[ RIOT CREATIVE CONTEST 2017 ] Character Art - Shyvana the Half Dragon

Gengar1991 · Dec 2017

Hello everyone! My name is Chu Viet Anh. I am a 3D generalist from Vietnam. League is one of my favorite game though I suck pretty badly LOL. To me Shyvana is one of the most bad ass gal in the game, so I took this opportunity to make her a skin, also to challenge myself to do a full 3D character art. I don't think I would have the time to do her in both human and dragon form, so I would solely focus on her human form.
Here is my mood board and some initial concept ideas. I will chose one and develop an in depth version with some color placements. Hope you guys like it !

moodboard

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initial ideas

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ooyoo · Dec 2017

nice! i love shyvana too!! really digging the thematic of the legion general! cant wait to see where you take this man!

foenix000 · Dec 2017

good start mah friendddddddd!!!!!

jmiles · Dec 2017

totally digging Legion General as well-- big chunky shapes-- seems like a nice read for game PoV! Looking forward to the 3D

Gengar1991 · Dec 2017

So I decided to keep going with the first option, personally I think it would fit her back story and warrior badassery most! Here's an update of a more refined and colorized version. I also included some small breakdown for easier model tasks.

Color version

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Head Breakdown

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Some armor pieces

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Gengar1991 · Dec 2017

ooyoo said:

nice! i love shyvana too!! really digging the thematic of the legion general! cant wait to see where you take this man!

jmiles said:

totally digging Legion General as well-- big chunky shapes-- seems like a nice read for game PoV! Looking forward to the 3D

Haha Thanks guys! After a while considering, I think the first one would stand out most in term of Game POV. I'm currently working on her base model right now!

Gengar1991 · Dec 2017

foenix000 said:

good start mah friendddddddd!!!!!

Thanks mah amazing vietnamese friend!!

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Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

I was finally able to finish the low poly model, took me quite sometimes but I think I'm gonna keep moving to the next stage. I did this entirely in Maya, mostly because I wanted to control the shape and feel to match with the concept. The next thing's gonna be some quick detail scuplt, baking and texturing. I hope that I would be able to finish this on time. (only 1 month to go). Anyway CC and feedback are always appreciated!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/6j/ssi4zaln4y6q.png

Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

By the way, i overdid her a bit but since this is a Fan art, I do not really want to restrict myself to tris count limit. Right now the entire model is around 15K triangles

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alphatele · Jan 2018

nice work

, keep it going man

Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

Thank you !!!! Gud luck on your project as well!

Shelest · Jan 2018

Looking really great so far!

But her feet look a little bit odd in my opinion...

Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

Shelest said:

Looking really great so far!
But her feet look a little bit odd in my opinion...

Thank you for the kind words ! I will try fixing some model issues while texturing . Hope I could make it in time

Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

Finished UVed her and baking some high poly details so far. I did some quick fixing and started drafting some gradient and shadows. This is the Ao map so far

smile:

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renanfab · Jan 2018

Your model its looking really great. LF to see it painted

jmiles · Jan 2018

Looking good @Gengar1991! Looking forward to the texture!

Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

jmiles said:

Looking good @Gengar1991! Looking forward to the texture!

renanfab said:

Your model its looking really great. LF to see it painted

Thanks guys! I'll try pushing it within the following 2 weeks. Hopefully I could make it in time

RogerP · Jan 2018

Progress is looking great Gengar

Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

RogerP said:

Progress is looking great Gengar

Thank you ! I'll keep updating when I got some more LOL

Syblinsk · Jan 2018

The style and the concepts are great, really looking forward to see the texture

Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

Syblinsk said:

The style and the concepts are great, really looking forward to see the texture

Thanks man! Gonna try wrapping em up soon

Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

Texture's at about 80% guys! I will spend my free time of this week just to polish the remaining unfinished parts, then posing, post production for beauti shots, some 2D effects maybe LOL

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/16/rj9c4e115cig.jpg

Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

Also, I changed the scheme and color placements a bit from the concept I did to make the entire model fit with the surrounding, and pop up some certain design. I tried putting her in the game scene context ti see how it goes

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Hallomy · Jan 2018

Your texture is looking very clean. Work very well!

Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

Hallomy said:

Your texture is looking very clean. Work very well!

Thanks man!

Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

Finally it's here! I was able to wrap up the Character Art entry for Riot Creative Contest 2017. This is my take on creating a skin for Shyvana the Half Dragon. It was an exciting experience which I found really fun and learned a lot from it. Anyway, CC and feedback are highly appreciated! Hope you guys like it! Best of luck to all of you guys!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/8b/pupen4r444cu.jpg

Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

Gengar1991 · Jan 2018

[ RIOT CREATIVE CONTEST 2017 ] Character Art - Shyvana the Half Dragon

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