Modern Magic -- Simz Fanart
Inspired by the work of Simz https://linktr.ee/simz.art
After seeing the lovely art by Simone “Simz” Ferriero I wanted to see what it would be like if some of the usually isolated characters teamed up to adventure together. These three I imagine would fill the roles of a warrior, a mage, and a bard in terms of role-playing archetypes. I also wanted each one to have their own spirit animal companion, so I tapped an older design that had a ghost dog and gave it to the warrior.
Simz’s style is usually an painted / hand drawn look, so I avoided complex materials and stuck to just the raw difuse texture for everything. For the ghosts I used some simple gradient strips. Project began and ended within one month of free time.
Began with some simple meshes, some hand made, some from online.
Final 3 prop models
Spirit dog using inverse-hull method
Spirit cat using inverse-hull method
Since the spirits dont really receive light or shadow, I just used gradient strips instead of painting them, ensuring a smooth color look and feel.
Roughing out general body proportion differences on the basemesh before sculpting.
sculpting mostly the clothes but also adjusting face expressions
retopology, keeping parts of the base mesh when possible on the face and hands since they are nothing crazy
for posing I actually rigged the 3 girls to make fingers and twisting easier. I used AutoRigPro that I bought a few years ago it's a great blender addon and worth every penny.
Basic colors and lighting in painter. I painted all 3 in one file to try and keep the shared sense of lighting
the three painted
decided to add a bookshelf and plants to tie the piece together
painted the bookshelf
since the bookshelf is usually against a wall, the back would be boring so I decided to but some credits on a poster back there