Sketchbook: Rick Hoppmann (tinyworlds)

tinyworlds · Nov 2019

Hi! I'm a 3D Environment & Prop artist with a love for cute stuff and foliage!

Here's some of my recent 3D sketches and studies. Feedback is very much welcome!

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This was a quick lil sketch after not having done 3D for some time

Inspired by the Radlad character from Ooblets. Approached the idea of a humanized radish in my own way.

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For a game design class we were asked to research a topic out of our comfort zone. We chose the topic of the wood mouse. They love to eat different kinds of nuts and seeds - leaving those characteristic holes in hazelnuts

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/h4/72tvbzagqqoa.jpg

Last but not least here is a study of melissa/ bee balm. This was my first time trying out the foliage workflow by Patrick Gladys. I feel like the end result turned out too noisy, but overall I learned a bunch from this!

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Here is a look at the lowpoly. I put a lot of upward facing parts as the player will be mainly looking at it from above

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And here's a look at the highpoly stems in Blender.

Thank you for looking!

tinyworlds · Dec 2019

Here's a couple of assets I made for a small gamejam on the weekend! I did all the 3D work & art direction. The leaf texture is by https://www.artstation.com/seawtch and the button icons by https://imotionarts.com/portfolio

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Was super fun to just work on something cute and stupid again! Also I was positively surprised how well the gradient style of textures mixes with the assets with strong outlines. Might experiment more with that in the future.

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tinyworlds · Jan 2020

Hi all! I made this little buddy (inspired by the game Ooblets) & made a little tutorial to go along with it!

You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_zY3iv1PIw It's a very fun & quick workflow. Saves a lot of time in the UV mapping + texturing stage.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/hy/a461se32klz6.jpg

tinyworlds · Jan 2020

Hi all! I took part in a little gamejam this weekend! We made a cute game about being a doggo and chewing on stuff.

I did the art direction, 3D environment art and level building + the UI.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/fo/e2rris9i3gtx.jpg

I also recorded a timelapse (with voiceover) showing my process:

https://youtu.be/kkVhGDDzmuM

PixLow · Jan 2020

Thanks for sharing your workflow. I have been using this method for a couple of month but your sense of color is gorgeous. Thanks Again ^_^

tinyworlds · Jan 2020

Thank you, glad you found it useful

It's such a fun workflow isn't it.

tinyworlds · Feb 2020

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Made a little material to get back into Substance Designer!

You accidentally broke your old family heirloom. So you fixed it up using Kintsugi - highlighting the flaws instead of hiding them

Made this for a little Discord art challenge. In motion here: https://twitter.com/tinyruin/status/1232004336286388225?s=20

There's still some things that could be improved, e.g. adding Subsurface Scattering to better relate to real world porcelain. And maybe adding a Clear Coat layer to simulate the glazing. Also could add some lilies or similar to break it up. But overall I'm happy for a quick piece to get familiar with the software again

EDIT: Forgot to add a ref, as some peeps might not now Kintsugi!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ee/ojj9n5anwq2z.jpg

Sadly i realized after the fact that my cracks don't make 100% sense. They would need to connect up to form full cracked pieces. Will keep that in mind for next time

tinyworlds · Mar 2020

Been some weeks since I've done any 3D modeling. So I wanted to make something simple to get back to it

Made this quick little cabin inspired by a photo of an Icelandic rescue cabin. They were put in place to provide people refuge in harsh weather conditions. Plus they are super beautiful with their striking colors