Lotus Elf


Lotus Assassin


Mining Spaceship




Lotus Elf

Image of a 3D elvish character

Type

Personal, class project

Tools

Blender

Timeline

October - November, 2022


For this character design project, I combined my interests in culture, nature, and fantasy to create an unusual and unique character. I designed an elf that links to my heritage, a lotus flower symbolizing enlightenment and purity. She is the guardian elf of a sacred lotus grove who keeps intruders away from the precious flowers.

The character was built from scratch. The process includes coming up with the concept, sketching, modeling, and texturing the model. Finally, an environment was built to place the characters in.

Image of different angles of the Lotus Elf character Sketch and in-progress work Image of different angles of the Lotus Elf character Image of different angles of the Lotus Elf character Different angles of the character with no rigging Image of different angles of the Lotus Elf character Skin texture closeup



Lotus Assassin

Image of a 3D Lotus Root character

Type

Personal, class project

Tools

Blender

Timeline

2 weeks; Nov - Dec, 2022


Continuing with the lotus theme, a villain character was created for the project along with the Lotus Elf. This villain feels resentful for being unseen and unrecognized because he is the root of the lotus that is submerged in the muck and grime of the underworld. So, he decides to betray his friends and destroy the lotus garden.

The character was built from scratch. The process includes coming up with the concept, sketching, modeling, and texturing the model. Finally, an environment was built to place the characters in.

Image of different angles of the Lotus Root character Sketch and in-progress work Image of different angles of the Lotus Root character Image of different angles of the Lotus Root character Different angles of the character with no rigging Image of different angles of the Lotus Root character Closeup texture of the character Image of different angles of the Lotus Root character Characters placed in a 3D environment

Mining Spaceship


Gif image of the spaceship moving in 360 degree

Type

Personal, class project

Tools

Blender

Timeline

2 weeks, February 21 - 27, 2023

This mining spaceship model was inspired by the shape of a giant squid. While brainstorming for the project, I browsed an article about a rare giant squid that was found dead on a beach in South Africa. I thought that the functionality of a squid’s body like its flexible tentacles and streamlined torpedo shape would translate well to an environment in space that requires mobility and precise control.

This was built from scratch by coming up with the idea, sketching, modeling, texturing, and exporting the model to use in different platforms.

Image of different angles of the spaceship Image of different angles of the spaceship Work in progress Image of different angles of the spaceship Image of different angles of the spaceship Different angles of the spaceship closeup images of the spaceship with texture detail Closeup texture




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