About Sara: 3D Assets for Blender

October 22, 2026

Hi! I’m Sara 👋

I’m a Spanish artist living in Chiba, Japan, and a mom of three. This is the first post on my new blog, so let me introduce myself properly. Fair warning: it’s a bit personal. 😄

Sara, creator of SM5 by Heledahn, winking at the camera in soft window light

🎨 Since I was a kid

All I ever wanted was to write stories, illustrate, and animate them.

Life had other plans, as it does. My family wanted a sensible career for me, so I studied Industrial Design Engineering. Then I sneaked art back with a master’s degree in Graphic Design, a 3D Studio Max certificate and advanced photography courses. In 2009 I started my little studio, Sama-Sama-Studio. The name comes from an Indonesian phrase meaning “I’m happy, you are happy”.

Then came more life: moves across countries, three kids, a divorce. My creative career kept getting put on pause. I take the scenic route, but I always get there.

Sara, the 3D artist behind SM5 by Heledahn, with arms wide open on a rocky cliff above above the old city of Cuenca, Spain

🧭 So here we are

I’m 40 now. My children are happy and doing well, and I finally have time to work on my dream. I have savings, but they’re not infinite. So I decided to give myself two years to turn all of this into a real income.

Sara in a Rokoko motion capture suit and gloves in front of a green screen, getting ready to record 3D animation

Here’s what I’m working with:

SM5 by Heledahn, my shop of game-ready 3D assets for Blender (OBJ, FBX and GLB, with PBR textures, low poly counts and clean UVs)
Medieval fantasy, Victorian and Gothic, and modern futuristic styles
HDRI environment domes for fast, beautiful lighting
Transhuman4Blender, a real-time character creator with facial shapes and motion capture support, plus the Persona add-ons
A medieval fantasy novel I’ve nearly finished, which I want to bring to life with illustrations and animation

Every model I sell helps fund that story. The assets I make for it are the same ones I share with you.

🎥 The whole story in one minute

I explain it in this video, with a few dramatic effects and some very serious money-throwing:

🎎 Come along

For the next two years I’ll share everything: the models, the mocap tests, the funny wig-and-costume videos, the first glimpses of my story’s world, and what is and isn’t working.

If you want to follow along, you can find me on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, or browse the shop. If you have questions, write to me!

And hopefully two years from now, I’ll still be here. Building my stories, one 3D model at a time.

SM5 by Heledahn logo surrounded by medieval 3D models, with a playful clip of Sara and the text “Building my stories, one 3D model at a time”