{"id":142059996042,"date":"2020-07-08T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/blogs\/community\/?p=142059996042"},"modified":"2021-07-28T15:00:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T13:00:43","slug":"women-on-sketchfab-beccy-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/blogs\/community\/women-on-sketchfab-beccy-collins\/","title":{"rendered":"Women on Sketchfab: Beccy Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi there, my name is Beccy. I\u2019m from the UK and I\u2019m just about to graduate from <\/span>Staffordshire University<\/span><\/a>, studying (BSc) Computer Games Design with a focus on 3D Character Art (I have a love for stylized things!)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I recently started freelancing and am currently working on a job for an Indie game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Background<\/b><\/h2>\n

Since I was young I\u2019ve loved to play games. As I grew up, my interest was piqued to actually want to be a part of a team that makes them. One of my biggest inspirations for wanting to make game art is World of Warcraft<\/em>! I grew up playing it and always loved the style and look.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I saw that universities had courses about making games, I jumped at the chance and was lucky enough to be able to go to Staffs Uni. <\/span>One of the hardest challenges for me was my first year of Uni as it was a steep learning curve with no prior knowledge in 3D. Learning all the software and also how to 3D model in a short period of time was intense but I really enjoyed the course, which made it much easier to learn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whilst studying at Uni I started using discord and found some great art communities that have helped me improve my work massively and gave me more confidence. Communities such as <\/span>Experience Points<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Stylized Station<\/span><\/a> have been an awesome help by providing me with lots of feedback on my work, and recently I joined the new Sketchfab Discord<\/a> which is full of lots of great artists!<\/span><\/p>\n

It was around a year ago when I made my first character; I was in my second year at uni and had an assignment to make one in the World of Warcraft<\/em> style, which I was, of course, very excited about. I fell in love with the process and knew at that point that I wanted to focus on making stylized characters. My partner is also a Character Artist and we are always learning and bouncing ideas off each other which is super helpful.<\/span><\/p>\n

My Art<\/b><\/h2>\n

The software I use for my 3D work consists of ZBrush, 3ds Max, Photoshop, 3D-Coat, and Substance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I start in ZBrush to create the base shapes, usually with ZSpheres, then move onto sculpting the high poly. Next, in 3ds Max, I retopo using step build and then unwrap my model. When it comes to baking I use Substance Designer (with bake by mesh name) as I find it gives me nice results. For texturing, I usually start in Photoshop to create a base for the color map (Albedo or Diffuse), then I either move into 3D-Coat for handpainted or Substance Painter for stylized PBR.<\/span><\/p>\n

I also like to dabble in animation as I find it fun and it helps bring my characters to life a bit! I rig and animate my characters in 3ds Max with a CAT rig.<\/span><\/p>\n