“TINKERBEARD’S SECRET LAIR”

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I wanted to create a stylized, technicolor world that felt like the swashbuckling fantasies I loved as a kid, like those in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Concept created by the unbelievably talented Ke You Ting.

All assets were modeled in Maya with select elements sculpted in ZBrush. The majority of the materials were created from scratch in Adobe Substance Designer, supplemented by customized smart materials created in Adobe Substance Painter.

To achieve the nuanced color variation seen in the concept, I used vertex blending to layer multiple hand-painted wood materials within a single shader directly inside Unreal.

To imbue the project with a flowing ocean breeze, I added vertex animation to many materials within the scene. There are ZERO blueprints driving the object animation in this scene aside from the standard world and lighting setup; all motion is achieved entirely within the material shaders!

Vertex Animation Demonstration

Sampling of materials created with Adobe Substance Designer

“THE SHRINE”

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Modeled primarily with Maya and rendered in V-Ray, with some supplemental aspects created in Blender. Textured using both Mari and Substance painter. Pyro and fog effects created using EmberGen.

Concept created by Albert Urmanov of BIOWARE. Thank you for allowing me to use this incredible work!

Thank you also to my Think Tank instructor Alex Corll, who advised me through this project.

“TOWER LOUNGE” (work-in-progress)

Created using Maya, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, and Unreal Engine 5. Many of the textures are still temp - including this here for resume purposes.

Concept created by Katrina Lin of NEXT LEVEL GAMES. I’ve been a fan of hers since my Nintendo days, so it was so exciting that she allowed me to work on one of her concepts.

I love the off-kilter architectural style of Katrina’s scenes, and my number one goal with this project was to capture all of those unique diagonal angles while still allowing the scene to make sense in real time.

Thank you also to my Think Tank instructor Saphir Vendroux (known for her work with ROCKSTAR GAMES), who is my hero.

Grandfather Clock Hero Prop