Seekers of Skyveil: Kumu
Elodie Games ArtBlast, part 3: Kumu the NatureTank!
Was super fun to work on, was bit challenging as it made of bark and vines, almost like environment piece!
Original concept and art direction by Ky Bui <3 https://kybui.artstation.com/
Shoutout to:
Billy, my lead
Sean-Paul, our art director
Banks, THE boss!
Stay tuned for more art drops tomorrow!
Kumu is the protector of the woods, using nature magic to make him look like a giant treant knight.
First brainstorms by Ky Bui!
First blockout of Kumu in Zbrush. Dynamic pose to sell the idea.
Zbrush renders for concept art iteration
Ky's overpaint and further development of design
Approved concept we rolled with, sso successful that we didn't change it much since.
Updated proxy model, polypainted and baked AO in Zbrush
Visdev/Animation test with decimated proxy model, rendered in Marmoset.
At some point had this silly idea of showing Kumu as little guy piloting the giant wooden mecha
Kumu cockpit view, chasing the Tucker
More concept development and feedback
Baking the illumination effect inside of the chest
Emissive map done with lightmap bake in Marmoset
Final highpoly
Retopology wasn't easy, lot's of custom triangles, took forever
Material regions
Colorization regions. We're using RGB mask split the surface for color curves.
Final mesh. Had 2 versions of the weapon, flail and whip.
Kumu in UE4
Textured Kumu with colors applied in the engine.
Color schemes test in Zbrush, tried to see what different skins might look when applied same color theme.
Trying different color themes
Ultimate ability FX prototype
Final composed grayscale in Substance, generated lights.
Baked lightmap from Marmoset, ended up using this technique for texture prelight, as it's more accurate and easier to setup than Substance light generator.
Final highpoly
Final highpoly
Mechanical skin prototype.
Facial expression explorations :D
Final model, Zbrush
Final highpoly, Marmoset
Thanks for watching!