Captain Barrow "Tidebreaker" Ironhelm — a fearsome sea warrior—and his monstrous mount, The "Tidemaw", a colossal battle-hardened crab. This project covers everything from character design and backstory development to creating the creature's war-ready design, unique weaponry, and bringing it all to life through 3D modeling and texturing.

This stylized breakfast render was my first exploration into food art and a return to still-life composition. Centered around a stack of waffles and framed as a fictional restaurant ad for Stacks on Stacks, the scene was modeled in Maya with smooth preview and light sculpting for realism. I textured the waffle, strawberry, and blueberry in Substance Painter, while supporting props like silverware and glassware used procedural materials. Lighting was built around a warm 3-point setup in Arnold, with an HDRI for natural reflections. Final compositing and branding were completed in Photoshop and Illustrator, rounding out a project focused on stylized storytelling and visual mood. 

This project involved the creation of a pumpkin scarecrow asset for a game environment, with an emphasis on realism and optimization. Using Maya and ZBrush, detailed textures and materials were sculpted, followed by retopologizing for a lower-poly model. The asset was then textured in Substance Painter and rendered with Arnold, incorporating atmospheric elements such as a wheat field and fog effects. This project refined skills in sculpting, texturing, and rendering, while exploring new techniques along the way. 

A playful stylized character I created as a side project, featuring three swappable accessory hats for added personality. I explored Maya’s Interactive Groom system to craft feather-like fur and experimented with how it interacted with lighting. After UV unwrapping in Maya, I textured the model in Substance Painter, baking shadows and ambient occlusion to achieve a flat, cartoon-inspired look. The mix of stylized textures and realistic fur lighting gave the character a charming, dimensional feel while helping me learn new tools and techniques. 

This project features a low-poly sword and shield inspired by the painterly style of games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Modeled in Autodesk Maya with around 1,000 faces, the assets were optimized for low-poly or mobile games. Textured in Substance Painter, the hand-painted aesthetic was achieved through layered techniques to create depth and personality. Final compositions were refined in Photoshop to highlight the models’ vibrant, stylized details, showcasing a blend of efficient modeling and creative texturing.