Having moved from China to Canada
as a child, and establishing herself in
Montreal’s games development
community, Donglu is now focusing
on helping other artists from her
homeland on their creative journeys.
In 2016, she set up Computer
Graphics Portfolio Boost (CGPB) with
her husband Jack Zhang, a former
3D artist in the video games industry.
While Donglu focuses on the image
making, Jack helps young artists
THE CGPB MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME
Donglu Yu wants to help junior artists find a smoother path into the world of concept art...
develop and apply their artwork in
the 3D pipeline. With complementary
skills, their mentorship programme is
unique and interesting to young
Chinese artists and each mentorship
typically lasts a couple of months.
Currently only available in Chinese
due to time constraints, the pair
may open it to wider audiences at
a later date.
“I realised a few years ago that
young Chinese artists are eager tolearn more about how we make video
games in North America. Because
China is dominated by mobile games,
this kind of knowledge is harder to
access. Because my early art training
is rooted in Chinese culture, I really
wanted to do something meaningful
for this community of young artists,”
Donglu explains.
You can find out more about CGPB
by visiting its Facebook page at
https://ifxm.ag/donglu-cgpb.DONGLU YU
VISUAL STIMULATION
Painted to encourage students to join the
CGPB programme, this concept image is
evocative of Blade Runner’s neon-lit world.THE MARKET
This covered market
scene, a demo image
created for CGPB,
could be right out of the
Star Wars universe.