3D Game Artist
Works in Progress and Breakdowns
May 3rd 2021 - November 2021
Getting back on the wagon after being distracted by the general madness of 2020, I started work on a zombie glam rock band.
Current WIP textures!
April 3rd
Armored warrior in the style of Destiny/Destiny 2 by Bungie
I began with an old DND character of mine. He was a cleric dedicated to a moon goddess, and wore medium weight half-plate armor. With this in mind, I worked with the star and moon motifs, trying to keep a balance between curves and sharp points.
I originally wanted to work with a red and blue palette, but after creating the split-complimentary palette pictured, I decided that a straight complementary palette would be cleaner and worked better with the night-sky theme.
March 3rd - March 23rd
Final Renders for this project are now on it's own page!
Through the Twitter VisibleWomen tag event, I discovered the artist _sugarbones, and this illustration. I was really inspired by it, so I reached out and asked her permission to model her drawing.
You can find sugarbones on her Twitter, her Instagram, or her website!
Maya Only - Zbrush 1st Pass - Zbrush 2nd Pass
Using Zbrush for her hair was the fastest and easiest option, so I largely left her hair alone while in Maya. I aimed to follow the illustration first, and then added some similarly flowing strands. Without a back view illustration, I just tried to match the curls and flow of the front without disrupting the illustration's silhouette too much.
Final Posing
Pistol Merged - Final Block Out - First Block Out
Hair merged and remeshed in Zbrush using Zremesher
I decided to raise her base low-poly count to optimize baking, and changed the topology of her breasts. The previous grid was creating unpleasant stars in the high-poly version when baking in Substance Painter.
Final renders and turntable done in Unreal Engine
Jan 1st -Feb 20th
Final Renders for this project are now on it's own page!
For my first project of the year, I decided to work on something reflecting the theme "Resolutions."
In this case, it means one woman resolving to take a risk by making a step forward for a potential relationship.
I like to begin and work with clean topography when I can, so I extruded most of the clothing from the base mesh after I finished sculpting their bodies, and began things like their shoes in Maya where I could box-model more quickly.
It was important to me that they were cohesive, while still having their own distinct styles and personalities.
I try to spend a fair amount of time on my UV layouts, to make texturing as smooth as possible. I use a grid map to view stretching and squashing, while making the UVs as flat and square as possible so procedural textures can be used with minimal seams or editing.
Blocking in the materials, and testing out color palettes
Finalized materials, pre-subsurface scattering