Hey, my name is Karolina Renkiewicz and I am a freelance 3D artist from Wroc\u0142aw, Poland.<\/p>\n
I became interested in 3D graphics two years ago when I set up my profile on Sketchfab. I have always loved drawing and painting; before I started learning 3D, I was creating digital illustrations. You can see some of my work on my ArtStation<\/a>.<\/p>\n I decided to create a snail model because I was fed up with modeling hard surface objects, I wanted to do something organic and detailed. Nature itself was my inspiration\u2014I remember as a child that I was looking for similar snails in my grandfather’s garden.<\/p>\n I used 3ds Max to model the snail shell. When I was satisfied with the effect, I started creating a high-poly mesh in ZBrush. Creating the model in ZBrush was by far the most interesting step. To create a characteristic texture, I used the “standard brush” and alpha. I drew the alpha in Photoshop\u2014it was nothing complicated, oblong shapes slightly resembling reptilian skin. To increase realism, I used the noise modifier. I made slight dents and irregularities on the shell, I didn’t want it to be perfectly smooth.<\/p>\n\n\t\tWhy the snail?<\/h2>\n
Modeling<\/h2>\n