同样来自第三世界，中国和伊朗貌似有着千丝万缕的关系，我们找到了来自伊朗的CG艺术家Ali Jalali，看看他的职业生涯是否有迹可循。

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Please tell us about yourself.

请做一个自我介绍吧。

Im Ali Jalali , a freelance 3d character artist living in Iran at the moment  . 

我是Ali Jalali，目前在伊朗的自由3D角色艺术家。

Can you tell us your work experience and some of the projects you have participated in？

能否介绍一下您的工作经历和参与的项目？

I’m working in cg industry for about 8 years by now . I have worked in varaiety of projects including tv series, commercials , cinematics , movie vfx and 3d print . For last 2 years i have focused on characters and 3dprint sculpting . 

我在CG行业工作了有8年了，从事过包括电视剧，社交，电影，电影特效，3D打印等各种工作。在最近两年里，我专注于角色雕刻和3D打印上。

Can you talk about the software you mainly use and your workflow？

能否介绍一下您常用的软件和工作流程？

My main tool is ZBrush . I use Maya or 3dCoat for remeshing my sculpts . As for UV i use a combination of Maya and ZBrush’s Uv Master plugin . For texturing i use ZBrush , Mudbox and recently im adding Substance painter to my workflow which is great . Finally i use Maya’s Arnold for rendering and shader setup . 

ZBrush是我主要使用的软件，我还使用Maya和3dCoat来重新拓扑。UV来说，我会结合MAYA和ZB的UV MASTER插件。贴图的话，我用ZB和Mudbox，最近我把棒棒的Substance Painter也加入到我的工作流程中了。最后，我用Maya的Arnold去做材质和渲染。

What are the factors which you are concerned of most during your workflow?

你在工作流程中需要注意的事情是什么？

Getting less involved in technical aspects of work is very important for me . The freedom that new generation softwares give to artists is mind blowing . You can freely sculpt and shape your forms , you can paint your textures directly on object , rendering is becoming just like real word photo shooting and lighting . I remember moving vertices one by one for modeling and painting on flat UVs in photoshop used to be so painful . I like the way softwares are changing the process . It is getting more exciting . 

 对我来说在工作中不被技术问题困扰是十分重要的。新一代的软件技术真是给艺术家们脑洞大开，你可以自由的雕刻塑形，可以精准的绘制贴图，渲染也变得栩栩如生。我还记得一个个拖点调形，在PS中叠个UV层画贴图是多麽恼人的事情。我喜欢用软件来优化流程，这让我变得很兴奋。

Your characters are all very vivid and expressive like they exist in the real world. How do you achieve this result?

您的作品一般都具有非常丰富的细节，能否介绍一下是如何抓住这些细节的？您又是如何控制这些细节很好地用3D打印的方式呈现的呢？

Paying attention to the real world helps a lot . Observing should become a habit for an artist . Every day and every where there are so much stuff happening around us . For example when im in a metro i like to study different faces and characters standing around me . The more you observe the more you make your mind library filled . So when you are creating an art , you use that library unconsciously and the result is visible in your final piece . 

多留意真实的世界会有很大的帮助。观察应该成为艺术家的一个好习惯。无论何时何地都有一些事情在我们的周围发生。比如说，我在坐地铁时，我喜欢观察我周围不同个性的面容。你观察的越多，你积累的就越多。所以当你在创作时，你会不自觉的调用你脑中的素材库，当然最终的效果也是显而易见的。

Your works are always highly detailed, can you tell us how you observe those details and how you balance the details that can be presented successfully using 3d printing？

您的作品一般都具有非常丰富的细节，能否介绍一下是如何抓住这些细节的？您又是如何控制这些细节很好地用3D打印的方式呈现的呢？

Most of the 3d print jobs i have done are getting printed in very small size . they are usually 35mm up to 75 mm . So most of the details will become invisible , therefore i have to do the details in a way that shows off in small size but also wont waste my time on modeling something that wont be seen in final product . So it makes me focus more on summarizing the details and find a balance that works the best in final print . Besides making details abit exaggerated helps as well. 

我完成的大多3D打印的工作尺寸都非常小。通常都是35毫米到75毫米之间，所以大多数的细节会变得不可见，因此，我会制作凸显小尺寸模型的细节，同时也不会浪费我的时间在那些最终产品上看不见的细节。总而言之，这些会使我关注如何总结归纳细节，并且找到与最终打印成品的平衡点。当然，把细节做的夸张一些也是很有帮助的。

In your viewpoint，what kind of exercises will help improve the ability to create realistic characters？ What exercises do you usually do？

在你看来什么样的练习会帮助提高制作写实角色的能力？你通常会做什么样的练习呢？

Watching good artworks , observing nature and of course practicing some traditional arts help . I like doing some drawings and sketches or having some fun with clay . It makes you think different about shapes and forms . 

看好的作品，观察大自然，当然也要做一些传统美术的训练。我喜欢画画，速写，或者玩玩泥巴，这会使你从不同角度去理解造形。

CG industry in China started very late, do you have any suggestions for novices？

中国的CG行业起步较晚，您对中国CG新手们有什么建议吗？

 Find out what makes you motivated and put your focus on it . Practice alot and dont let anything to make you give up . 

As cg industry is involved with technology, its changing alot and fast so you need to keep learning new stuffs and update yourself . 

找到你的驱使你的动机，并关注她。多练习，别因为任何事情放弃。

CG行业经常被技术所左右，你需要时刻保持学习新事物，不断升级自我素质。

Do you want to say something to your fans？

您有没有对喜欢您作品的朋友说些什么呢？

Thanks for support and your kind words . 

And thanks to you for the interview . 

谢谢你们的支持和这次的专访。

WORKCG：最后非常感谢Ali Jalali能给我们分享这些！

想要了解更多Ali Jalali的作品请访问https://www.artstation.com/artist/ali_jalali