Inspired by the official art book and my obsession with the show, I channeled everything I’ve learned into this project. My goal was to create a watercolor feel, honoring the style of Tsukasa Abe, trying to take it directly from the pages and translate it into 3D.
Everything was sculpted in ZBrush, modeled in Maya, hand-painted in Substance Painter, and rendered in Arnold. During the process, I actually did some tests with a more realistic approach for the hair—you can see in the breakdown shots below how much it changed to reach this final stylized look!
This project took a while because I decided to document the entire journey in my Patreon, you can see some of the images in the artstation post.
