I am happy with some aspects of this design. I feel I managed to convey the stature this character carries. I also appreciated getting my hands on a new piece of software to attempt to learn. It has proven to be quite challenging for me on the whole. I found when we used Maya after …
Design Portfolio IV: Armour and Accessories
I created the armour for Cassian by extracting pieces of the body mesh and manipulating them into shape and polypainting over the top. This created a number of issues due to Dynamesh and Z-Remesher affecting the whole model at times when I needed more specific elements to be targeted. I created Cassian’s sword in Maya …
Design Portfolio III: Real world influences
I attempted to base the face of my character on Maneskin singer David Damiano as he conveys a subtle masculinity which I feel is vital for Cassian. Unfortunately, my attempt at rendering a face in Zbrush has proven very challenging due to the complex structure of the skull, which I in all honesty did not …
Design Portfolio II: Art Style Influences
In my interpretation of the character I will be aiming for a highly stylised vision. I believe this approach will allow me to convey the important visual aspects of the character and reinforce the key visual iconography. To explain this point more clearly, I will draw a comparison of the character Alucard from the concept …
Design Portfolio I: Motivations and background.
Cassian is a secondary protagonist from the series of novels A Court of Thorns and Roses. Born and raised in the Illyrian war camps as the product of sexual assualt, he was forced to endure countless traumas and battles in his early years. During this period, he learned the very essence of survival by having …
ZBrush Zsphere Experiments
I attempted to create a Gorilla using the Zsphere tool. I decided a Gorilla would be a good animal to try and base and learn this tool with due to the large and blocky nature of their evolution. I made a couple of mistakes while modelling this as I accidentally turned off the X symmetry …
ZBrush Experimentation
I chose to base my design on a character from the series A court of Thorns and Roses. The Attor is a horrific creature that is used as a secondary antagonist through the series. It is rarely seen, so i have taken some liberties with my interpretation of the characters visage. It is described as …
Pumpkin Head
Unfortunately when i started to model this piece Zbrush crashed and i lost the sculpting video that was formed alongside it. I wanted to create something that appeared necrotic and somewhat evil. I deformed the mouth to give it the appearance of a crudely hacked out smile to match the eyes. I painted around the …