Looking through my work on here I realized I have very little 3D work visible!
Rocky is a character I was working on in the past every so often. He is inspired from my adoration and love of Garfield the Cat. Growing up I would say I was obsessed with the cartoon and would not only watch every single cartoon, but have the urge to buy or have someone buy me every Garfield product imaginable that I could find. I have countless plush dolls, mugs, erasers, toys, figurines. I have signed artwork from a Paws artist and a signed Garfield cel from Jim Davis. Garfield greatly affected me growing up in my artistic style, my love for cartoons, my plush design, and I would say my sarcasm. Now back to the piece. ;)
I modeled, textured, and rigged Rocky in Maya. I hand painted the textures in Photoshop. In Maya I wanted to create a soft look for Rocky without having to use fur or paint effects. I created this velvety texture by duplicating the main body color of Rocky and applying it into the incandescence with a ramp. This allowed the material to be shown at full color and depending on the angle, a lighter value to create the halo and soft appearance.
The background was also done in Maya and rather fast compared to Rocky. I wanted to create a scene that is reminiscent from a Garfield special “Out on the Town.” In the special Garfield meets a group of cats who are members of the Claws gang. I imagined Rocky as the nice member of that group. He is fully rigged and has blendshapes for his head. One day I would like to animate him, I could see him singing something from West Side Story! But for now he is a render.
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