About Me.
My name is Thornton Strolia. I am a digital artist specializing in 3D materials and lighting, as well as photo editing and retouching. I am originally from Arizona but for the last few years have been moving around the New York Tri-State area. I began making art using computers from a young age and in 2017 graduated college with my bachelor’s degree in computer animation. I have now been using various different photo manipulation software and 3D modeling software for nearly 16 years.
I have worked on projects ranging from 3D concept visualization for internal company use and 3D product visualization for the end consumer for companies like Spacegrade Composite Engineering, to retouching for private individuals, all the way to album art and branding materials for artists like Limi.
About Me.
My name is Thornton Strolia. I am a digital artist specializing in 3D materials and lighting, as well as photo editing and retouching. I am originally from Arizona but for the last few years have been moving around the New York Tri-State area. I began making art using computers from a young age and in 2017 graduated college with my bachelor’s degree in computer animation. I have now been using various different photo manipulation software and 3D modeling software for nearly 16 years.
I have worked on projects ranging from 3D concept visualization for internal company use and 3D product visualization for the end consumer for companies like Spacegrade Composite Engineering, to retouching for private individuals, all the way to album art and branding materials for artists like Limi.
Some of my clients include.
My work.
Spacegrade Composite Engineering (2020 to present)
- Create models and renderings from concept art and CAD files which effectively depict conceptual designs for pre-production;
- Create textures and materials which expertly depict the materials and finishes used by my client;
- Stage, Light, apply materials, and render studio and composite scenes depicting products actively in pre-production which will be presented to prospective customers.
Limi (2016 to present)
- Edit, retouch, and optimize promotional art for web, social media, and print;
- Edit, finalize, and optimize cover art for web, social media, and print for the records:
- “Mona Lisa”
- “Wild Type”
- “Cuts”
- “The Best I Ever Had”
- Retouch and color correct various campaign art to maintain consistent branding;
- Create 3D content and set extensions when applicable.
IANVS (2018 to present)
- Edit and retouch marketing materials while staying consistent with existing branding;
- Retouch product photos on an as needed basis.
Antonio Tarrell (2016)
- 3D Model the prototype of DaCurve comb for 3D printing.
My skills.
Specialties – 3D Material design, Lighting, Portrait retouching, Color correction, Color theory, Color psychology.
- 3D Materials and Lighting;
- 3D Rendering;
- 3D Modeling.
- Photo retouching;
- Photo editing;
- Photo compositing;
- Photo Optimization for web; social media, and print;
- Photo restoration.
- Graphic Design;
- Package design;
- Typography design;
- Branding material design.
3D Rendering for advertisements and product packaging; Photorealistic 3D rendering for conceptual and end consumer visualization; Photo retouching for product photos; Photo/Portrait retouching and image optimization for Instagram and other social media platforms; branding and campaign asset creation.
Software I use.
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Photoshop
- Lightroom Classic
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- AfterEffects
- Premier Pro
- Media Encoder
- Affinity Photo
- Luminar 4
- Maya (2013 or later, 2017 or later preferred, actively using 2019)
- Blender (2.5 or later, 2.9 or later preferred, actively using 2.91)
- Arnold Render
- Cycles Render
- LuxCore Render
- Substance Designer
- Substance Painter
- RizumUV
- HDRLightStudio
- FSpy
- Autodesk Fusion360
- 3DF Zephyr
- PTGui
Other software I have used.
- VRay
- Keyshot
- Pixar Renderman
- Autodesk Inventor
- Houdini
- Gimp
- Reality Capture
- Nuke