Laveau the Medium

Laveau the Spirit Medium

This character has been created for the purpose of being animated into a thriller arcade game called "The Hosue WHere They Dwell". Which was developed during quarantine in 2021. 

Character is placed into an environment created by Julie Kay and Kayla Thompson. The character concept is by Sam Conners.

This is the development process of Laveau. Luckily there was a nicely retopoed body with an open head. So I started on so I began sculpting the anatomy so I could have her proportions be correct and have a blend between stylized/realistic features in her. Through this process I will be quite honest I learned a lot on the fly! When it came to texturing, I wasn't sure how to tackle making the small tassels or pant fringes while keeping her as low poly as possible. So I decided to remove the small little tassels and pants fringes so she could have more hair detail since each strand of those dreads did add up in polys. I wanted to get as much of her hair in since it really helped the silhouette of her model! The small tie of hair on the top of her head makes her unique against the background and allowed for a nice little bob of physics when it would sway back and forth. Also, the dreads were incredibly fun to make since zspheres allowed me to place them at first and then go back in to break the symmetry without odd distortion or loss of detail!