Petar Zvezdanov
Expert Environment artist at Ubisoft Sofia
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The Painter - UE4

The painter works in solitude, covering with a mural the remains of something majestic and mechanical that came from the skies a long time ago.
I tried to learn & apply as many new things as possible with this real-time scene - making X-gen fur and getting it inside Unreal, rigging & skinning in Maya, making Niagara fx emmiters, etc.
The BEST part definitely was using some leftover pizza dough ( forgotten in my fridge for a while ) to scan and create some alien planet -looking terrain assets :D

The blue particle spray effect from the insect's trunk was custom Niagara particle emitter using a image as a color source for the particles.

The blue particle spray effect from the insect's trunk was custom Niagara particle emitter using a image as a color source for the particles.

This little guy has three internal sections in his body that can recycle matter & produce separate colored substances that can be mixed and then sprayed to a pretty good distance by its long trunk.

This little guy has three internal sections in his body that can recycle matter & produce separate colored substances that can be mixed and then sprayed to a pretty good distance by its long trunk.

i specifically gathered some Sphynx cat references to help me with the wrinkles & shapes

i specifically gathered some Sphynx cat references to help me with the wrinkles & shapes

the creature's fur was made by making 3 separate X-gen descriptors and by drawing the initial curves using the pen tool inside Maya

the creature's fur was made by making 3 separate X-gen descriptors and by drawing the initial curves using the pen tool inside Maya

I made both terrain pieces using photogrammetry assets from some pizza dough i had in my fridge. I arranged it in different shapes on my kitchen board and played with adding flour & pieces of pasta

I made both terrain pieces using photogrammetry assets from some pizza dough i had in my fridge. I arranged it in different shapes on my kitchen board and played with adding flour & pieces of pasta

the mechanical enity in Zbrush and inside Substance Painter to get him a nice weathered look

the mechanical enity in Zbrush and inside Substance Painter to get him a nice weathered look

i decided to add some X-gen hair to the bug as well after finally managing to get it inside the engine from Maya :D

i decided to add some X-gen hair to the bug as well after finally managing to get it inside the engine from Maya :D

the initial sketch

the initial sketch

finally learned to spend some time making my polygroups before trying to Zremesh the low-poly .Had to lelearn how to rig ) skin inside Maya as well

finally learned to spend some time making my polygroups before trying to Zremesh the low-poly .Had to lelearn how to rig ) skin inside Maya as well

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