3D start

Today we started our new project, the project this time is to create a 3D game in groups again.

Like the previous project, the artists and designers have to each create their skill pitch to the class, we have 1 week to create said pitch.

I am working towards artist once again, mainly because this is a 3D game project and my main skill in game creation is 3D modelling. 3D modelling is what i wish to pursue in the future.

For my art pitch i have been creating some doodles. For my art style i wanted to go for the cartoon style look where the characters are out of proportion with giant feet and hands. I looked at the art styling of Fable and Kingdom Hearts for this, i love the art style of both and wished to use aspects of the style in my art.

I have started sketching some ideas for my pitch model, i wanted to go for a sort of steampunk style robot. I wanted to differ from just human forms as i have created 3D humanoid models in the past and am happy with my skills in it so far.

I couldnt quite get the hang of the joints of the robot form, i looked up various robot styles on google, and found a cyborg from Bioshock Infinite. This reference helped me a lot with my designs.

Here was one of the first sketches i made, inspired by a creature i found in the Fable II art book. I had the idea of a robot whose chest was a tank of blood with a heart in it connected to wires and tubes. the tank would be surrounded by 3 metal ribs. with a metal spine going up the back containing the main wired to keep the electric flow going around the body.

After becoming frustrated in not being able to create the joints for the body or being able to come up with an idea of what the rest would look like i decided i would try some more doodles.

One idea i came up with was turning the rib cage robot into a human in a body suit, after starting the sketch i realized this was too human for my liking and i stopped working on that image.

Another idea was a bat/human hybrid, but after sketching again i found it too human for my liking.

After my first sketch, i drew this little robot fellow. He has a round chest piece with a window at the front, a head with one eye piece. He also has electrical tubes attaching to several parts of his body and big hands and feet as i had intended in the first place.

This is probably my favorite design out of the lot so far, above the original sketch i incorporated the rib style into the chest. Now while this looks kind of cool i just think the body is a bit too round for that style. I may just stick with the original design and start the modelling process!