ART WAR 5 | 3D Submissions | Art World War | Sanja, The Swifty Sunray | ornella_breznev

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For this years Art War I decided to sculpt a character based on Kazakhstan and it's traditional clothing! I don't have much experience in ZBrush, but hope to improve my skills and gain motivation by joining this war!

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I started by making some sketches and silhouettes, based on my moodboards! I plan to add a cute sidekick to my character, an eagle called Timur. Not sure if I want the Eagle to be big enough so Sanja could fly in the wild or small enough to help him irritate their opponents. Sanja isn't exactly super strong. He rather outsmarts his rivals with his swiftyness so they end up confused, dizzy and a bit provoked.
He's a smart but cheeky kid.

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This is my first big moodboard. Sanjas Clothing is inspired by traditional clothing and armor.
I plan Sanja to carry a bow with him, but whips or a combat staff are also an option! The sculpt is planned to be stylized and cute.

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That's my "small" moodboard - things I tried to concentrate on during the designing phase.

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I am a bit of a chaot when it comes to working on a project, so I just do what I feel like first. In that case, I started & finished the head, hair and weapon before anything else. The body is still wip.

Here is the boys cheeky face!

It still needs some polishing, but thats okay. I especially enjoyed polypainting.

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The back of Sanjas head. Stylish haircut, right?

The scalp is still a bit too blocky!

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Sideview

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Here is my procress on how I made the face. I started with the Anime Head Base and then slowsly shaped it with Move, ClayBuildUp and DampStandard. And of course Smooth. In the procress I polypainted it to help me visualize what the heck I'm actually doing there.

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The Eyes are just two polypainted spheres with the ToyPlastic Material on it and the tear ducts are roughly shaped spheres.

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Gave him some golden earrings by playing with the donut subtool. I didn't want them to be perfect.

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As long as it works, it works- The Teeth are two cylinder subtools that i edited with mainly the masking tool. The upper gum was once a donut shape and the tongue a sphere. Enjoyed polypainting a little bit of texture on it aswell!

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This is Sanjas glorious hair! I made it with these custom brushes here and here.

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Hair progress! First I roughly shaped the hair with ClayBuildUp, thn I added the single hairstrokes. This is the first layer of hair. I also decided to remove that little Stick on the left bottom which was supposed to become a small pigtail or braid. I couldn't find a solution on how to make one properly - maybe next time!

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Then I smoothed out the first layer and added a second one on a different subtool. Did all the same steps as in the post before.

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Oh, and here are the eyebrows! A mirrored sphere that I manipulated to the shape that I like.

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This is Sanjas weapon that I spend waaay too much time on - simple idea but the process was frustrating. I scaled a sphere on the z axis and started shaping it like stylized wood and smooth stone plates. I really like the yellow.

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Here is m latest progress. I am really struggling at figuring out how to make the clothing look good - and the boots! this will keep be busy for a while.

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It's cool seeing a child in the challenge

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Good morning from Germany! Here is my final update on the 3D model. I completely ditched my outfit idea and redid everything. It took me a lot of time but I think it was work it. I struggle a lot with folds and creases. I really like the cute shoes! All in all his design is pretty simple <3

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AND HERE ARE MY FINAL PICTURES! Thank you for scrolling down that far. See you next year! (Hopefully <3)