3D Artist

Concept art by Ben Mauro.
http://benmaurodesign.com/

Taking inspiration from NASA and SpaceX for a new TIE interceptor.

Made this for a contest, Comes in at just over 8k tris. We had to make a hand plane so I chose the beastiest one I could find.

Concept art by Ben Mauro.
http://benmaurodesign.com/

This project is my recreation of Dark Souls 3 in Unreal Engine 4. I picked an area that interested me and I modeled, textured, and did all the lighting in the level.
While playing this game I have continuously been amazed by the detail and style of the environment artwork. I realize that they do this through clever use of efficient modular assets.
My goal was to create this with about 90% accuracy to the original game assets and about 10% added or slightly altered pieces and my own ideas. I created it as if it were a small section of a much larger world like it is in the game.

I placed a high emphasis on efficiency such as UV space, substance files and reusable textures.
All particle effects are modified versions of those provided by Epic.
This is fan art. No copyright infringement intended.

Darksouls™ 3 & ©2016 BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. / ©2011-2016 Fromsoftware, Inc.

Portfolio: http://www.benroachstudios.com

Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artist/benroachstudios

LinkedIn: https://jp.linkedin.com/in/benroachstudios

Email: benroachstudios@gmail.com

Study I did in order to better understand the process of scanning an object and taking it through production pipeline and author it as a game ready prop.

More of my work can be found at the link below.

SightlessVR is a virtual reality horror game for the HTC Vive made as a major uni project @ AIE Melb.
The game has drawn inspiration from various horror games and films, with the idea in mind of doing horror in a more unconventional way, the "enemy" can locate you by sound you produce when interacting with objects, but can't see you, hence, the name of the project :]

As sole artist on this project, I was responsible for all visual aspects (* see exception below), performance optimization (art) and aiding game designers with level layout.
* Foliage and terrain created by my good friend, Jake Dunlop, as well as texturing a handful of assets I've modeled. Check his stuff at https://www.artstation.com/artist/jakedunlop

More of my work can be found at the link below.

One of the many, fully procedural materials I've created for my major uni project @ AIE Melb, SightlessVR. Created in Substance Designer.

Shown here is the same Substance file, just with different parameters to expose wear, tear and weathering effects.

More of my work can be found at the link below.

An asset I've made for major uni project @ AIE Melb, SightlessVR. A virtual reality horror game for the HTC Vive.

More of my work can be found at the link below.

An asset I've made for major uni project @ AIE Melb, SightlessVR. A virtual reality horror game for the HTC Vive.

More of my work can be found at the link below.

An asset I've made for major uni project @ AIE Melb, SightlessVR. A virtual reality horror game for the HTC Vive.

More of my work can be found at the link below.

An asset I've made for major uni project @ AIE Melb, SightlessVR. A virtual reality horror game for the HTC Vive.

More of my work can be found at the link below.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xo2n4

My Role: Character Artist, responsible for all concept design, sculpting and modelling of the Duchess Dog character.

Commissioned work for Demigod Games. Involved concepting, sculpting, modelling and prepping asset for 3D printing (table top game).

Commissioned work for Demigod Games. Involved concepting, sculpting, modelling and prepping asset for 3D printing (table top game).

My Role: Character Artist & Producer. Collaborative project with a group of six. My role was the Producer for the project as well as being the Character Artist for Moss (boy). This involved everything from concept to modelling, texturing and shading

Design, concept and models done for a Unity based fighting game. 
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Hard surface designs in Maya, anatomy and female suit done with ZBrush. Bot concept textured with Substance Painter.

Approximate Project Time -
Robot - Concept - 3 Days
Robot - Hard Surface Model - 3 Days

Female Suit / Body Concept Sculpt - 3 Days

Check out the related link or my portfolio website for a more detailed breakdown.

An anatomically correct game ready skeleton. This was a lot of fun, The spine and wrist areas provided a great challenge.
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Sculpted with ZBrush and textured with Substance Painter.

Approximate Project time - 1-2 Weeks.

For a more in depth breakdown have a look at the related link or visit my website portfolio.

A Fantasy VR environment created in the Unreal Engine for a PAX 2016 showcase. Designed with modular pieces then kit-bashed in the Unreal Engine to produce the final product. 

Hard surface modelling done with Maya, high poly models done in ZBrush and textured with Substance Painter and Designer. 

Check out my website, or the artstation link for more detailed breakdowns.

Total Project time - 1 Month
Average asset creation - 1/2 days

Batman Bust Sculpt

A one off  Zbrush Sculpt commissioned to be designed for 3D printing. Particularly enjoyed working from the batman animated designs of Thomas Wayne by Dave Johnson. 
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Approximate Project time - 2 Days

Images showing some of the work done during work on Life of Kevin Game at JMC Academy. Level was designed and laid outt by me and the Models of all the assets, apart from Main Character, were created and textured by me as well.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/4dx5Y