Best Of

Finished yesterday with Messi. 
More images and stuff here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/L3N8Zv
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Made for an unannounced project, had a lot of fun working on this
Low poly in blender and a mixture of zbrush and blender for the high.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/w6kveL

Hey all! Played alot of Yakuza 0 in the last couple of months and really wanted to create a scene set in the back alleys of Tokyo just like the game. I originally intended the project to only feature the front of the Ramen Shop but quickly after blocking out the scene it kinda grew out of scope haha. This project was really great for learning Blender and Unreal and I really stepped out of my comfort zone with the lighting. Overall I'm happy how it turned out and would love to hear any thoughts or comments Cheers! 

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/oAkOXJ

@kateblacks @hasgan @Alex_J @N0RTHBIRD @Ashervisalis @KODA Thank you all for the kind words! Very much appreciated!! 

@Ashervisalis @hasgan @Alex_J And thank you also for the crit! I definitely agree with all of your points, especially when it comes to my geometry kind of being too "perfect" to really capture the entire essence of the artist's concept. That's something I'm definitely going to be working on moving forward, as well as balancing my contrast better—I have a tendency of overdoing contrast it in the past, so I suppose I was a little too afraid to do the same here, haha. But I totally see it now! Looking forward to taking this feedback and applying it on my next project, thank you all again! 

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Edit:
Project done! Well I didn't expect to take a break from this project for as long as I did but I'm glad I returned to it.

Check out the Artstation project here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/g8gR0E

Thanks for checking it out.



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I've been working on this zbrush sculpt on and off for a while now. I think after my last project I really wanted to focus on getting better at using ZBrush, I kind of realised there was a lot I didn't know, even just how to use some of the brushes effectively. I think with my rock scene I ended up getting stuck with shapes and details I wasn't happy with, but not really sure how to get out of that rut.

I settled on making a scene with some kind of old gnarly tree and spent quite a bit of time gathering reference. I also started practicing photogrammetry, which has just become so helpful in discerning how to make shapes and forms in ZBrush because I have a 3D details to work off - almost like the perfect master study or still life.



I found this great tree that had a good mix of details and textures, gnarly bark, exposed wood, growths and knotts. And the interior was all hollowed out, I felt like it would look great in a scene so spent a good part of a day taking loooottts of photos and processing it in Reality Capture.




I was originally intending to use the photogrammetry model as a way of making some interesting alpha brushes. But in the end, I wasn't really getting results I was happy with. So, sticking with my intention of practicing ZBrush and practicing with different brushes, I've had the photogrammetry model side by side in ZBrush and studying it as I sculpt 👇. 



I've been working it on and off for about 2 months (which I've only just realised now that I've stopped to think about it 😅) and I've done about a two-thirds. I'm still not sure if I'll do some separate branches or just keep it as this dead headless tree.



And finally here is the UE4 (now moved to UE5) scene. It's bare bones at moment but already gone through a couple of iterations and tbh i'm not sure where it's going yet. I still want to focus on practicing ZBrush but also want to see it through into a realtime scene, even if it isn't perfect game ready or game production workflow. At the moment i'm feeling something Resident Evil: Village inspired, moody and a bit mystical. 





Thanks for looking.