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Meet Louie Zong, Pixar Storyboard Artist and Blender Illustrator Who Can Tell a Story About Anything
Pixar storyboard artist Louie Zong, known for his work on *Hoppers* and *We Bare Bears*, developed a unique, puppet-like 3D illustration style using Blender after being inspired by '90s edutainment and Magritte.
What: Louie Zong is a multidisciplinary artist who contributed to Pixar's *Hoppers* and Cartoon Network's *We Bare Bears*. During the pandemic, he taught himself Blender to create distinct 3D illustrations, synthesizing influences from Rene Magritte, '90s edutainment visuals, Mesoamerican folk art, and The Muppets into a textured, early-digital aesthetic.
Why it matters: This showcases how artists are blending diverse influences and adapting new tools like Blender to evolve their creative practice and define novel visual styles in the animation and illustration industry.
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