake.
Project. Self-initiated, 2 months
Role. Concept, storyboard, characters, clothing, environment, VFX, editing, color grading
Video. 1:33, 19 shots, 4:3 with a film-camera look
Challenge
The song is about power over the body and about who makes decisions for you. Ordinary footage wasn’t enough for it. It needed a whole world where that power is visible in every frame and whose rules are clear without a single word.
Solution
I developed this concept from scratch and built the entire world, from characters to environment and effects. Power here is taken to the extreme. It takes away both a person’s body and their memory.
Approach
The rules of this world rest on signs that repeat from shot to shot. Blue stands for the serum and the hospital’s power, and white coat means a person has lost themselves. Main hero stands out from the crowd by his behavior. He’s the only one looking around. The 4:3 film frame makes the hospital feel like archival footage
What I did
— Created the undead characters based on MetaHuman
Tailored hospital clothing for the characters and set up the simulation so the fabric behaves naturally when they touch each other— Filled the hospital with a crowd of the dead while keeping the scene light enough to render— Made the serum and mist swirling in the flasks, with bubbles to complement them— Kept the whole environment consistent in era and style— Edited the video and graded it to look like old film
The rules of the world are clear without words, and the viewer reads them through the signs in the frame. The ending leaves the hero with no way out.
«I need a character»
«Dozhdik» is a self-initiated video for Leningrad’s «V Pitere Pit» gives the song a hero. He’s an old man on a cloud, and he’s the reason it always rains in St. Petersburg.
