Week 0

Sep 26 ~ Oct 1

Proposals and presentations

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12MUQW8CMRgF2K69t5B3U9-BEOakBds8I/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115412944085092741254&rtpof=true&sd=true

Week 1

Oct 2 ~ Oct 8

Defining the direction of the project

Pre-research

Final presentation concept Timing

Week 2

Oct 9 ~ Oct 15

Li Kui Concept

Regarding Li Kui’s design, because of the setting in my story, he is the character who is demonized by the mask, at this point he has lost his mind, so for his shoulder blades, waist, and the decorations on his weapons become living demonic creatures, similar to surviving by sucking the magic power from his body. For the design I referenced the character design of Eldon Ring as well as the colors

Final presentation & backstory confirmed

Week 3

Oct 16 ~ Oct 22

Song jiang Concept

Because in my story setting, Song Jiang is coming down from Heaven to Fengdu, so she will have very ornate golden armor, but because she goes to Fengdu, he doesn’t want to be that noticeable, so he tries to make his as less conspicuous as possible . And I refined my story background this week.

Nuo Mask

On top of the masks, I did pick three of the 108 generals because the protagonist will take their faces on to gain their powers, and I chose one with a bow and arrow (Hua Rong), one with magic (Gong Sun Sheng), and one with a lance (Lin Chong)

Week 4

Oct 23 ~ Oct 29

Refined the character this week, as well as the weapon, and the mask. And this week I tried Character creator, and initially pinched Song Jiang’s face. But since the character itself is European, I need to make subsequent changes in zbrush.

Week 5

Oct 30 ~ Nov 5

During the week I mostly created PDF layouts to help me reorganize my thoughts and plan my process as well as my goals afterward.( And I’m mostly working on my essay.)

Made a rough face in CC4, as well as tried switching between blender, Zbrush, and each other

value art

Week 6

Nov 6 ~ Nov 12

Typography, storyboarding, visual storyboarding, audio search.

During the production process I watched a lot of boss fight videos from games like Dark Souls

substance 3d designer study

Li kui More Designs. I tried the version I wanted to do before but didn’t draw. For example more wrapped by flames

Week 7

Nov 13 ~ Nov 16

Song Jiang More Designs I thought more about how to make the armor more sensible to equip on the body, and I repainted the robes.

Next I’m going to use the sculpt function in blender to create the approximate shapes of the two characters.