Attack animation
Idle animation
Hover/float animation, with the original textures before the comic outline update
Model and texture comparison in Maya. This was before we had moved towards the comic outline style
Concept by Mathias Takacs, the 3D Art Lead and Art Director
Some notes I made while breaking down the shapes of the character to help keep track of what could be mirrored and what couldn't to save on UV space and texture space. We were also going to have the floating gems make mouth and face shapes at one point
ZBrush high poly render
Some "boss version" ideas I made by recombining bits and pieces of Rock, plus some doodling in Photoshop. The goal was a boss variant that would be relatively low-cost for us to make but still feel pretty cool.
In-game "forge" (character unlock) sequence. VFX by West Foulks, animation by Mathias Takacs
I was tasked with modeling and texturing this character based on a concept sketch by Mathias Takacs. I blocked out the shapes in Maya, sculpted in ZBrush, retopologized in Maya, and then textured in a combo of Substance Painter and 3DCoat. Rigging and animation by Mathias Takacs. We later changed the overall art style of the game to have comic outlines and more comic style shading, and also introduced player vs enemy color, so I retextured and switched the gems and eye color to blue. Made for Mutant Forge.
