{"id":670264,"date":"2026-05-15T02:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670264\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T02:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:35:12","slug":"modeling-a-dark-fantasy-real-time-character-with-zbrush-maya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670264\/","title":{"rendered":"Modeling a Dark Fantasy Real-Time Character with ZBrush & Maya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/p>\n

My name is Jules Joris, and I’m a 3D Character Artist from Belgium. I discovered my passion for 3D about 4 years ago, after trying my hand at Fine Arts. I enrolled at Howest University of Applied Sciences in the Digital Arts & Entertainment Bachelor’s program, and found that a blend of technicality and art was what I wanted to pursue a career in.<\/p>\n

After graduating in June last year, I realized I needed to elevate my portfolio to reach studios’ expectations and decided to join Think Tank Training Centre’s online program, a highly regarded institution in the field. Sweet Ophelia was my final project for my Intermediate term, under the supervision of Sean Ferreira.<\/p>\n

I’m passionate about knights, the Middle Ages, and dark\u2011fantasy aesthetics. I draw a lot of inspiration from studios like FromSoftware, CDPR, Larian, and Grinding Gear Games, as well as artists such as Mike Franchina and Andres Rios, whose work has had a strong influence on my artistic direction.<\/p>\n

Sweet Ophelia<\/p>\n

My approach was all about diving deep into the original concept and making sure I captured the spirit of the character. The design was created by Bodybag Planty and belongs to a universe created by a collective of artists called “Stare Joberknoll”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I started with paint-overs, isolating and color-coding each asset to get familiar with the concept. I then searched for references and filled in any concept gaps, like adding a gambeson under the armor or leather straps to support certain pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Introduction My name is Jules Joris, and I’m a 3D Character Artist from Belgium. I discovered my passion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,126353,356,75,2977,21650,5480,5483,5479,21652],"class_list":{"0":"post-670264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-character-art","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-interviews","17":"tag-marmoset-toolbag","18":"tag-maya","19":"tag-substance-3d-painter","20":"tag-unreal-engine","21":"tag-zbrush"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}