Sketchbook: Don England

DonEngland · Jul 2017

Critiques and comments are welcome.

Current WIP:

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Continuing a character I started based on a concept by Oussama Agazzoum: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kKLGz

Concept

Image: https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/005/222/358/large/oussama-agazzoum-5.jpg?1489437152

DonEngland · Jul 2017

Built the blacksmith's spider and hammer. Main hammer shape built with zbrush's live booleans and deformers.

Spider from sphere, array mesh on legs. Not sure if I'll keep the eyes round or squash them to better match the concept.

DonEngland · Jul 2017

Updated most character hardsurface bits to sub-d, added tasseled apron, and updated arm straps. Started on the hair in the back. I'll need to press the strapped rings into the flesh soon.

DonEngland · Jul 2017

Updated several areas for a more cohesive style, updated hair. High poly roadmap: 1) enlarge the hands; 2) update the wraps to be chunkier; 3) Update goatee

DonEngland · Jul 2017

I want to call the high poly done, but I think I'll rest my eyes a few days. Did a rough transpose pose, may refine the arm straps before going into low poly.

DonEngland · Mar 2018

Working on a shaman, based on concept by FoxFromBox.

DonEngland · Mar 2018

Hair sculpt and cloth/accessories blockout. cloth sculpting next - probably

DonEngland · Apr 2018

First pass on cloth/fur and added several small components. Refining cloth wrap and top next - probably.

DonEngland · Mar 2019

Asuka high poly just about finished for a personal project. Quick T-pose. Will be putting her into an entry plug after lowpoly is finished.

DonEngland · Mar 2019

Low poly bake and rig, hair is temporary. Just flat color and normal bake for now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWzABU7_lw4

I blocked out an entry plug a few lunches back and will update it to better match the character

DonEngland · Mar 2019

Lowpoly hair progress

DonEngland · May 2019

Went with sculpted hair, need to fix the low poly pose and work on materials. The quick rig arms need help, the elbows are particularly bad. Had an entry plug pose/animation planned, but I'm running short on time for my artificial deadline June 21st. I'm pretty sure this is the final pose.

Voxelope · May 2019

DonEngland said:

Updated several areas for a more cohesive style, updated hair. High poly roadmap: 1) enlarge the hands; 2) update the wraps to be chunkier; 3) Update goatee

@DonEngland your sculpting is really on point anatomically, and I really enjoy the hair here. What do you plan to do with the ponytail bindings?

DonEngland · May 2019

Thanks @Voxelope! I don't think I have the files anymore, but that blacksmith was for Artstation's Ancient Civilizations challenges awhile back. Glad you like the hair, I remember being happy with it at the time. And while there are so many things I'd do differently now I think it's a good snapshot of where I was 2 years ago. If I were to make this again those ponytail bindings would be sculpted to look more like hammered metal, maybe with an engraving.

Voxelope · May 2019

@DonEngland Nice, yeah maybe some sort of braided looking metal band. What are you working on now?

DonEngland · May 2019

@Voxelope besides Asuka, I'm working on Alice and designing a game character for my own game.

Occasionally I'll spend a few hours to put together some test case, such as this 3D pixel test.

Asuka is priority, she still needs texturing and probably animation for the hair.

Voxelope · May 2019

@DonEngland Nice! It looks like you got multiple irons in the fire, I look forward to seeing some of these animated.

DonEngland · Jun 2019

Wrapped up Asuka, 3D viewer breakdowns and more on artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/v1BrnO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LQFz_IfkLk

DonEngland · Jul 2019

Working on Saria now will keep most of those updates in its own thread here: https://polycount.com/discussion/212630/saria-retrogasm-round-3#latest

First time trying out a timelapse, lost of bit of the recording of facial changes when zbrush crashed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVNKyEkzNJA

DonEngland · Jul 2019

Can finally show some of the Fortnite mini figures that I made last year at Eleventyplex, more on artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/oOK1aJ

DonEngland · Aug 2019

I feel like I've been spending a lot of time in my comfort zone on stylized characters and hardsurface work. I'm looking to make something a little more realistic to help push past a plateau. My texture work feels behind so that will be my focus. Working on the bard concept from the Monthly Character Challenge with the goal of skin texturing in marmoset toolbag.