{"id":142060000095,"date":"2021-06-22T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/blogs\/community\/?p=142060000095"},"modified":"2021-06-23T14:01:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T12:01:05","slug":"art-spotlight-ntamak-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/blogs\/community\/art-spotlight-ntamak-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Spotlight: Ntamak Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

About me<\/h2>\n

Hello there! My name is Gillian Morio (Yuguhtrrh), I live in Toulouse, based in the south of France.<\/p>\n

For 3 years now, I\u2019ve been studying 3D at the E-ArtSup School. I mostly do 3D stylized props and environments with a PBR workflow, and I am currently learning hand-painting.<\/p>\n

Before choosing this school, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do exactly, but at least I wanted to go into the video game industry. A huge thanks to Hassen Samaali<\/a>, one of my first teachers at E-ArtSup who inspired me; through his lessons, my passion for making 3D projects was born and it is still going strong!<\/p>\n

I always want to do optimized models and textures so I\u2019ve made a lot of personal projects since I started to learn 3D. I have joined some Discord servers such as Stylized Station, Experience Point, and HandPainters Guild in order to have as much feedback as possible so that I can learn more quickly.<\/p>\n

I started making 3D with Maya and ZBrush, essentially. It\u2019s kind of funny because I truly thought I wouldn\u2019t change from these softwares, and then Blender arrived in my life last year thanks to an internship I did at Ankama<\/a>. For texturing, I mostly use Substance Painter and Photoshop in this order of preference.<\/p>\n

I prefer to spend a ton of time on my projects and have the guarantee to get the quality I want to achieve, than to speed things up and have something I\u2019m not satisfied with. This is why the project I will introduce to you took 4 months to make.<\/p>\n

Concept<\/h2>\n

This project started during my internship at Ankama where I met someone I admired when I was younger: Fabrice Nzinzi<\/a>, who is an amazing illustrator\/concept artist that I had the opportunity to work with.<\/p>\n

I wanted to know more about him so I took a look at his portfolio and I found a concept that instantly caught my attention and that I really appreciated. Here it is:<\/p>\n

\"ankama

First of all, I really loved the composition: this enormous ascendant shape that constantly focuses my attention. Also all these new shapes, colors, and the general vibe this artwork gives.<\/p>\n

I really appreciate making impressive things\u2014even if they aren\u2019t that hard to make\u2014to give viewers that \u201cWow\u201d sensation.<\/p>\n

This project was the opportunity to recreate an old artwork in 3D, and to practice hand-painting with Photoshop, a first for me.<\/p>\n

For modeling, I only used Blender. For texturing, Photoshop and Substance Painter, and for rendering, Unreal Engine 4. But, because it only gives a 2D view, I felt a little restricted and my work would feel unfinished. Sketchfab allowed me to share this piece with another perspective, which I find very useful and important!<\/p>\n

Blockout<\/h2>\n

First of all, in order to have the best proportions possible, I had to establish the height of each house, and also spot their repetition. So I did a quick breakdown over the concept.<\/p>\n\n\t\t