Environments
All environments were created in Unreal Engine 5
Patisserie
The Terror
My name is Megan Sturdivant, but I go by the alias Orbitkat online.I am an artist from Atlanta Georgia.
I create traditional, digital, and 3D art. I also have an interest in writing.With digital art I specialize in backgrounds/environments and animals (particularly cats!). I also dabble in some 2D animation.
With 3D art I specialize in stylized mid-poly, hand painted textures, and NPR style though I am capable of low poly and realism as well.I have experience with game development and blueprint coding in UE4 & UE5.I graduated with a bachelors in astrophysics and it serves as a strong influence over all of my work.
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Song used is "Easy Lovers" by Piero Piccioni
Software Used
Process Timelapse
Variation of Props using World Position Shaders
To achieve variation in the decor, I created a world position shader for the coffee bags, tea tins, and the flavor syrup bottles. This works by driving a flipbook animation with the world position, where the flipbook animation simply moves to the next UV tile in the image. This works with albedo and any other non-color images such as roughness, metallic, ambient occlusion, and normal. In my case I used a base color texture and a corresponding roughness texture.
Hand Painted Textures
For all of the food items, I created hand painted textures. The models themselves are low to mid poly. With this low poly count and the NPR textures, I was able to achieve a cute and more interesting style.
In total I made 19 different desserts. This took just a couple of days as I was able to make different looking desserts utilizing the same geometry but different texturing. I was able to fit most of the dessert UV maps on a few base color textures, reducing texture loading in Unreal Engine. Base color textures were saved as PNG files where transparency was utilized such as in the example of drips of chocolate down the smore's cake. A few roughness textures were used where necessary.In the case of the espresso machine, I was able to utilize a packed ARM where the metallic and roughness textures were stored in the red and blue channel respectively.
Orbitkat
One of my favorite character designs I've made is named Orbitkat (also my alias and brand name). He sports oversized cat paw gloves and a cat shaped helmet with an LCD screen that displays his eyes, mouth, and eyebrows.
This character is done in the NPR style (Non-Photorealistic Rendering)
● The textures are hand painted and made to look more 2D. Flat shading is also used to mix the painted texture look and cel shading.
● A normal map was baked from the original detail to give more interesting shadows.
● An outline was added to the model to enhance the 2D effect. The character is rigged and animated.
● The animation of the loose objects on his suit were done with cloth physics and baked as keyframes in order to obtain a loop of him floating.
I worked as an environmental artist for Projekt Z: beyond Order where I modeled, sculpted, and textured buildings and props. I also created many re-usable seamless textures.
I am currently working on an upcoming game based off AMC's Creepshow. I am acting Principle 3D Artist and at the helm of environment and character modeling and texturing. I work closely with the Art Director to maintain style standards across the props and characters while directing a team of 3D artists.
The game is being created with an NPR style that emulates EC Comics.As the game is still in development, I can't share any more information. However, the teaser trailer below provides a glimpse at the environment and character style.I have modeled and textured the majority of the objects in the room as well as the character featured in the trailer.
I textured multiple props, including all of the toys, for the wildly popular indie horror game "Amanda the Adventurer"
