Texture a lifelike bird

Paul H. Paulino reveals how to break down patterns and details for more realistic textures

How to improve your texturing workflow

The Southern Cassowary was a collaborative project between myself and my friend Daniel Rodrigues (www. danielsrodrigues.com). It is the third and last piece of my student reel completed at Think Tank Training Centre.

During my time in school I was mentored by Justin Holt, who is an incredible artist that guided me through the whole texturing process. After deciding to texture the cassowary I asked my talented friend Daniel to sculpt it for me. He was done with the model in a couple of weeks and then I began the texturing/look development process, which I’m going to explain here.

I chose the cassowary because it is such an interesting animal; it has an incredible colour palette, which was an exciting challenge from a texturing point of view. Aside from that I’ve always been amazed by the wonders of nature and being able to recreate something like that was an incredible achievement for me as an artist.

In this tutorial I will go through some of my texturing workflows and techniques for creating a realistic southern cassowary using Maya, Mari and V-ray. By analysing real-life references and learning how to breakdown patterns and details, you’ll be able to apply these concepts in your own projects. For all the assets you need go to creativebloq.com/vault/3dw208