Nina: Process and Gallery

My general aesthetic is finding a balance between whimsical cuteness and wickedly eerie.  I love the concept of light and dark duality, possibly because I find it within myself more than I let myself admit. 

Since this is my first time using ZBrush, I'd like to take my existing knowledge with Photoshop and Maya and make what these other programs held me back with individually.  

Ideally, I'd love to make something Portfolio worthy to upload to Behance or Artstation, but those are just beginners ambitions.
The largest ambition would be to make a point-and-click adventure game, but I'm not sure if that will be obtainable. 

I plan to keep my 6 milestones split into 2/3 weeks depending on complexity. 

1. Create a bust of myself with how I view my inner personality and duality expressed on the outside (Realistic / Stylized)

2.  Working with lighting in Unity (Glow, Colorful, Rgb split)

3.  Making my own tileable brushes in ZBrush for faster workflow 

4.  Exploring texturing in Substance Painter (Smart Materials + Stylized)

5.  Creating and exporting polygroups for UV mapping

6. Landscape creation 

  • Week of Sept 16: Research videos for making a bust and rendering/lighting techniques 

  • Week of Sept 23: Work on the details of the bust merging realism and stylization 

  • Milestone One Due Sept 27

  • Week of Oct 7: Research + Work milestone Two

  • Milestone Two due Oct 18

  • Week of Oct 14:  Research + Work milestone Three

  • Milestone Three due Oct 25 

  • Week of Oct 28:  Research + Work milestone Four

  • Milestone Four due on Nov 8

  • Week of Nov 11: Research + Work Milestone 5

  • Week of Nov 18: Milestone Five due Nov 22

  • Week of Dec 2: Research + Work on Milestone 6

  • Week of Dec 9: Milestone 6 due on Dec 13