Bulma’s Suit MK -01

Artist Genc Buxheli Software Zbrush, Zmodeler, Marvelous Designer, Substance Painter, Photoshop, Marmoset With an extensive background as a 3D freelancer, Albanian artist Genc Buxheli’s passions include character design and animation. Both of these interests come together in Bulma’s Suit MK- 01, which blends together characters and designs from the worlds of Dragon Ball and Marvel’s Iron Man. Created for a contest where the theme was to merge two comic characters, this piece took roughly four weeks to complete from concept to rendering.

Seeing the strong concept and confident realisation, it’s hard to believe that this is Genc’s first anime character. But he’s happy with the result. “It turned out exactly as I imagined,” he says. “I felt very comfortable working on a style that’s not photorealistic. It helped me to be less preoccupied when modelling and to have more fun with proportions, colours and details.”

Striking a balance between the styles found in Dragon Ball and Iron Man was a challenge for Genc. “Since this piece is in an anime style, I didn’t want to overdo the detailing, so I kept it very subtle,” he explains. To make it look as if the armour came from the Dragon Ball universe, Genc took his cues from the series’ artist Akira Toriyama. “He uses very distinct round shapes when designing machinery for vehicles and androids,” says Genc, and this is an influence which can clearly be seen in Bulma’s soft, curved plating. See more of Genc’s work by visiting www.artstation.com/artist/gbuxheli