Designing a Piloted Combat Mech by Ara Kermanikian

DESCRIPTION In this workshop Ara goes through his workflow and creative techniques for ideation, concepting and designing a mech for a film, videogame, or VR project. As visual demands continue to escalate and project timelines shrink, the concept design phase in production has shifted to using 3D tools.

Ara goes through a 3D workflow using various tools and VR to sketch, refine, model and render a piloted combat mech used for personnel insertion or extraction, the MP9 PIX mech. The workflow begins with exploration and research of the specifications and designs for the mech and obtaining an overall vision 3D sketch. After getting approval of this milestone, the mech is then divided into functional parts and broken out into projects for each part, then the entire model is combined, and further detail is added.

The model is then taken into Substance Painter and textured. Then the mech is rendered into compositions and delivered to the production teams for design review and iteration if needed. Software and techniques used by Ara include block-out sculpting in Oculus Medium, Modeling sculpting and retopology in ZBrush, utilizing 3D Kitbash libraries to add detail. Finally, the model is rendered in Keyshot and color corrected and composited in Photoshop.

00. Preview 01. Researching Base Specifications 02. 3D Sketching in Adobe Oculus Medium Part – 1 03. 3D Sketching in Adobe Oculus Medium Part – 2 04. VR for Rapid Design Thumbnailing 05. Refining the Overall Shape in ZBrush 06. Modeling the Hull and Cockpit Part – 1 07. Modeling the Hull and Cockpit Part – 2 08. Modeling the Legs Part – 1 09. Modeling the Legs Part – 2 10. Modeling the Legs Part – 3 11. Modeling the Guns Part – 1 12. Modeling the Guns Part – 2 13. Modeling the Guns Part – 3 14. UVing the Mech Part – 1 15. UVing the Mech Part – 2 16. Texturing the Mech in Substance Painter Part – 1 17. Texturing the Mech in Substance Painter Part – 2 18. Lookdev and Rendering in KeyShot 19. Compositing in Photoshop Project_Files.7z [Gnomon] Designing a Piloted Combat Mech by Ara Kermanikian_Subtitles.7z

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