{"id":485325,"date":"2026-05-15T02:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/485325\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T02:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:39:13","slug":"modeling-a-dark-fantasy-real-time-character-with-zbrush-maya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/485325\/","title":{"rendered":"Modeling a Dark Fantasy Real-Time Character with ZBrush & Maya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/p>\n

My name is Jules Joris, and I’m a 3D Character Artist from Belgium. I discovered my passion for 3D about 4 years ago, after trying my hand at Fine Arts. I enrolled at Howest University of Applied Sciences in the Digital Arts & Entertainment Bachelor’s program, and found that a blend of technicality and art was what I wanted to pursue a career in.<\/p>\n

After graduating in June last year, I realized I needed to elevate my portfolio to reach studios’ expectations and decided to join Think Tank Training Centre’s online program, a highly regarded institution in the field. Sweet Ophelia was my final project for my Intermediate term, under the supervision of Sean Ferreira.<\/p>\n

I’m passionate about knights, the Middle Ages, and dark\u2011fantasy aesthetics. I draw a lot of inspiration from studios like FromSoftware, CDPR, Larian, and Grinding Gear Games, as well as artists such as Mike Franchina and Andres Rios, whose work has had a strong influence on my artistic direction.<\/p>\n

Sweet Ophelia<\/p>\n

My approach was all about diving deep into the original concept and making sure I captured the spirit of the character. The design was created by Bodybag Planty and belongs to a universe created by a collective of artists called “Stare Joberknoll”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I started with paint-overs, isolating and color-coding each asset to get familiar with the concept. I then searched for references and filled in any concept gaps, like adding a gambeson under the armor or leather straps to support certain pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Introduction My name is Jules Joris, and I’m a 3D Character Artist from Belgium. I discovered my passion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,117129,366,18,117,19,2810,17,60849,19560,9803,9801,60850],"class_list":{"0":"post-485325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-character-art","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-eire","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-interviews","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-marmoset-toolbag","20":"tag-maya","21":"tag-substance-3d-painter","22":"tag-unreal-engine","23":"tag-zbrush"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116576279937455539","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}