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Creating the model
How the centaur girl was created
Carlos Ortega Elizalde
I’m a graphic designer and 3D artist from Guanajuato,
Mexico. I currently work as a tutor in the media
department in Guanajuato University, focusing on
Motion Graphics and 3D art most of the time. I’m also a
freelance 3D modeller although I often find that personal
3D design work is almost a full-time job in itself.
Using my sketch as reference,
04 I imported it into Maya as an image
plane to maintain proportions. Since this was a
new version of my character and not a different
one, I used only my old model’s head as a
reference, though many of the details were
refined later to suit the new style.
The human torso was probably
05 the part on which I spent the most
time. It had to have nice topology and decent
anatomy, but still be recognisable as part of
a stylised, cartoony character. I went for an
athletic and slender body, trying to mix it with
an elegant, cute and attractive look.
In the Ice Zone Maya, Photoshop, mental ray (2010)
The Echidna, all-terrain vehicle in a mission through the Ice Zone.
This model was created for an online speed modelling contest.
4 hours
render time
Resolution:
3,150 x 4,200
Fulgencius the Wise
Maya, Photoshop (2009)
Fulgencius, aka The Wise.
He might be wise, but he
has a terrible memory.
Tonight is this 200-year-old
wizard’s birthday party, but
he can’t remember where
it’s taking place!
The legs were modelled extruding from the waist edges
06 of the torso. I modelled the whole horse body almost as an
animal counterpart of the human torso, aiming to produce delicate
but athletic legs. I created the horse body so it could be recognised
as ‘female’ just from looking at the animal part.
End of the Year Maya, Photoshop (2009)
This images shows a weird New Year’s party taking place in a
space-based environment, attended by just a robot and an octopus.
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The hair consists of flat polygonal
07 planes. I started using a cylinder to
recreate the mane and tail’s volume, then
I extracted several strands to get a nice density
of thin planes. I sculpted them by moving
vertices by hand and using modifiers like
Bend and Twist on each strand.
To refine the detail in the hair,
08 I inserted several edge loops in each
stripe of hair, then moved some of the new
edges outwards and others inwards, to
reinforce the simulation of the hair density
in each strand and the flow of each stripe.