Concepting

The conception phase of this project turned out to be a little more complicated, because as the first figure clearly shows, I had difficulties at first to find a suitable face for the moon. The Me Gusta Meme turned out to be particularly promising in my opinion, and the idea that the Moon is anything but enthusiastic about the pointed American flag on its proud head, and that this is reflected in its facial expression, was also very well suited to the said face.

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3D Realization

In terms of realization, this work was my maiden project with the sculpting software ZBrush and gave me a completely new approach for creating 3D objects. I was quickly excited about the possibility of being able to virtually sketch and design my figure in 3D before I had to worry about the topology in the next step.

The step of retopolozing Retopolozing I did in Maya and the diffuse texture I built with Substance Painter. hereby I created the normal map by a process called Texture-Baking, which allowed me to transfer the details of my high poly model to my low poly model.

This time I'm especially proud of the finished 3D model, because despite its low polygon density it convinces with a high level of detail and is a unique eye-catcher.

For an in-depth look of the 3D model, use the Sketchfab Model Inspector