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Nicole Birk | Freeflier
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USAF Veteran | Digital and 3D artist | Student @ Academy of Art University | http://artstation.com/freeflier181 | http://sketchfab.com/Freeflier
Been awhile, have a little something from my D&D campaign :)
November 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Been enjoying the Pokemon TCG app so I thought I'd try opening a booster pack. Immediately pulled an Absol EX, Scovillain EX and this lovely Charizard EX Obsidian Flames. Feeling pretty good!
November 18, 2024 at 11:02 PM
The latest in my actual clay series (I usually work in Zbrush.) A mammoth! Does anyone have experience with casting into epoxy? I'd like to do metal, but I don't have the equipment.
November 13, 2024 at 1:56 AM
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Eucladoceros
October 31, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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How I approach sculpting rocks in Zbrush
October 30, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Day seven of posting old art: my Paleo Pines fanart! I did some fun little animations you can see on my sketchfab as well: skfb.ly/oLYPq
October 30, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Day six of posting old art: The environment I created my cordyceps-infected Quetzalcoatlus for. All just storytelling of course :) I never did post this environment anywhere as I went on to other projects.
October 29, 2024 at 6:53 AM
Day five of posting old art: this time it's Fresh Cut Grass! This was specifically for a class project where we had to create a robot with a broken eye. Of course, FCG from Critical Role came to mind :)
October 28, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Day four of posting old work: here's the Oviraptor turntable that won me first place in the Academy of Art's Spring Show 3D Creature category:

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Nicole Birk | Oviraptor Showcase
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October 26, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Day three of posting old work: Here's my recreation of Thorn, based off of the cover of Christopher Paolini's book Eldest. This was in celebration of Paolini's return to that world with his latest novel, Thorn...which also features that same dragon!
October 25, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Day two of uploading old art: my own composition for an Oviraptor render :) The previous one, which had gained so much traction, had a specific theme and so I was mimicking someone else's composition, according to the requirements of the challenge. This one I originally designed for Valentine's Day!
October 24, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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In a collaborative project involving engineers, aerodynamics experts and palaeontologists, I and colleagues constructed a life-sized model of the Early Cretaceous maniraptoran theropod Microraptor (involving real feathers) and... #dinosaurs
October 24, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Something a little different for me: a smilodon in real clay!

Working in real clay has its own set of challenges. I may continue to iterate on this.
October 23, 2024 at 6:26 AM
With the Last of Us coming out relatively soon, here's a reminder of the Cordyquetz I made last year :)
October 22, 2024 at 11:15 PM
As an update to this post, I did complete that model! I'm going to continue to iterate on it, but I'm working on other things for the time being ;)
October 22, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Uploading old artwork, starting with my most popular render: Oviraptor! This was done as a Blender challenge, in which we were tasked with recreating a splash screen. Of course I chose Joanna Kobierska's Sinosauropteryx render. There are a few intentional differences, making mine seem more motherly!
October 22, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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Oh boy, some of the reflections didn't line up after I did some adjustments. Just fixed it
Shanwang formation in its prime.
#paleoart
October 22, 2024 at 2:14 AM
First Bluesky post!

Excited and a little nervous to finally show off my Utahraptor écorché. Please note that this is still WIP, and I am actively looking for feedback from experts! I'd love to hear what you think :)
December 13, 2023 at 1:38 AM