3D Character Design
Kelan's Puzzle Main Character
Kelan's Puzzle Main Character
Tools: Autodesk 3DS Max, Blender, Substance Painter, Nomad Sculpt, Procreate
This is the process followed for creating a controllable player character for my game 'Kelan's Puzzle.' The model was further optimized through retopology and was chosen to be kept flat-shaded as a stylistic preference.
1. Creating 2D orthographic references
2. Sculpting the base mesh
Progressively adding more details.
3. Box-modelling the first layers of clothing
The body mesh served as a mannequin for creating tailored clothing for the main character.
Decided to overlay the shirt with a dungaree!
4. Modelling additional clothing, apparel and accessories.
Shoes
Leather side bag
Watch
Final High-poly model
5. Retopology
Parts of the model were individually optimized, either through manual or automatic retopology, depending on the surfaces. This helped reduce the poly-count to around 70,000.
6. UV Mapping
7. Texturing
8. Posing
9. Animating
Animations were quickly executed on the model to identify and address issues with the topology.
10. Feel free to inspect the model!
