For the hair I used a haircurves brush, edited by Chris Whitaker, called makkon_haircurves_03. While sculpting the face, it was very helpful to have some extra features in place, such as eyebrows, eyelashes and hair. Dynameshing and smoothing the block-out to create a simple mannequin. Additionally, I didn't need to sculpt very detailed, because the sculpt would only be used for a diffuse bake which I could paint over. Adding muscular detail wasn’t a priority because it was not yet determined where the clothing pieces would cover up the body. I continued by Dynameshing the block-out and refining the basic shapes of the body. Creating quick blobs in the shape of a human allowed me to establish the anatomy and style pretty quickly. I started the character by creating a block-out in ZBrush. The reference board for Jake Wyatt’s character from Necropolis. Those kinds of emotions aren’t easy to translate into a 3D model, but I took it as a challenge. The girl is a ferocious character filled with rage, which she eventually demonstrates by slaughtering a bunch of bad guys. The biggest thing I wanted to nail in this project was the emotion. I’m a big fan of Jake Wyatt and his Necropolis comic, so I decided to create the protagonist from the comic. My Thoughts and GoalsĪfter the 3D bust was received so well, I wanted to set the bar higher and create a full character. I ended up winning the competition and gaining tons of experience with hand-painting! The 3D character bust that started my hand-painting journey. The challenge was to create a hand-painted character bust. The journey started when I participated in a competition hosted by Yekaterina Bourykina. Experiencing this provided me with a good base to start making my own projects. At school I learned about the many sides of game art, such as: procedural modeling, 3D animation, standard asset creation and engine implementation. However, my first real game art experience started when I decided to study Visual Art at Breda University of Applied Sciences. I got so immersed in these worlds that I decided to start making my own by playing with Game Maker and learning GML. As a child I spent the majority of my time exploring the story and worlds of Zelda, Pokémon and Rayman.

Games have always been a big interest for me.

Paint 3d models