Borderlands Art Test

I've been busy with classes, but I've gotten some time to practice some new things.  I decided to take a crack at the art style for Borderlands and creating tillable textures in ZBrush.

Last of Us Environment update

I started doing more with some foilage and correcting my modular building pieces.  I understand now that you need to have everything 100% lined up.  If one piece is altered, the entire set can change, and that takes up time.  I never bothered making foliage in Maya, but I understand now how difficult it can be versus 3DS Max's tools.  Lucky enough, I got my grass patches and a test ivy in.

Last of us environment

I recently bought a DVD series by the Gnoman Workshop on Environment Modeling.  Lately, I've been focusing a lot on using UE4's BSPs, but this DVD is showing me a lot of cool Maya tools and techniques.  This is going to be based off the concept art piece, "Respite" by Logan Feliciano.

You can see his Artstation here: Logan Feliciano

Always Learning with this Monster

So I ran into a problem this past week with my monster.  I couldn't unwrap the back shell, and my normals were terrible

After 3-4 hours this past night, I came up with a solution.  I moved back into zBrush, and projected the highpoly details onto my new topologized and UV'd mesh.  Just a bit more cleaning up in the sculpt, and then PolyPaint time!

I am still completely blown away by the power of zBrush 4r6.  This could've been a nightmare, but I figured it out!

Low Poly Heart of the Monster

Finally got the lowpoly down.  Much was learned from this with great mistakes.  Now to unwrap the UVs and do a bake.

Heart of the Monster [Day 2]

Day 2 of the Monster sculpt.  The shapes are starting to form.  My only problem will be creating a believable set of hands for him.  One problem at a time.

Heart of the Monster [Day 1]

I started on my zBrush file for the monster.  Im really proud so far with my Dynamesh and clay-buildup from a Polysphere.