a weapon to surpass metal gear

Franky 01

Currently I am on schedule, if not a little bit ahead. I'll update this post if I manage to make any additional changes post assignment submission. Currently all I have left in the high res phase is his hair, chain (which I plan on using a ZBrush IMM so its quick), his shirt, and any additional stylization to his body overall. His body might seem over-sculpted for a stylized character. This was intentional as I plan on reusing the torso and parts of the legs for my first summer semester project; Hellboy.

Project 1 Timeline : (Stylized Character w/ Stylized Textures) 

    Week 1 - High Poly progress

    Week 2 - Finished High poly/Retop progress 

    Week 3 - Finished Retop/Bake/Texture progress

    Week 4 - Finished texture/Renders

Created with Blender and ZBrush.

Franky

Project Ideas PureRef

The main thing I want to focus on with this project, and future projects, is practicing hair/fur and clothing. For this project I'd like to start with Franky from One Piece (middle left), since he is stylized cartoon character. Throughout FIEA I'd like to make assets in different styles and one or two not bipedal/humanoid. 

Project 1 Timeline : (Stylized Character w/ Stylized Textures) 

* I already have the proxy blockout complete and in ZBrush for refinement.

    Week 1 - High Poly progress

    Week 2 - Finish High poly/Retop progress

    Week 3 - Retop/Bake/Texture progress

    Week 4 - Final texture/Renders

I am very conflicted on what to do next semester lol.

Module 3 - Environmental Art Techniques Part 04

Created with Blender, Maya, ZBrush, and Substance Painter. Rendered in Unreal Engine.

baking the cool way

What this method of baking allows you to do in substance is have multiple versions of the same mesh which share a texture. Painting on one will effect all, granting you easier access to little nooks while also being able to see the mesh together or posed in different ways.

1. Import the whatever mesh you want to bake high res detail onto. In the example above I used an exploded version of the game res to ensure that no ambient occlusion was baked that I didn't want and I have access to each piece individually.

2. While you can redo baking if necessary, make sure that the bake is successful before moving onto the next step

3. In whatever modeling software you are using, export out all the different variations of the mesh you want to see in substance as a new file. 

4. In substance painter, go to Edit -> Project Configuration -> Select. From here select the new multi-mesh file.

Module 3 - Environmental Art Techniques Part 03

Tri Count : 52,486

Created with ZBrush, Blender, and Substance Painter