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When gaining an understanding of the Unreal Engine and developing my artistic skills with a 3D appreciation, I designed a level for a character that I had created in Zbrush, 3DS Max and Substance Painter (a realistic take on the Charizard character from the Pokemon series).
Designed as an ancient, desertous holy ground for the creature, I created large statues of the monster by repurposing the character model and changing the textures. Wanting the level to be perceived as a harsh area, I added a volcano and gave the rocky, mountainous parts of the level angular features.
One of the pieces of concept art featured below features ruins of a structure. I thought the viewpoint from outside and within would be picturesque with use of light. When implementing this within the engine, I started to develop the idea with the initial idea of the level being a holy ground. I tried to implement the idea that the structure with small stone statues of the Charizard were erected to praise, worship or show deference to the creatures. By placing two pillars in a naturally collapsed fashion and scattering human skulls, I wanted to give the impression that this had been a failed attempt of the past by the humans and that they had been inevitably been consumed by the monstrous beasts. I felt this added a macabre atmosphere and an ambigious nature of the history of the level with just enough clues to raise genuine intrigue.

Charicific Valley

Unreal Engine
Ruins
I added the model into a desertous environment I had created in the Unreal Engine, and repurposed the model into pillars and statues, adding different textures.
After unwrapping the model, I added textures in Substance Painter.
I created the base of the model in 3DS Max, and then sculpted detail in Zbrush.
Below are screenshots of a 3D model I created of a realistic take on Charizard from the Pokemon series to improve my design skills. I built a knowledge of muscle and skeletal features, and enjoyed the challenge of creating a realistic looking take on a unrealistic body structure.
3D Model

Charizard

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