Anatomy and Character Sculpture Final Project: Polishing and Dynamic Posture with props

 1.6.2023 - 6.7.2023 (Week9 - Week14)

Teo Javin 0349352

Illustration and Visual Narrative/ Bachelor of Design in Creative Media / Taylor's University

Anatomy and Character Sculpture

Final Project: Polishing and Dynamic Posture with props

Instructions

Figure1.1 MIB

Task

We were tasked to find a good pose that fits the character's personality and finalize everything before submission. We were also advised to play with lighting or do some touch-ups in Photoshop before adding a platform below them to rest on. 

Breakdown list:

1. Collective shots rendered to show components in details
2. Final render to be polished and presented on a portrait sized image. Printable high res. 
3. Final poster with an appealing layout.
4. Baked texture sheet 
5. Projection to low-poly model 
6. Character turntable

In this section, I did some further refinements, mostly on the head and limbs (anatomy). After final anatomy adjustments, I started with rigging.

Figure2.1 Turnaround of refined character anatomy

Figure2.2 Rigging with ZSphere

 However, one major problem popped up. My character looked like a certain tyre company's mascot after the rigging. That was when I realized I had to rig it with low poly. I scraped the idea of rigging with ZSphere and went with masking individual joints to my desired pose.

Figure2.3 Low poly rigging attempt (scraped)

Figure2.4 Masking joints

Before sending it to Photoshop, I played with lighting with some guidance by Mr.Kanan's lecture tutorials. Lastly, I rendered the final version of the character into Photohshop for final touch-ups.

Figure2.5 Lighting exploration process

Final Outcome

Figure3.1 Character pose (Greyscale)

Figure3.2 Character pose (Colorized)

Figure3.3 Close-up shots of the final-rendered model

Figure3.4 Final Poster

Figure3.4 Final Project in PDF

Reflection

With the "help" of my time management issue, I did not submit the assignment on time, it was disappointing but I hope I can do better next semester to leave a good impression.