Working on a dragon model using maya, zbrush, and substance painter. For learning and portfolio

Dragon Project

fablefox

I got started today on creating a new tool, specifically for the power lines that'll be in my scene! Not much to show yet as it's not really working, but I should have something to show for tomorrow!

Renders are finally finished! Did some extra touch-ups on the dragon and platform from yesterday, and had to downscale these renders for discord, but overall pretty proud of this entire project! Learned so much and really went out of my comfort zone with creating a whole dragon from scratch.

Finished up the platform for the dragon! I was working on it for the past few days but hadn't shown the progress on it, but here it is. This isn't the final render/lighting setup, but now that I have everything pretty much done, all that's left is the lighting setup and rendering process.

Finally finished with texturing! Now I'm going to try to get a nice render done soon.

Finished the highlighting portion! Got started on polishing up the shadows and mid-tones. I'm hoping I can get most of it finished tonight and start rendering at some point tomorrow.

Now working on the tail portion! Almost finished up with the highlighting and polishing. All that's left after that is doing some final polishes on the mid-tones and shadowing and then it's finished and ready to be rendered!

Working on the back leg portions of the dragon tonight. I also started adding a little moss/green colors in some of the cracks and I'm experimenting with the light generator to add a little slight blue hue to the top of the statue.

Got more highlight work done on the upper back and legs. Still a good bit to go though.

Got started on texturing today! Mainly just added in the general coloring and started polishing up some of the highlight work around the head, neck, and two front leg (arms?) area.

Finished up on the dragon sculpting! It took a while to get a nice looking low poly version that I can use to bake and texture (The teeth kept getting destroyed when I used Zbrush's Decimation Master, so I went and masked out the teeth to keep it in good shape during the decimation process). So all that's left is UV unwrapping this low poly version and getting started on texturing! Very excited that I'm almost finished up with this model!

Today I mostly focused on polishing up the overall body of the dragon and got started on working on the wings (sorta forgot about that part lol). Pretty much finished up with the right (left from this view) side of the dragon's wings in terms of trimming it down and adding some stone-look to it. Just gotta do the same on the other side and finish polishing it up and then I can move on to texturing!

Got a lot of work done on the head and neck area on the dragon! Mostly finished up on the teeth and gums/mouth area and added some spikes on the back of the head and along the neck. It's starting to come together pretty nicely! Btw if anyone has any feedback or advice to improve it on how this looks for any of the dragon, I'd love to hear it.

Got started on the teeth! I plan on working on it a bit more later tonight, but I'll be busy for most of today.

Added some rocks to create some more texture and break up the empty spaces on the body and tail. Later tonight I'm going to try putting some more focus on the neck and head area and add some extra details there.

Started trimming down the dragon today to make it more stone-like and also added some spike rocks long the tail, back, and some larger rocks on the shoulders to emphasize them a bit more.

Started back on working on the dragon. Currently just working on shaping the legs, feet, and shoulders. It's in a little rough shape, but once I finish it up and start trimming it down to look more like a statue it'll come together more.

Worked more on the dragon! Mainly focused on trimming down the entire body and worked on the shape of the neck a little bit. The body still looks a bit square and blocky than I want, but it should start to look more curvy and less blocky as I continue to trim and start adding some buildup to it.

Dragon Project

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