#28 - Íris Santos and Connor McCoy: Artistic Couple Working Towards Greater Visions

Íris Santos and Connor McCoy are a couple of London based 3D artists, working in different industries but both contributing towards something bigger. Originally from Portugal, Íris is a 3D artist with experience in graphic design, games industry and freelance 3D work for NFT projects. Currently employed in the automotive industry at Wayve, bringing autonomous driving to a new level, she’s working in Simulator, creating architectural props, building procedural worlds and diving into programming. Despite having a passion for art, she also likes to experiment with various art mediums and 3D software. Her recent focus has been on honing her programming and Houdini skills in order to develop tools and streamline the workflow for her team and herself. Born in the UK, Connor McCoy is a Lead 3D artist at First Light Games, working on characters, props and environments. When he was young, his older sister inspired him to become an artist. His goals were then propelled to new heights when he discovered the world of video games, comic books and the heroes who lived there. Along with Iris, Connor also explored the realm of NFTs as an artist. Even so, his most recent work is still connected to it as the game being developed by First Light Games promises to serve as a link between the Web 2 and Web 3 communities. Listen to this episode to hear 3D artists' authentic experiences working with NFTs, be inspired by the exciting visions they are both a part of and to find out more about the 3D art scene.    Connect with Iris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iris-sant00s/ https://iris-santos.artstation.com/    Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-mccoy-16a85bb9/  https://www.artstation.com/connormccoy  Trident Raijin: https://www.twitch.tv/tridentraijin    Topics: Introduction Background University experience Final projects Advice Getting into the industry First jobs Working with NFTs Current jobs Follow    Quotes from Iris: “More than games, those were the movies like Pixar and Disney. One day I was just watching and I thought, wow, how do they make this? It was magical and amazing and that thought never crossed my mind. So then I started diving into the possibilities of 3D.” “From the course perspective, I've always tried to push myself and I was fortunate to have a group of colleagues that all did the same. We pushed for each other and tried to reach above and beyond what we could do with the skills that we had.”  Quotes from Connor: “I always had the philosophy of being the hardest worker in the room ever since my school days just because I am quite a competitive person and fortunately my friends at the time were also very competitive in an academic way so my friend would be like, I got B and I'd be like what you gotta B I'm gonna get A!” “And all of us put dozens and dozens of hours in. We stayed behind past 9 o'clock when they closed the university and we hid underneath the table so we could use the preview and then they eventually found us and kicked us out.”   Connect with the podcaster: ⁠⁠⁠https://tomasloucky.com/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasloucky/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thisistommen/⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/TomasLoucky     Follow the podcast: 🌐 Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://produced-by-podcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗 Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/produced_by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   💬 Contact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://produced-by-podcast.com/contact⁠⁠ 📷 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/produced_by_podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  🎥 YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT5LHnM6YCaeVzIr0WatOsw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@producedbypodcast  👾 Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/8j3zNzwqJg⁠ ✉️ Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podcast.produced.by@gmail.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠Spotify: https://lnkd.in/e5Y8Wscx  Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/produced-by/id1684669642⁠⁠⁠ 📨 Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7092551882589528065   If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it on Patreon. ❤️ Connect with Tommen: X: https://x.com/TomasLoucky⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasloucky/⁠⁠ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisistommen/⁠⁠ More: FenPost: https://fenpost.com/ Links: https://linktr.ee/produced_by⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://producednewsletter.substack.com/⁠ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProducedByPodcast⁠⁠⁠/ Podcasting tools I recommend: Riverside: ⁠https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_2&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=tomas-loucky Headliner: https://make.headliner.app/referral/tom.loucky_lVrXz9 Podsqueeze: https://podsqueeze.com/?ref=tomas FenPost: https://fenpost.com/?via=tomas Cleanvoice: https://cleanvoice.ai/ Some links are affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. If you find these tools helpful, using these links supports the show. Thank you!