So, let’s focus on our version, where we need to create a 3D character model for a 3rd-person camera view for PBR.

Plus, they can be either the main character (the player controls it during the game) or a secondary character (the creatures with whom the player interacts) or can even exist on the periphery alone. The character is usually a human, animal, robot, or mythical creature. Remember which game engine is used with which rendering pipeline – everything depends on the result you need. In addition, these areas of creation can be more detailed or less detailed. To start, let’s choose a pre-render of characters, and then a true 3D model. For example, we can highlight the 2 biggest ones. There are many techniques for creating 3D characters. “I truly love seeing how smoothly they blend into each other.” If you’re wanting to see Joanne’s work at its best, take a moment with her rendition of crowds in front of the Mona Lisa, a wonderful miss-match of selfie sticks turning a recognisable (albeit frustrating) scene into something truly charming.To choose the right pipeline, you will first need to understand what exactly you want to achieve and what your expectations are of a result (needed to choose the right realization technique). “Now, I still paint the same way as before, with the 3D models becoming my new canvas,' Joanne says. But, after delving into the world of 3D modelling, this was the moment that really “transformed” her practice. Initially, Joanne was drawn to using digital brushes with “heavy textures and details”.

And what Joanne’s figures may lack in neck, they make up for in bountiful personality and character. Resulting from this approach are weird, wobbly and blocky figures devoid of any neck that appear made from clay rather than digitally crafted. This is because Joanne gives her characters more credit than most other illustrators might do: “I often believe the figures in my work know better about what’s going on than I do,” the illustrator laughs. When forming her wonderfully weird 3D scenes, the illustrator Joanne Joo will often find herself entering the headspace of the characters she creates, “anything from an old man to a wild cat sitting atop someone’s roof”.

3d character illustrator