Some other pieces were just poly modeled from primitives. When I'm happy with the overall shape of the character, I start to mask, extract and block the shape of the armor in ZBrush to use as a base for retopology in Maya.

When I'm happy with the primary forms and sure that there will be no big changes, I use zremesher to get a better topology and work with the refinement.

I slowly start to shape the head and add the main features of the face, like the eyes, ears, mouth, and after that, I move to the torso. Starting with a basic sphere, the first step is to turn on Dynamesh so we have more freedom to move things around without being concerned about the topology. The method that I use is to break the concept into a few parts (anatomy, fur, metals, skin, bones, and eyes) and since the concept has armor that's a bit blurred, I researched another concept where the artist had a similar design for his armors. This is one of the steps that I spend most of my time on. This step is one of the most important parts of the entire project good references will provide a better direction when it comes to modeling, texturing and shading your model. The concept is inspired by Dave Rapoza 'Orc Portrait' and a lot by ILM orcs from the “Warcraft” movie.Ĭ hoosing a concept and gathering references

The main goal of this project for me was to learn a bit more about skin shaders, and since I'm a big fan of the fantasy characters and creatures, the orc was my first choice. In this tutorial, I'm going to take you through the process that I used to create this fantasy character. Hello, my name is Michael Robson and I'm a 3D character artist.

Ornatrix blender