Main Character Concepts

 

Top 10 Artists

 links to artists

image of the board

write why I chose them

look at how other artists show their work (characters with armor - grey out the body)

ZBrush hard surface:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujJhjxDXNEk

Top Artists:

Beth Cavener:
- Anatomy, stylization, gesture
- https://followtheblackrabbit.com/

Terryl Whitlatch:
- Anatomy, combining animals, knowledge of biology/zoology
- https://www.artstation.com/terrylwhitlatch

Kate Pfeilschiefter:
- Anatomy, level of high res detail, tech knowledge (creature game artist)
- https://www.artstation.com/pfeilschiefter

Entei Ryu:
- 3D illustrations, fine art feel, composition/presentation
- https://www.artstation.com/badzr

Krystal Sae Eua:
- Clean shapes, 3D printing
- https://www.artstation.com/iamsadpanda

Nicholas Kole:
- Color, clean style, creature design
- https://www.artstation.com/happyrock

Olya Anufrieva:
- Game characters, tech skills
- https://www.artstation.com/he77ga

Claudio Saavedra:
- Sculpting for collectibles
- https://www.artstation.com/claudio_s

Ana Mendes:
- Stylization, collectibles, anime style
- https://www.artstation.com/zaphk

Nikita Veprikov:
- Clean shapes, gesture, minimalistic
- https://www.artstation.com/veprikov

Module 1 Week 3

 - too low at the bottom of the blade and middle of the handle 

 - make the blade and handle smoother overall 

 - make a center line on the blade and relax the corners (make two UV shells for the blade)

 - get rid of smaller UV shells (thin strips)

 - display in Unreal 

 - show first bake, textures, final shot

 - Paint ID map in ZBrush

Sprint #1

 This week I worked on updating character meshes and replacing eye texture placeholders. 

Module 1 Week 2 - Game Res

For game res model 

7K-12K tris

1 material - 4K

wireframe - quads (Arnold debug render) or contour rendering (under render settings, then assign a new material - aiToon) (render out a mask for clean edges)

Look at how other artists display their work 

Lay the rendered image right over the reference (flip through images to compare)

Render with soft shadows and half-spec material

Render in ZBrush with perspective ON

Add a title bar at the bottom (16:9)

Notes:

Work on Presentation

Pinching on bottom of the blade

Redo the pattern (alpha in ZBrush)

Get renders in ZBrush - before doing booleans - add subdiv levels

Show your first bake 

Initial Research Post

 Goals:

- Freelance immediately 

- Get a visa at a game studio/work in the collectibles market

- Characters/creatures

- Sideshow Collectibles, Hasbro, Blizzard (Overwatch style) 

Side Projects:

- realistic anatomy studies in ZBrush

- practice hard surface (gear, weapons, props) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujJhjxDXNEk

- find top 10 artists and put them into one collection on Artstation

- make a Pureref board with the top 10 artists and write down what you like about their work

Module 1 Week 1 - Knife Project