Song: Dynasties and Dystopias - Denzel Curry, Gizzle, Bren Joy (Arcane OST)
Turnaround
Render Breakdown
Material Breakdown showing the lighting and fresnel masks working behind the scenes.
Cell-Shading PPV breakdown, based on a tutorial by PrismaticaDev: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkFwe7JI8R8
(Previously used on T0-B1)
Sculpting Timelapse
Texturing Timelapse
References
Been wanting to do this for 3 years since I first saw Arcane, but I had to sculpt my boi, Ekko. He's easily my favorite side character and Season 2 made me love him even more.
I'm a huge fan of Fortiche's artwork in Arcane and with this project, I really wanted to try my hand at handpainting. Inspired by Mani Salguero's Zuko fanart and how he designed the shader, I also really wanted to explore UE5's materials to somewhat mimic a painterly effect.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/dK5Nwe
It's been a ride and I had a lot of fun working on this.
