Module 2 Week 06 Homework (Simple Crate and Barrel)

 Here is my submission for the second "Simple Crate and Barrel" assignment. This time around, I created a High Res version of the crate using ZBrush, then baked it onto a lower Game Res version of the crate using Substance Painter. Here are some renders of both the baked Game Res model and the original High Res model for comparison:

Baked Game Res:

High Res:

Baked Game Res in UE5 (next to ones from last week for comparison):

Baked Game Res in Substance Painter (Thought this looked better here than in Arnold):

Topology:

Here's My Reference Image:

Progress Shots:

Finished in ZBrush

Color ID Set Up:

Looking at the Unwrapped UV's ZBrush tried to spit out. Looked pretty funny

My final UV's

Using Substance Painter

That's it for this week! Peace and take care! ✌

Week 05 - Use of Perspective

 This week in common art, we created props in three different perspectives, one point, two point, and three point. I created some playing cards that I'm thinking could be used for the player to interact with, and maybe possibly use as a weapon. I mainly wanted to use it as a reference to the Queen of Hearts from the original story by including a Queen of Hearts card tossed aside with one of its heads torn off with the eyes scratched out. This would most likely have been done by our character Alice, who has plenty of malice towards her. The cards also have a "grungy" texture to give it more of a texture similar to "Ori and the Blind Forest", and due to this being located in a sewer.

Anyway, after creating the model, I added it to Photoshop, drew on a design, and added some extra layers to add things such as the outline and ambient occlusion. Here's what I came up with:

Playing Cards:

Here is the PureRef board that I used:

Reference:

...and here's our screenshot showing it's submitted to Perforce:

Perforce:

Thank you so much for reading. Peace and take care! ✌

Module 2 Week 05 Homework (Simple Crate and Barrel)

 This is my submission for the simple crate and barrel assignment, where I will take one of three options (crate, barrel, or chest), and create a model that can be imported as an asset in unreal over the course of a few weeks. I went with the crate with metal surrounding the corners. This week consists of mainly blocking and creating a high res mesh of the crate I chose.

High Res Mesh

High Res Mesh (Opened)

Block Out

Reference

Process

Imported Block Out to UE5

Creating Side Panels

Creating Interior

Assembling Sides

Scale

Modeled vs Original Reference

Thank you for checking out my blog! Peace and take care! ✌

Week 04- Use of Basic Lighting

 This week's common art's assignment has to do with incorporating lighting (and color) to the selected designs from the previous week. The designs I worked on from last week are one of my rabbit hands designs and one of Sai's Alice designs.

Alice

Rabbit Hand

Perforce

Peace and take care! ✌

Module 1 Week 04 Homework (ZBrush Hammer Project)

 This assignment involves sculpting a fantasy hammer weapon using ZBrush. I wound up using the same design that was referenced in the videos provided by Nick.

Final Render:

I tried going for a more "weathered" look, with plenty of smaller cracks along the head of the hammer.

Process:

Blocking

Adding cracks for etching (design changed in the final render)

Adding cracks and dings on the main parts of the hammer

Adding cracks and dings on the outer edges of the hammer and spikes

Reference Used

Second Reference Used

Overall, I still need to get used to navigating ZBrush's UI, since I had some issues with the symmetry settings and the display settings, but it's a neat tool to use, and I'm hoping I can get better with it over time. Peace and take care! ✌

Week 03 - Use of Value and Contrast

 This is my submission for the Value and Contrast assignment for Common Art.

Final: Rabbit Hands

Final: Alice

Progress

Rabbit Hands: Line Art

Rabbit Hands: Value Pass

Rabbit Hands: Gradient

Rabbit Hands: Shading

Alice: Line Art

Alice: Value Pass

Alice: Gradient Pass

Alice: Shading

Perforce Submission

Peace and take care! ✌

Module 1 Week 03 Homework (ZBrush Simple Head Project)

 Here's my assignment for my ZBrush Simple Head Project. I call it, "Bold and Brash" :)

Final Render:

Process Shots:

Starting with the nose

Adding the lips

Adding jaw and shrinking the lips

Creating the eyes

Forming the forehead

Adding color to eyes and face

Finished product

References Used:

The subject this is based on :)

Nick mentioned using Michelangelo as a reference for the eyes

Used to figure out how to crease the eyebrows, since I struggled a bit with that

I wound up using the second to last one on the bottom as my reference

Overall, ZBrush is really neat and fun to use, making it super easy to create detailed models when compared with Maya. I still have to get used to the controls though.