Portfolio 3 Update

Well, as the second portfolio piece winds to a close, I figured I should update this with a better schedule for what's left of the semester.

Two things are left to do aside from Capstone work: Mental Ray Thesis and Taerar the Rage Drake.

As for the Mental Ray Thesis, I decided to go for something more specific and will be concentrating on Skin. And as for Taerar, I will be focusing on getting a high resolution sculpt.

So here is a schedule for when I will have things done:

Taerar Rage Drake Sculpt

• Friday July 13 (OMG)- Sketches and Concept
• Saturday July 14- Orthographics
• Tuesday July 17- Blocked In Model in Maya
• Saturday July 21- Muscles and Anatomy in Zbrush
• Saturday July 28- Detail and Armor
• Sunday July 29- Pose
• Monday July 30- Polish and Resculpt
• Tuesday July31- Composite with Brynn to achieve concept

Mental Ray Subsurface Skin Thesis

• Sunday July 15- Bring Brynn back into Maya
• Ignore hair? Or bring in hair?
• Monday July 16- Export out Poly Paint into actual Texture files. Composite into one image
• Tuesday July 17- Bake out sculpt into Normal Map. Composite into one image.
• Saturday July 21- Research and Test materials
• Sunday July 22- Compile Presentation

Brynn Ardell Complete!

I realize I have been spelling Brynn's last name wrong the entire time. Shame on me!

So it was a little silly of me to forget to post this up on my blog, and I have been neglecting to update my blog on Brynn's progress as the last couple days have been a hellstorm, but I figure I should put it up now.

You can see Brynn's finished product below! Things I learned from this project: Fibermesh. ZappLink, Noise maker, Materials and shaders...well Zbrush in general. I expect my next project to be even more of a learning experience!

As always, concept and design is by the awesome artist Lauren Hanchin. Expect to see the dragon here as my third portfolio piece!

Brynn Ardell: Sculpt Update

I'm a bit overdue for an update on Brynn. We're entering our final phase for Plushy Knight that I've kinda put her on hold for a while now. I'm devoting my entire week to her now though! LET'S DO THIS. Below, you can see Brynn's sculpt which is pretty much complete minus a few adjustments here and there. Haven't worked so extensively in Zbrush before. I'm starting to get used to it's funky controls and it's unconventional workflow.

Stuff still left to do: Fibermesh Fur on fur flap and Fibermesh for her mop of hair. Oh and textures. This will be my first time really texturing in Zbrush!