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Characterconcept artist weibo：深紅G

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Getting back into the character design from Assignment 1 I decided to try having the character's asymmetrical arm be mechanical instead of just armored. I've been admiring the arms in Cyberpunk 2077 so that was definitely an inspiration.

I wanted the arm to match the elegance of the the character, so while working on a batch of quick designs I tried to take inspiration from Alita: Battle Angel, Steelrising, and a design I found by an artist named Gu Junyi. I also in part took this as an opportunity to get more experience working with a silhouette and iterating on an idea.

While working on the arm designs I realized I should redesign her crown to match. So after narrowing down to my favorites I did a crown design based on each, trying to find opportunities to incorporate shapes to go with the character's sky theme.

Learning about hard surface modeling in ZBrush is something I'm interested in. So after picking an arm/crown combo I watched a couple simple tutorials (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NuBEM8vBcw, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laalZ8wBAjk&t=1s) and started a crude model of the arm. As I was working it became clear that I had a lot more to learn so I decided to table that for now and potentially revisit it if I have extra time before the submission date.

I had a better idea of how to model the crown as I learned a bit of Fusion years ago and was able to remember enough to make something flat. Then I exported into ZBrush to reshape into something that might fit on a face better.

Then I moved on to refining and rendering my original design, this time working photobashing and the 3D crown into my workflow. I tried to take some inspiration from Mitch Mohrhauser's work on Ghost of Tsushima to help keep the the photobashing and painting visually consistent.

Photobashing Images:

West, I. (2009). Elle MacPherson during the new Jaguar XJ launch at the Saatchi Gallery in London. [Photo] Available at: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-jaguar-xj-launch-london-110609689.html?imageid=795F6600-1EC0-4098-9F63-D0F04A49DBCF&p=309286&pn=1&searchId=62995eb82b248f91ea492e6469bf0b93&searchtype=0.

Cohen, A.S. (n.d.). Isa Austen. [Photo] Available at: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5892b66c20099e4425aa2e29/1542584308711-7EQW2CTP8Q3YHGNZY1AN/image-asset.jpeg.

Huffingtonpost.com. (2025). Available at: https://images.huffingtonpost.com/2009-06-02-carmen.jpg

Londonskin.com.au. (2025). Available at: https://londonskin.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Crows-feet-stock.jpg.webp

SOLDATOOFF (n.d.). Portrait of a mysterious fifty year old woman with a well-groomed face against a dark background. [AI Generated Image] Available at: https://stock.adobe.com/images/portrait-of-a-mysterious-fifty-year-old-woman-with-a-well-groomed-face-against-a-dark-background/648174974?prev_url=detail.

References and Inspirations:

Junyi, G. (2023). 2023/4/25. Available at: https://gthun.artstation.com/projects/w0PJLX.

Bulgarov, V. (2016). Alita: Battle Angel - ‘Doll’ Body design. Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xzV92R.

Artstation.com. (2025). Isaac Hasdenteufel. [online] Available at: https://www.artstation.com/isaachasden

ArtStation. (2024). Mitch Mohrhauser. [online] Available at: https://www.artstation.com/mitchmohrhauser.

Daly, J. (2014). MISC Character Concept Art- Cyberpunk 2077. Available at: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/oAdqYq.

Image used for layout:

Etsystatic.com. (2025). Available at: https://i.etsystatic.com/26857962/r/il/a15e5f/4052640270/il_fullxfull.4052640270_jtaz.jpg [Accessed 10 Jan. 2025].

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