Clara and The Rat King - WIP
The updated concept art created early this year (2021).
The original concept art I created in December 2019.
An early colouring of this character created in 2019.
My first attempt at the Clara base model created in Blender in July 2020.
Mid Progress Zbrush Sculpt
Comparing the mid-progress rat sculpt created Feb 2021 with my old rat model created July 2020
After taking the Rat King's powers (along with his head), Clara sets off into the realm of snowflakes, sweets, and toys. Inspired by the Nutcracker ballet and the original tale by E. T. A. Hoffmann, this Clara is a re-imagining of the story as an action game. Original Concept and Modelling by me.
Ideally, I would like to see this project through but at this stage its more of a pitch! Clara has been sitting in my head for a couple of years and I initially attempted her character for the first time last year, but only got part-way. I wanted to re-try the model this year and apply some skills I learnt using Vertex School's quarantine stylized character challenge. Seeing my progress this way on the same character is really motivating!
As this is currently still a WIP my next stages will be rigging and animating in Maya, and exporting the animations to Unreal Engine.
Created using Maya, Zbrush, Substance Painter, and rendered with Marmoset Toolbag.