{"id":428277,"date":"2026-05-15T02:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/428277\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T02:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:21:11","slug":"modeling-a-dark-fantasy-real-time-character-with-zbrush-maya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/428277\/","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":428278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,89614,501,156,594,44572,59,111,139,69,37891,46874,41468],"class_list":["post-428277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-character-art","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-interviews","tag-marmoset-toolbag","tag-maya","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-substance-3d-painter","tag-unreal-engine","tag-zbrush"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}