Ballerina

Modelled a random ballerina figure in Zbrush the other day, wanted to practice some pose work. Rendered it out quickly in Keyshot, although the renders weren't that great in terms of composition and material choice. I just chose a default material (brown paint lol) that looked like it showed off the forms in the model well. Took about 10.5 hours total to model. Currently working on optimising the model and adding a base to get it 3D printed, but it's proving harder than I expected. Gotta get it down to under 1mil polys from something like 21mil, and make sure the file size isn't too large, all without losing as much detail as possible.

Ari

I did a portrait of my friend Ari. Took a long time, but I think the results are pretty good. Black and white and a colour version too. Unfortunately due to my retarded monitor her hair came out way too purplish for my liking, even though the shadows sorta come out purple in the original picture.

Project Tri-fi Update

I'm in the concepting stages so it's still early on but here's some rough linework for the piece I'm working on. The backstory is that she's a cyborg/robot girl who's become stranded on a planet (maybe earth, considering the cultural influences) and her only exposure to culture on the planet has come from tribes and indigenous populations, so she's essentially "evolved" to become a tribesperson, while retaining her high tech robotic body. The reason she has a flag is because I wanted to go away from the warrior direction that most character design is based around, so I decided to go for something more like an explorer. More updates to come.

Basemesh Tutorial

As part of my portfolio assessment I had to create a tutorial on a subject of my choice. I chose to create a tutorial on how to make a basemesh for a male character in Zbrush. The tutorial assumes basic knowledge of the Zbrush interface and brushes.

Links to the three parts of the tutorial are below:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3