Kitbashing WIP - Science Droid trying to investigate a Ladybug Droid
My latest class assignment was to Kitbash a model together using the parts the instructor gave us and pick a figure from a reference sheet of 100 Mechs by Eric Geusz as inspiration. I liked the look of this science droid/robot and was inspired and kitbashed a ladybug droid for it to examine after I got into it. (It's like digging through a bin of Legos and making something.)
I kitbashed it in Maya, brought it into ZBrush (after much trial and error with it making weird triangles that weren't in the model!), painted it in Substance Painter, and rendered the final scene in Marmoset Toolbag.
My inspiration for the colors was the children's TV show, "Little Bill." I wanted to make a more feminine, African American looking droid in a cartoon color palette. The Ladybug was fun to do in a contrasting metallic to the large chalky looking Science droid. I played with emissives for the Science droid's face details.
I wanted to make a handpainted background that was anime inspired and found a cool video on how to make 360 degree HDR Panoramic images. The final backdrop was done in Photoshop. Here's a link to a cool video on how to do it.
https://youtu.be/TqFiXYzF-Wc
Render of Science Droid Investigating a Ladybug Droid. Rendered in Marmoset Toolbag. Scroll down for development images.
Detail of the Ladybug Droid.
A version of the backdrop in an anime theme painted in photoshop. There was a lot of green bouncelight reflecting back on the characters so I added a strip of brown at the bottom of the most recent version.
The Linework with the final backdrop in an anime theme done in photoshop. I wanted to paint my own backdrop so I researched how to make 360 degree HDR panoramic images. Here's a link to a cool video on how to do it. https://youtu.be/TqFiXYzF-Wc
Droids painted in Substance Painter. I was going for a childlike feeling with the color scheme and a bit of influence from one of the TV shows we used to watch, "Little Bill". I was going for a more feminine looking droid.
Closeup of droid holding Ladybug droid.
Detail of Ladybug Droid in Substance Painter. The latest version is less metallic in order to show up better in the final scene, but I still love this look.
Droids in ZBrush (before polypainting)
View in Maya of my current project, a kitbash of parts to make a creature from a reference by Eric Geusz's 100 Mechs.
Detail view in Maya of the Ladybug Droid being examined. I came up with the ladybug just out of playing with the Kitbash parts. Adjusted the antennas to be more like old school radio antennas.
Reference image from Eric Geusz's 100 Mechs.