Judge feedback

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• Contestant: Todd Jurkevicius / @ToddJurk Assessor: Tristan McGuire / @Draconic_Cowboy Tier: Rising Star Congrats on completing your project! I think your creature has a very creative design and it’s great to hear that you enjoyed the project and learned new skills. Things that went well: ✧ Referencing of real life animals and dog poses. ✧ Good overall knowledge of the character art pipeline. ✧ Making your own rig (this goes above and beyond expectations!) ✧ Surface detailing of the carapace in the high poly. Things to consider next time: ✧ Look into composition, framing, camera settings and post-process effects. ✧ Try out multiple lighting scenarios to really show off the character. ✧ Make sure to explain all stages of your research and development in your documentation. Like how did you choose which animals to combine, what inspired the spiky wings, or why have you positioned the camera in a certain way. ✧Look online at resources about good topology for characters. Overall you want to aim for evenly sized quads all over the model, with higher density in the face. You want to avoid high density in areas that don’t need it. ✧ Take a look at how industry professionals present their work on ArtStation and for your next project, try to present the asset as professionally as you can and take care over how you present any supporting documentation. As you are in the Rising Star tier, I hope this feedback can be used to inform how you approach future university projects and I would love to see you take part in the competition again next year! You can find me on the social medias in the link below. Feel free to reach out in the future. All the best! https://draconic-cowboy.carrd.co/ - Tristan, Character Artist at Airship Interactive.