Anthias

For this project, I started from scratch in ZBrush and worked with my references. After creating a mesh that I was satisfied with, I proceeded to do the retopology. 

Following the retopology, I refined the mesh to create a High Poly version. I then used Photoshop to create a scale, which would served as the beginning of my scale pattern for the body.

Once I was satisfied with the scale, I moved to Mari to create the pattern and then projected it onto the body.

Armed with my scale map, I returned to ZBrush to project what I had created in Mari and refine any parts that required more precision. Afterward, I used Substance Designer to create a curvature map and a cavity map, which I could easly modify according to my needs. I then used these maps in Mari as masks for my texturing.

With my texturing maps completed, I utilized Maya and VRay to finalize my fish and do the Look Dev.

And some images of the Anthias Fish rendered in the movie sequences. I had the chance to make this fish for the Lumi shortfilm alongside an amazing team: Élia Paoli, Charles-Henri Maurin, Elina Roger, Lola Lemuet, Maiwen Sache et Radhika Moghe.