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Floating Temple
Inspiration
Story
Process Work
- Maya for the greenery, temple, and island base modeling
- Zbrush to model details and zremesh islands
- Substance painting for texturing
The Topiary Temple was isnpired by the Great Race and how the Chinese Zodiac Animals came to be.
The Chinese Zodiac is a cycle of 12 years, where each year is represented by one of twelve animals.
In Chinese mythology it is said that Jade Emperor, ruler of all gods held a Great Race that decided which animals made it into the Zodiac and in what order. The animals had to cross a river to get to the palace. The order they arrived in determined what year they represented.
Temple Reference Images
Temple Concept Sketch
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Topiary Reference Sketch and Images
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- 6 sides for the bottom room and 6 sides for the top to equal 12
-The rat is jumping off of the Ox in order to get across the water and win the race
-Bright reds and gold for royalty and celebration
-12 painted stones with each animal on it to show all the animals that were in The Great Race
Full Turn Table/ Environment Reference Sketch and Images
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- water as the turn table base to represent the river
- The palace is on a floating island with floating island steps to give a more mythical feel
Environment Thought Process
-After modeling in Maya and then ZBrush I zremeshed to reduce the pollycount
- Used S curve's to lead the eye no only to but up and though the two main focuses, the temple and the topiary animals
Topiary Texture
Hand Painted Texture
- I used substance painter to texture
-hand painted stylized texture
Inspiration
Applied Texture
