Clean, Contemporary, and Playful: Peter Tarka’s 3D Illustrations

Peter Tarka’s 3D art is what hipster dreams are made of. Aesthetically pleasing, his works are composed of geometrical shapes washed in light pastel colors, making for a clean, contemporary look that’s, somehow, both elegant and playful.

Don’t take it from us. An established artist and art director, Tarka’s clients include giants like Apple, Nike, LG, Samsung, Audi, and Google. Which makes the fact that he’s self-taught all the more incredible. “I’m fully self-taught,” he stressed in an interview with Medium, adding that he studied economics and dropped out of school after obtaining his Bachelor’s degree. “I didn’t even think about doing a Master’s degree,” he admits.

“I’m a really horrible drawer,” he went on to say, “so I always start the with 3D. Colors and textures are usually the last step for me and there’s a lot of mixing in that stage. I’ve got a selection of my 30–35 favorite kind of materials and I try to mix them with colors and textures to get the right results.”

His inspiration comes mainly from architecture, which he admits to being drawn to from a very young age. “The super realistic and sci-fi designs that were dominating the 3D scene back then didn’t appeal to me, so I decided to move to a bit more of an illustrative approach,” he says.

Take a look at some of his unique designs: