Reduce life to vertices

Philip Kriegel

3D Artist

Living is creation. Creativity is to live.

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A Chess piece where only the reflection is colored — Burst out of your skin | Create something beautiful

Creativity Freedom Production Feeling

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Visual sytems that breathe.

Product Visualization

Do Ra Ma

Luxury product imagery built around reflection control, elegant geometry, and tactile material detail. | "reality can be whatever I want"

Touching Nostalgia

Timeless Fun

If you want to touch people, make what they love. Remind them of what made them who they are today. | YuGiOh! is owned by Konami. In no way did Konami endorse this render.

Predicting visual motion

Move Straight

Color does not dictate the direction of the image. Atmosphere is painted with light, texture and silhouette.

A 3D render of glass cups where one is filled

Recreate Life

Marble Saturday

Sometimes it doesn't take much for you to reflect what the viewer knows. It's not always about depth, sometimes it's simple things and repetition.

Peace

Calm & Silence

Most renders don't need to be dynamic or dramatic. | Peace can contain beauty on it's own.

Detailed close up of a chandelier ornament

Minimal Shapes

Evening Chandelier

In order to get a stunning image, you do not need complex shapes, detailed meshes or extraordinary polygon-counts. You just need a hint of shape.

Gallery Curated studies

Images with room to breathe.

Chess Board where the focus is on a pawn

Project Detail

Center Piece

Role 3D Artist

Tools Blender, Photopea

Year 2026

A polished material and composition study centered on a stylized glass chessboard scene. The project explores transparency, reflection, depth of field, and controlled studio lighting to create a refined visual study with a clean, immersive atmosphere. Translucent pieces contrast against darker reflective forms, emphasizing scale, visual hierarchy, and material detail.

Close-up material and silhouette study — Close-up material study [Kunai]

Process image with reflective geometry — Process and reflection control

About

Who is Philip?

Philip Kriegel is a 3D artist focused on creating digital visuals, detailed 3D assets, and immersive visual experiences. His work combines technical precision with artistic direction, producing imagery that feels polished, atmospheric, and visually memorable.

His approach is built around strong silhouette, material sensitivity, lighting discipline, and a final image that feels deliberate from every angle.

Skills

Art Direction
Hard Surface Modeling
Look Development
Lighting and Rendering
Asset Production

Tools

Blender
Autodesk Maya
SolidWorks
Autodesk AutoCAD
LuxCore
Unreal Engine
Unity
Substance Painter
Adobe Photoshop

Capabilities Studio-level execution

Designed for premium visual outcomes.

3D Art Direction

Visual systems, mood, composition, and render language for polished campaigns.

Self Development

A workflow that does not only provide an outcome, but an experience.

Product Visualization

Luxury product renders with precise reflection, material, and lighting control.

Environment Art

Cinematic spaces for games, films, brand worlds, and immersive digital experiences.

Learning

Quality training material for skill hoaning.

Game Assets

Optimized models, detailed textures, clean handoff, and purposeful visual hierarchy.

Cinematic Renders

Final-frame imagery shaped through composition, lighting, texture, and polish.

Visual Development

Exploration, look frames, mood studies, and concept direction for ambitious projects.

Process Controlled from concept to final polish

An elegant workflow for images that tell your stories.

Concept

Define the visual intent, references, tone, and narrative pressure of the image.

Modeling

Build clean forms with strong silhouettes, readable structure, and production clarity.

Texturing

Layer surfaces with tactile detail while protecting the elegance of the composition.

Lighting

Shape atmosphere, contrast, focus, and cinematic depth with deliberate restraint.

Rendering

Resolve image quality, material response, camera language, and technical fidelity.

Final Polish

Refine color, detail, rhythm, and presentation until the image feels complete.

Contact

Let's create something exceptional.

Available for selected freelance projects, collaborations, and visual development work.

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