Hi, my name is Conrad Tulig, I grew up in Ashland MA spending my free time mainly playing soccer, Dungeons and Dragons, and building robots. After I graduated high school my family moved to Somerville MA. At WPI I am currently a junior living in an on-campus apartment and I am double majoring in Robotic Engineering and Computer Science.
The role art plays in my life is mainly to complement and enhance activities I do with my friends, namely Dungeons and Dragons. Over the past 4-5 years I’ve painted a couple hundred D&D miniatures that we use in our sessions which helps improve the character and immersiveness of the world we make. The inspiration for these as well as my other art in general has primarily comes from pulling from different references to either other movies/games/etc. or from past experiences that I know will be familiar with the target audience. The finished products of some of these miniatures are definitely the works of art I am most proud of.
In terms of digital art, most of my experiences are more academic related with taking Digital Art and 3D Modeling at WPI where I’ve notable learned how to use Photoshop, Maya, and ZBrush. I have also put some of this knowledge together for creating art for my own games I’ve programmed.
In many of my robotics projects over the years I have enjoyed taking the extra time to add some character to the robots I create after finishing them. In the future as a robotic engineer, I believe having an artistic background not only is important on the physical aspect of designing robots that’s appealing for consumers to buy, but also aids in creativity and finding elegant solutions during the actual prototyping process of the project.
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Detailed. Painting all of those Dungeons and Dragons characters looks like it takes a lot of patience. Good job.
Colorful! Your miniature figures are so vibrant and I love all the different colors you used. Very cool!
Dark, I really like how you seen o have a dark and eerie feel to the monster figurines. The 3D model of the champagne room is very dark and moody, I love it!
impressive. The scale of the D&D figures looks difficult to paint.
Impressive. I have personally tried to paint models so I know how hard it is so it is impressive to see your work.
Detailed. Your painting on those models looks really nice and you can tell you spent a lot of time focusing on the details.
Quirky and Impressive. I love the way you incorporate art into your other interests! The figures are incredible!
Quirky. I love how you made your very serious, solar panel replacing robot look like big bird. It shows a wonderful sense of humor.
Impressive. Your miniatures and 3D modeled room are super impressive and well done.
Impressive. The painting you did on your figures is amazing and the modeling in Maya was very impressive. That looks like a lot of objects in the champagne room.
Detailed. I love the attention to detail on all of the projects! I can definitely see that you put a lot of time and energy into these and have refined your craft!
Detailed.
I’m so impressed by your D&D figurines. You say you’ve painted a COUPLE HUNDRED? That’s absolutely mind-boggling to me, and even more amazing is how much detail you preserved in your painting. The armor is accented, you even paint each individual tooth in the tiny mouths of the monsters. I love the texturing on the skin, and the highlights on the waves of the water serpent. So cool!