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INTRODUCTION
In m y final pr oject, m y m ain goal is to im pr ove m y char acter m odelling and design
sk ills, as well as exper im ent with differ ent styles. M y chosen r ole is as a char acter
ar tists for gam es, I want to be flexible in ter m s of style so that m y sk ills ar e tr ansfer able
between low poly m obile gam es and m or e r ealistic AAA gam es. M y plan is to cr eate a
var iety of solid char acter pieces for m y por tfolio, including design, m odelling,
textur ing and pr esentation at a gam e-r eady r esolution.
In addition to m y chosen r ole of Char acter Ar tist, I want m y secondar y r ole to be as a
char acter designer , so I intend to wor k on som e char acter s of m y own design. I think
design sk ills ar e im por tant as a char acter ar tist because som etim es even when given a
concept to wor k fr om , you m ay have to fill in the blank s in case you ar e not given a
back view of the char acter as well as having to m ak e design changes to a concept if it
doesn?t tr anslate well into 3D. I also want to wor k on r igging, because it will help with
the posing of the char acter s.
The pr esentation of m y final pieces will include tur ntables, sever al posed beauty shots
and technical br eak downs of the topology and textur es. Each char acter will have a 3D
viewer using either M ar m oset Toolbag or Sk etchfab, m ak ing them inter active so that
the viewer can m ove the m odel ar ound and see it r ender ed in r eal-tim e.
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