Angel of Iron

Another short project for the Character Art Challenge on Polycount, based on the great concept by Karina Pavlova:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/48bQD8
Created with Blender, Toolbag 3 and Photoshop. I used some textures from TextureHaven.com.
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Some notes about the project:
* procedural textures early on, added in baked maps during the process and baked shader graphs down to textures in the end (two 2k, one 1k)- need to optimize (graph complexity and object count) to reduce render time.

* face-weighted vertex normals method for armor

* tried to keep scene low maintenance with instances and modifiers (array mesh along curve, mirror, sub-d)
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Much can be improved, but I'm still happy with the result considering the time frame. Next project is waiting :)