Soham Bagade

Passionate and detail-oriented Background Design and Concept Art student with a strong foundation in visual storytelling, environment design, and digital painting. Adept at translating narrative scripts into immersive, high-fidelity worlds, ranging from realistic, weathered industrial environments to stylised fantasy landscapes. Proficient in standard industry pipelines, combining 2D layout expertise with 3D block-outs to deliver accurate perspectives, dynamic lighting, and production-ready assets.
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Blender, Substance Painter, After Effects, Premiere Pro
​Design & Workflow: Environment Concept Art, 2D Background Layout, 3D Block-outs & Camera Tracking, PBR Texturing, Asset Design, Matte Painting
Environment & Layout Design: Conceptualized and executed highly detailed environment layouts, focusing on strong composition, precise perspective, and mood-defining atmospheric lighting.
​3D-to-2D Pipeline Integration: Utilized Blender for quick 3D environmental block-outs to establish accurate camera angles, focal lengths, and complex perspective grids before executing final 2D digital paints in Photoshop.
​Texturing & Material Realism: Applied advanced texturing techniques using Substance Painter to create realistic wear-and-tear, weathered surfaces, and industrial details, ensuring props and background elements felt grounded in the story's universe.
​Style Adaptability: Successfully adapted visual styles across diverse projects, moving seamlessly between gritty, realistic sci-fi aesthetics and stylized, narrative-driven fantasy worlds.
​Asset & Prop Design: Created comprehensive turnaround sheets, callouts, and orthographic views for key environmental assets to ensure seamless integration for the animation team.