I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to create another Vtuber model, this is my fifth model, and each time I learn more and more skills and techniques for the next one. I was tasked to concept, illustrate, cut, and rig this model. I am not under NDA for this model and the client was kind enough to let me use this model to post and explain my process before she debuts the model. 

Starting with the preliminary 6 model sketches, I used an A-pose base I've created to more clearly showcase the concepts. 

Once these sketches were done, I sent them to the client for feedback. We went over each of the designs and pointed out things she liked (in green) and disliked (in red). 

The dot point of notes below:

Things she liked

• Curved horns #3
• Glasses #3
• Body marks #3
• Chest plate #4
• Scales #4
• Shoes #4
• Tail (slightly slimmer) #4
• Cape and shoulder harness #5
• Faulds #5 
• Armguards #5 
• Claws (make sure it's toggleable) #5 
• Visor #6
• Wings #6
• A mix of straight (fringe) and spiky hair  #5 & #2

Things she disliked:

• Remove the wings on shoe #4
• No head wings #4 & #6

From there I started playing around with #4 as the base. Playing around with hair and shoulder designs.

We eventually decided to settle on this design, and I moved forward to colour sketches. 

I started with a couple of colour pallets from our first conversation where we had a couple of dot points, but eventually, I had the idea to bring in inspiration from her favorite F1 Team, even making a parody dragon version of the logo. This is the colour scheme we decided to go with for the model. 

The next blog post will be after I complete the model illustration (which is already at 125 layers and not even done). Thank you for reading! I'm also working on a tutorial for Live 2D model making so please keep an eye out for that in the future. 

Since we jumped into Unreal, we did our best to build the game as quickly as possible.  I've been picking up odd jobs here and there like remaking the jelly and making the UI. Since I last updated, I have been super busy. I recently picked up a concept art internship and an extra cert 3 course on the side. Between all that and work, my time allocated to Mello has been cut significantly. However, I feel like I've still worked on a considerable amount as I've also done a bunch of work on building the levels and general time management and admin stuff. 

Miscellaneous assets
  

Emotes, NPC sprites and hud counters.

Updated Jelly mesh with the new texture

So far with the way we've been working, we should be all set to finish beta in about 2 weeks. Then we have the 2 weeks after that to squash outlying bugs and polish it up for the end of year showcase.
We'll be taking this game to the next Pizza and Pixels to get feedback from other local developers.

The past few weeks I've been working on Mellowmares. Our project was originally being made in Unity, but due to programming roadblocks, we ended up making the move to Unreal 4. We have 2 designers who are well versed in blueprints so making the move really took the weight off the back of our programmer.

Since the art side of things transferred pretty easily from one engine to the other, I wasn't pushed far back at all. In fact, our game looks better due to the awesome shader made by Cassandra Zanin.

Bench and Cabinet modular pieces

Modular shelving and various assets
  

Jelly

Used as a launchpad to jump onto high platforms.

Milk Carton

Milk for a puzzle + background asset.

Paper Towel + slightly unravelled variant

Used as a barrier to force players to use the splitting mechanic
  

Shelf (long)

One of the 3 shelf sizes used for a platform 

Splashback a + Trimming

Background assets

Bench (no doors)

Bench (with doors)

Cabinet (wood Doors)

Cabinet (glass doors)

Coffee Bag

Puzzle and background asset

Doughnut

We went for an excursion to Ikea to gather references for the game. Once the game is complete, I may make an asset pack and chuck it onto my gumroad.