Portfolio Project: Gunsmith Part 3

 

Sculpt Progress

Prop Refinement

Beginning UVs using UDIMs and Texture Sets

Portfolio Project: Gunsmith Part 2 Sculpt Progress

 

Body Pose in ZBrush

Cloth In Marvelous

Props in Maya

Soliloquy of Stars - Sprint 3

 

For this spring, I finished all the clothing for both characters, fixing up the cape on the Star and adding ballet shoes and ribbons to both characters. The characters are also UV unwrapped for correct texture mapping using our custom VFX, and also added geometry for the star's points. I worked with the tech artists to ensure that all the materials that were made for our characters were working properly and looking good together. I also checked in with cloth sim to make sure everything was running smoothly. 

Star Character with Materials Applied (courtesy of Ragh)

Black Hole Character with Materials Applied (courtesy of Richard)

Portfolio Project: Gunsmith Part 1 Block Out

 

Block Out

Body Base in ZBrush

Clothing Block Out in Marvelous Designer

Hard Surface Props in Maya

Arnold Test Renders

UE5 Renders

Portfolio Project 2 Proposal

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Portfolio Project: Stained Glass Sword Final Render

Substance Painter - Base Color

Substance Painter - Materials

UE5 Render

Soliloquy of Stars - Sprint 2

 

For this sprint, I went back in to continue to refine both characters, the Star and the Black Hole. The first thing I tackled was taking the feedback from the animators and editing the base body mesh in response to errors they noticed during the test motion capture targeting. One of the main issues was the length of the fingers; the tips were too long and when mapped to the mocap data, they would overlap with the palm. The other thing we noticed was the Star's knees and hips being much higher than the skeleton, which I also adjusted in the mesh.

Once the proportion issue was fixed, I also defined the base mesh a little more. I referenced diagrams of human musculature to sculpt out some more detail in areas like the neck, torso, and collar. I made sure that the arm and leg muscles also looked sculpted while maintaining the stylized look we were going for. After that, I took the body meshes and imported them into Marvelous Designer to create clothing assets for each of the characters. 

For the Star, I focused primarily on the shirt. I referenced clothing patterns of bell sleeved blouses and tried to recreate the clothing to match our concept art as close as possible. For the Black Hole, I did a drop V neck dress with a circle skirt bottom. I figured with the way we would have the black hole spinning, a fuller circle skirt would flow so much better and create that swirling galaxy of fabric look. 

Portfolio Project: Stained Glass Sword Texturing Part 1