Sketchbook: Ploot.Json

PlootDotJson · Sep 17 2025

this was done with Unreal, Maya, and Substance Painter, I had a lot of fun working on the modeling portion and assembling it in Unreal. I wanted to make a bunch of weapons, for the most part, since I enjoy designing them.

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PlootDotJson · Oct 6 2025

following up my last project I really wanted to focus more on the presentation of my work, so I put in some extra effort when it came to compositing the renders in Photoshop. I took advantage of Zbrush's ability to export a mask render pass to get a clean image with a transparent background that I could use to enhance the lighting. to further push the lighting, I also did some minimal poly painting in cracks and crevices (and the eyes, so they'd look more like the reference). I've always enjoyed painting shadows on my models, so I was really happy for the opportunity to use that to push my final renders just a bit further.

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design by Ron Broyde: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/L4VJmP

PlootDotJson · Nov 5 2025

a very nice way to see how far I've progressed, a sword!
I wanted to go with this design from Marina Ortega Lorente: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xYdBDE

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I'm extremely happy with how this came out, and I'm happy to see how far my prop work has come since my first project.
it was really nice to finally get a handle on baking and texturing, texturing especially since I feel like the work on my textures in this project vs my first project has improved significantly.
really looking forward to doing more prop work in the future since I find the process of making these sorts of models very enjoyable.

Sketchbook: Ploot.Json

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