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Upon reflection, I overall feel extremely proud of the work and effort I was able to put in to this assignment, along with how I handled the challenges in the latter half of my work, however I do also feel that I spent a tiring amount of time on the assignment and caused myself toContinue reading Character Design- Development of the Opinicorvus: Reflection
Development of the Opinicorvus Character Turnaround- When starting production on my 3D character model, I first drew out a turnaround sheet for modelling. My current anatomy skills are lacking, however I still used it for the model’s silhouette and shape language. Model Blocking- I expedited the blocking process by using the base animal blocking modelContinue reading Character Design- Development of the Opinicorvus: Production
Development of the Opinicorvus Inspiration Collage- -I had created a quick collage image with many of the references I had gathered that inspired the creation of the Opinicorvus character. This was mainly used for the early stages of generating ideas for the character. Anatomy References These are the main references I used for my character’sContinue reading Character Design- Development of the Opinicorvus: Pre-Production
Opinicorvus Design Conceptualization My design was initially built off a D&D character idea I had of a pompous, dramatic Aarakocra thief with a fixation on stealing jewels to build up funds for an empire. I started out with the thief idea and the concept of making them a griffin instead of a full Aarakocra, conceptualizingContinue reading Character Design- Development of the Opinicorvus: Design Conceptualisation