Tattooed Dancer | RenderHub Forum

howardgardnercg · 2024-10-26T12:41:15-04:00

Final render image I created this character with the intention of using her in an animated music video. The idea was to have her dancing alone in a desolate-looking concrete environment, seemingly in a mindset that's transcendent of her grim surroundings. I wanted to incorporate tribal elements into her costume and body art, suggesting that she has something of a priestess or shaman about her. After having come up with the character idea and refined it a bit, I generated a base mesh from Daz Studio and then made numerous alterations and improvements to it in Zbrush. I re-did the UV map from scratch and began painting the figure in Zbrush, although I would later refine the tattoo designs onthe map in Photoshop. The clothing and accessories were modelled polygonally from scratch in Maya and added to the figure. Once I was happy with my character's appearance I used Mixamo to automatically rig her in a default T-pose. I could then manipulate her posture in Maya to create the desired dancing scene and I added scenery that I had previously modelled for another project. I decided on a lighting setup and fog in the environment that was reminiscent of being in a nightclub but also evokes a sense of danger and unease. Since I have the character rigged in Mixamo I now have the option of using a pre-made mocap animation to render her dancing in various ways in the future. Front view Left view Back view All of these renders were generated from Maya 2016 using Mental Ray