INTRODUCTION
Hi there, I’m Saad Farooq, a 3D Artist from Pakistan. I largely work as a freelancer. I even have a YouTube channel the place I create tutorials for 3D modeling, digital sculpting, texturing, and rendering. I exploit Blender, Substance Painter, and ZBrush for my workflows.
INSPIRATION
I create all kinds of stylized characters, with my foremost curiosity being caricatures. This specific paintings is a caricature of Hayao Miyazaki, the Co-Founding father of Studio Ghibli. I’ve made caricatures of many alternative personalities who’ve contributed ultimately to my life.
I’m additionally impressed by the work of Gabriel Soares, a digital sculptor who creates stylized/caricature portraits in 3D. His work has motivated me to pursue this paintings and lots of extra to return.
REFERENCES
Use references!
In 3D, all the time use references. Sculpting takes quite a lot of time, and the blocking out course of takes time as properly. You can’t solely depend on your creativeness on this course of. To save lots of effort and time, all the time use references. It helps construct your visible library.
BLOCK-OUT
Maintain it easy!
My philosophy whereas blocking out the character is to maintain it easy. I exploit easy shapes to dam out your complete character first.
If you happen to, like me, are utilizing a reference, paint the essential shapes in a photograph enhancing software program to higher perceive the varieties.
TEXTURES
Maintain it Easy ! (Once more)
Like that block-out approach! I apply the identical philosophy throughout texturing. I all the time block out the bottom colours earlier than additional texturing. This method helps me higher perceive the colours of my topic.
LIGHTING
For lighting, I all the time use space lights with planes to cowl them. I flip off the ray visibility for the digital camera on planes, so the planes block out sure lights however stay invisible within the digital camera/ultimate render. Typically, I additionally use daylight for the rim gentle impact.
RENDER – My tribute to Hayao Miyazaki
Here’s a fast time-lapse video of your complete course of,
That is it!
Thanks for investing a while to learn my article. I hope you discovered one thing helpful. Have a pleasant day!
In regards to the Artist
Saad Farooq (Khatri3D) Freelancer, a digital sculptor and a senior 3D Character Artist and Instructor.
