#krystvalk

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Today is Kei's birthday! Everyone say happy birthday to my special little man (sorry for the repost, i'm a bit busy lately)

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NEO Kei

The savior of Krystvalk, flung a thousand years into the future

I experimented with some new ways to do Lining and Shading and really like how it came out. Shadows are a lot more textured now and feel much more integrated into my style, plus the thicker lines makes it much faster to draw specific things and focus less on unnecessary details

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Back in early 2021 I took a 3D Concept Art class where I ended up entirely modeling my OC Kei. It was a really fun learning experience! Results are pretty good, but not quite what I hoped for certain areas, but was extremely informative and fun all the same!

Started of course with turn arounds. I had to design a prop for him too so this is actually where his dagger originated from.

Then came the actual modeling which took about... 5-6ish weeks? (the entire class lasted 10 weeks)

Then I got to pose, texture, and color him! His final turnaround came out pretty good!!!

And I had to make a render to show him off! Pretty cool, right?

The entire project was done in Zbrush, posed in Maya using a quick rig, textured in Substance Painter, and rendered in Marmoset Toolbag.

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The Moonlight Tempest

Sketches of my Ronin OC, Tsunesada

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Scion's Dagger

My first piece for my mentorship class at CGSpectrum.

I had never really tried proper lineless rendering before this so I was pretty surprised to see that I could actually do it! I've also never been critiqued before on my art itself, and its super fascinating and informative.

Though some of you may be wondering "Hey isn't that Kei's dagger? Why is it on display?" If you are then read below...

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Yes that is an older Kei! Squeehee!

This is a story idea that I've been toying around with... At the end of Astr (Kei's story I wanna make as a comic or game someday), Kei has to sacrifice himself to save the world he loves, and ultimately was supposed to die in the process, had the elemental crystals not saved him and given him a second chance at life. However he would have to sleep for a thousand years, and wake up in a far flung future where all his friends and loved ones are long gone...

I imagine him finding this out would not be fun...

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Kei... My little Warrior of Light... (wanted to play around with more rendering techniques and this was quite fun)

[12-28-21]

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Kei's House

Set Design Illustration for my CG Spectrum Concept Art class

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Wyvern Knight

Illustration for my CGSpectrum Concept Art class

Additional concept art for the rider, as well as painted material wedges to learn better rendering. I had never really properly done digital painting before this class so I was surprised that I got the basics down fairly quickly.

Also here's a time-lapse!

Full HQ version