My name is Krishnamurti Martins Costa, aka Antropus. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I discovered my interest in computer graphics as a teenager, using an Amiga computer. Years later, I created my first models on a DX2 66Mhz PC, using 3D Studio 3.0 for DOS. This was back in 1993. I never stopped producing CG art since then.

Recently hired as Senior Digital Artist at Industrial Light + Magic (ILM), in San Francisco, California, my film career ranges from "Barnyard: The Movie" and "Snakes on a Plane" to "Evan Almighty" and “Pan’s Labyrinth.” For the Academy Award® winning "Pan's Labyrinth" I worked as character animator and facial rigger, also doing some additional modeling and texturing.

I'm very excited about working at ILM. It's a long time dream coming true and a great honor to be part of this amazingly inspiring team. The future is never a certain thing, but in my mind there's no other place where I would like to be working other than ILM. Right now I feel truly inspired by this opportunity. This is a huge deal for me.

My personal career includes two 3D Grand Prizes in two editions of the CGSociety Challenges. I shared step-by-step images on the creation of my award winning work for both MachineFlesh 2004 and Master & Servant 2005, the most prestigious competitions of their kind on the internet.

I try to constantly share my workflow in CG forums and comprehensive free tutorials, also available on this website.

I'm also the founder and co-owner of the biggest Brazilian CG community today, 3D4ALL.org, with almost 18.000 registered users.  3D4ALL.org was created with the intention of mentoring artists, revealing their talents and providing a friendly space to share resources and useful information related to CG and illustration enthusiasts.

Graduation: 5th year Bachelor's in Fine Arts - UnB - Brasília - Brazil

Hobbies: CG, music, movies, photography, videogame/emulators

Favorite toolset: Maya + Zbrush + Photoshop

Music: Bach, Bethoven, Chopin, Mozart, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Rush, Deep Purple, Kansas, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Pink Floyd, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Jason Becker, Greg Howe, Buckethead, Kiko Loureiro, Vinnie Moore, Tony Iommi, Nuno Bettencourt, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Ray Vaughan, Zeca Baleiro, Zé Ramalho, Los Hermanos, Ravi Shankar and many, many others.

Games: Tony Hawk Pro Skater Series, racing games, classic arcade games, first person shooters

Food: Japanese, Chinese, some Thai, Italian, some Greek, ice cream

Movies: Pan's Labyrinth :-), Being John Malkovich, Blade Runner, Top Gang, Brazil, Fight Club, Amadeus, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Iron Giant, Amelie, all Monthy Python movies, Central do Brasil, Abril Despedaçado, almost all Wood Allen movies and all the ones with great VFX.

Thanks

To my wife Celinha, for the whole support, love and dedication. Só quero a nossa felicidade, meu amor.

God. You are and always was my support and inspiration. I love you with all of my heart and my soul. Thanks for everything!

Everybody at Lucasfilm Animation for the amazing time I had while working over there, everybody at CafeFX, Mr. Steve Oedekerk and Crew (@Omation Studios), Ofer Alon, Jaime Labelle and Ryan Kingslien (@Pixologic), my friend Keridan Elliott, CGTalk/CGNetworks, CGChannel, 3DTotal, Raph. Zeluca, Marcus Eurício (in memorian), Lobão, Ítalo and Elvis for the friendship, incentive and daily laughs. Romeu Kreutz and Cristiane, for the friendship. Alexandre Militão, for the pictures on the Sculptures session. To Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros., Hanna Barbera and so many others for all the inspiration. To all "traditional" and/or "digital" artists, from the past and present, always a great inspiration. All of those that seem to enjoy my work :)

I would like to dedicate my whole body of work to my parents Geraldo Costa and Godiva Martins Costa. They loved their lives and passed away so young: him at age of 32, her at 55. You are the responsible and my biggest inspiration, always!

You are always alive in my dreams and in my heart. I love you.