Kazuya Ohyanagi

Character Making : Zaragalei

What is Zaragalei?

The First Sketch of the Zaragarei People

English name: Pelican Flounder

Scientific name: Chascanopsetta lugubris Alcock, 1894

Common name in Japanese: ザラガレイ (Zaragalei)

Classification:

Superclass Gnathostomata – Class Osteichthyes – Subclass Actinopterygii – Division Neopterygii – Superorder Acanthopterygii – Order Pleuronectiformes – Family Both...

Making of The Drain shot

I needed to add some shots for Annecy, so I made a shot with a concept I've been wanting to make for a while. The blend file is here.

I often encounter it when I go for a walk at the change of seasons. Fallen leaves and dead leaves roll along the side of the road, rattling. They move in a competitive manner, getting caught in the gaps of the drains, almost falling, falling.

My life is often moved and stopped ...

Early Access : ARIADNE ConceptFilm to Annecy

Hi everyone!

It’s been a little while, but over the next week or two, I’m planning to post three new updates in quick succession.

First off, a bit of news.

It’s hard to believe, but my short film ARIADNE (still in progress) has been selected for the MIFA exhibition booth at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. A producer I used to work with at my old company has been kindly keeping an eye on my work, and they offered me this opportunity. I’m incredibly grateful to Nito ( 2025-05-17 13:25:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Asset_MetalRoofKit

Hello everyone!

I’m releasing an asset pack in between my shot-production posts.

blend file

This pack includes metal corrugated roofing and exterior-wall elements, created primarily with texture-based techniques. You might recognize these assets from my earlier ARIADNE breakdown—they’re used extensively in the parkour sequence where Aria vaults across the environment.

Built from simple geome...

Log 01: Project ARIADNE

(blend files & Japanese bellow)
※日本人の皆さん、英語の下に日本語の記事もありますが、画像やリンクは英語版にしか貼っていないのでブラウザの翻訳機能を使った方が見やすいです！よろしくお願いします！

Hello, Patreon members!

Today I’d like to talk about the project I’m currently working on—ARIADNE—and give you a glimpse into my making-of process using Blender and Marvelous Designer.

I’ve been using Blender for about five years now, a...

Aria's HairSystem v1

Hello Patreon members!

At least once a month, I plan to upload Blender-related breakdowns and tutorials here. The next post will likely be an introduction to the ARIADNE project.

This time, I’ll be sharing a breakdown of Aria’s hair system.
This is the blend file.

Over the past few years, I’ve been exploring ways to create semi-realistic hair directly within Blender. Aria’s hairstyle is somet...