WIP of a handpainted tiger bust. this is a highpoly sculpt in zbrush, unlit with polypaint. I'm just noodling and adding to it as i go, like an illustration.
Working on a lowpoly handpainted cat character -- she's the queen of an ice palace full of little cats 😺 I find I work much faster and get a better end result when I "sketch" in 3D and start laying down textures early. I'm not working from a concept drawing (just have some inspiration pics and am making the rest up as I…
Made 2 simple beads and a rose to use to as cape detail: Pretty happy with the touch of opulence they add, despite being quite simple. The rose textures need a lot more love, they're basically just the simple shapes sketched out. I've been purely handpainting these textures from nothing (I generally use a gradient map base…
A lot of more subtle changes today, lots of cleanup and clarifying edges, especially the seams on the dress and the cat's face. I've been looking at a lot of handpainted textures done by Chinese and Korean artists on Sketchfab and trying to get that same clean, readable look -- a lot of the models in this style actually…