Leon- 3D Character Model

Leon is an original character that I created for an animated concept trailer, titled 'A Touch of Rouge'.

I sculpted Leon's head, body and hair using Z-Brush, then brought the high-poly model into Maya to retopologise and UV unwrap. In Maya, I modelled his clothes and boots in a low-poly form, then used subdivisions in Z-Brush to sculpt the detailed, high-poly versions.

I rigged Leon using Maya, and Viktoras Makauskas' plug-in, ngSkinTools to aid my workflow. I used a combination of joint-based deformations and blendshapes in the facial rig to create believable expressions.

Using Adobe Substance Painter, I hand-painted the textures to achieve the painterly aesthetic of the animation.