Eric Heupel
Eric Heupel
Oceanographer, Scientific Illustrator, Freelance Artist
Westerly, United States

About

I have worked in traditional and digital media for many years, cutting my teeth (artistically at least) on the old Amiga and Video Toaster so I could learn Lightwave. In the interim I have worked professionally in mid sized market doing 3D animation and video editing focused on commercials and training video productions. I have also done freelance work filling gaps in manpower for larger animation houses. Recently I returned to school and a PhD in Oceanography. Now I spend most of my artistic time doing scientific illustrations and outreach for publications in science journals, books, web and newspapers. I have been lead designer on several scientific books including covers and many content graphics, while some of my illustrations have made it to Nature, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. In my "free" time I like to continue to learn new ways of visualizing things, doing character sketches, fish sketches and fantasy settings in digital and traditional mediums.

Skills

Illustration3D Animation3D Modeling3D VisualizationScientific IllustrationVideo EditingVideo Productionaudio

Software proficiency

After Effects
After Effects
Blender
Blender
Illustrator
Illustrator
LightWave 3D
LightWave 3D
Photoshop
Photoshop
InDesign
InDesign
Izotope
Izotope
DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve
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