I designed and developed multiple modular pieces for an upcoming PC and console game. I began by grayboxing basic shapes in Unity to help inform final sizes of assets.
When I was happy with the size of the graybox assets, I began to model in Maya and texture in Substance Painter. Afterward, I imported all assets into Unity and built up the environment.
For this character I used Zbrush and Maya to create a high-poly model. Afterwards, I made an optimised model and baked in the high-poly detail. I textured across two materials for a high quality look.
When designign the frog, I had cloth and leather materials in mind for springy movement. I also exposed the sticky pads of the feet and the hands.
With a programmer I am designing and developing a puzzle/logic game. You play as a cat who knocks over objects.
Levels often share materials to save on the amount of textures we use. I design levels with gray boxes first, and then visualise what the props might be.
These plants use a blend of real geometry and images on planes. Where possible, I overlapped UVs to maximise texture space.
I also used Illustrator to make appropriate masks for use in Substance Painter, which I linked for quick balancing updates.
These are some custom Substance Designer materials I have developed. I've explored both organic and inorganic materials.
When it comes to precision (i.e. like a mosiac pattern), I make white silohuete base shapes using Illustrator. These base shapes are then linked into the graph and can be updated as needed.
These are studies of two items from the real world. I had to develop a good image reference collection to understand how the materials may react with light.
I also used Illustrator to recreate labels and text information for a clean appearance.
This is a set of simplified medieval assets. It follows a structured grid for easy placement. The design began with simple 3D blockouts to plan the layout and capture the overall composition of each set piece.
This uses no textures; only a limited selection of material colours.
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