B.T. - Character Concept & Game Animation

My concept is inspired by the Firelights (the actual bug) from Arcane, but is mostly a product of a lot of shape experiments in Z-Brush.

My animations on the other hand came to be, by the sheer amount of different video references (impossible to put them all into just one post). Moreover, a lot of standing up and enacting the animation, really helped me to understand or rather feel the timing, speed and force of the movements.

All the difficulties of this project were faced with the mentality of not giving up and a lot of trials and errors. Actually there are no errors, just opportunities to learn and grow. So I wish you all a happy growth, and hope you enjoy my project.

Workflow:

Concepting, Highpoly-Sculpting and Retopology in Z-Brush

UV-Mapping in 3ds-Max

Texturing in Adobe Substance Painter

Rigging, Skinning and Animating in Maya

Environment and VFX Creation with free Assets from the Unreal Marketplace in Unreal Engine 5

Rendering in Unreal Engine 5

Video Creation in Adobe Premiere Pro

Sources: Free Asset Packs used in Unreal Engine 5

Kakky (2019): FX Variety Pack in Visual Effects - UE Marketplace, Unreal Engine, [online] https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/a36bac8b05004e999d-d4b1d332501f49 [retrieved 14.03.2024]

Epic Games (2015): Infinity Blade: Effects in Epic Content - UE Marketplace, Unreal Engine, [online] https://marketplace-website-node-launcher-prod.ol.epicgames.com/ue/marketplace/en-US/product/infinity-blade-effects [retrieved 14.03.2024]

Epic Games (2019): Infinity Blade: Temple in Environments - UE Marketplace, Unreal Engine, [online] https://marketplace-website-node-launcher-prod.ol.epicgames.com/ue/marketplace/en-US/product/infinity-blade-temple [retrieved 14.03.2024]

Epic Games(2019): Infinity Blade: Hideout in Environments - UE Marketplace, Unreal Engine, [online] https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/infinity-blade-hideout [retrieved 14.03.2024]

Epic Games (2015): Infinity Blade: Grass Lands in Epic Content - UE Marketplace, Unreal Engine, [online] https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/infinity-blade-plain-lands [retrieved 14.03.2024]

Epic Games (2018): Soul: Cave in Epic Content - UE Marketplace, Unreal Engine,[online] https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/soul-cave [retrieved 14.03.2024]

Epic Games (2018b): Soul: City in Epic Content - UE Marketplace, Unreal Engine, [online] https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/soul-city [retrieved 14.03.2024]

Dragon Motion (2017): Particles and Wind Control System in Visual Effects - UE Marketplace, Unreal Engine, [online] https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/particles-and-wind-control-system [retrieved 14.03.2024]

Epic Games (2018a): Paragon: Agora and Monolith Environment in Epic Content - UE Marketplace, Unreal Engine, [online] https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/paragon-agora-and-monolith-environment [retrieved 14.03.2024]

PurePolygons (2015): Procedural Nature Pack Vol.1 in Environments - UE Marketplace,Unreal Engine, [online] https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/procedural-nature-pack-vol [retrieved 14.03.2024]