Playing with camera angles and focal lengths allowed Moubeche to achieve happy accidents such as tilt shifts. From there he'll make high-poly versions of the assets with 3ds Max or ZBrush. He then utilised placeholders with minimal details to plot the scene in 3ds Max (opens in new tab). So many buildings were needed for the scene that, rather than making each one unique, Moubeche used kits. The only unusual thing I did is rework all the metrics from the original Plaza to fit the more compacted idea I had of the area.' 'The scene is not technically impressive,' Moubeche admits, 'I did what I know best: modelling and level art. He's been working on this fun Super Mario fan art for two months, taking a break in December. Vincent Moubeche (opens in new tab) has been creating 3D art for the past decade and currently works as an environment artist for Compulsion Games (opens in new tab) in Montreal, Canada.

People respond to the nostalgia of the Super Mario-based work (Image credit: Vincent Moubeche) In the final stage, everything was assembled in Maya (opens in new tab) and rendered using Arnold. Marvelous Designer (opens in new tab) was employed to create and simulate the character's skirt, as well as the fabric belt tied around his waist. He utilises as many UDIMs as possible to achieve a great UV texture resolution.Īfter this, Malone starts work on the body texture in Zbrush using HD Geometry along with the asset textures in Substance Painter. After assembling a ton of references, Malone made a raw sculpture to better understand the anatomical proportions of the character and design of the assets. The most challenging aspect of Malone's process was discovering and defining the African style, 'it was rewarding when I finally got the correct design,' he adds. 'My commitment is to add different art aspects to my work, like composition, design and art direction,' he explains. Malone immerses himself deeply into each project, always aiming for more than just a simple 3D model. He worked on the incredibly detailed character in between cinematic and video game projects for a range of companies. Olakunde, which translates as 'the brave arrived', took Brazil-based 3D character artist Jack Malone (opens in new tab) two months to complete.

Malone found discovering the African style challenging (Image credit: Jack Malone)

Examples of three dimensional artwork