This episode of CG talks - the podcast where CG artists talk about computer graphics is very special. We introduce an exclusive interview with Sayan Mondal - founder of blueinversion.com

Sayan is a Blender 3D artist with (despite young age) quite a long experience in on-line tutorials. He was formerly publishing his tutorials and procedural shaders under a different name - Boundless Blending. His new rebranded channel Blue Inversion has up till now got over 6K subscribers and his best-performing tutorials reached over 55K views, and the count is still rising. He also had experience with podcasting which made the conversation a real pleasure for us and him.

The interview includes Sayan's origin story and how he decided to pursue his own path as an artist and entrepreneur instead of continuing a regular education curriculum. What led him to dive deep into procedural shaders in Blender. We talk about constant learning and improvement as well as art and important inspirations and role models. The conversation develops into sharing thoughts about the modern CG industry, young and older CG artists, and their pros and cons. Along the way, we touch upon topics like A.I. Crypto Art, Inktober, November, and NPR rendering.

Here are some inspiring links about things mentioned in the interview:

Syan Mondal Artstation - https://www.artstation.com/iamsayan

Blue Inversion - https://blueinversion.com

Blue Inversion podcast - https://blueinversion.com/podcast/

Sayan Mondal \ Blue Inversion tutorials - https://www.youtube.com/SayanMondalBBlending

Blue Inversion on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blueinversionx/

Blue Inversion store - https://www.store.blueinversion.com

Andrew Price - https://www.youtube.com/user/AndrewPPrice

Ian Hubert tutorials – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbmxZRQk-X0p-TOxd6PEYJA

Gleb Alexandrov - https://www.creativeshrimp.com

Recording of Live Stream interview with Midge "Mantissa" Sinnaeve - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MbmIUzUAeA

Recording of Live stream interview with Simon Thommes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MbmIUzUAeA

Blender Nest - long vs short content - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdTJ0B9wezY&list=PLltL62OFtThLEuA7apIysjkPEMJr_H4uK&index=4

CG Matter - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy1f4m64dwCwk8CBZ_vHfPg

Curtis Holt - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzghqpGuEmk4YdVewxA79GA

Reynante Martinez – http://www.reynantemartinez.com

Inktober - https://inktober.com

Nodevember - https://nodevember.io

Blender grease pencil feature - https://www.blender.org/features/grease-pencil/

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com

Substance Designer - https://www.substance3d.com/products/substance-designer/

Artbreeder - https://www.artbreeder.com

Eevee vs Cycles render engines - https://cgcookie.com/articles/blender-cycles-vs-eevee-15-limitations-of-real-time-rendering

Blender freestyle rendering – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajIjebE6vko

Beer – Blender NPR rendering engine - https://blendernpr.org/beer/

Deoldify – https://deoldify.ai

Borderlands game look - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x1nzZ8-FbI

Dead static drive game – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTfZzwydEWQ

Crypto art - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_art

Rarible - https://rarible.com

Super Rare - https://superrare.co

Known Origin - https://knownorigin.io/

Makers place - https://makersplace.com

Alpha go documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuK6gekU1Y

Fasten your seat belts and enjoy this inspiring ride with DJ, Michał and Sayan Mondal!