Disney Fairy Raini
I loved the Disney Fairies books as a child, and I still love the Tinker Bell movies! But I’ll always be a little disappointed that so many of the fairies from the books never got their movie debut—especially sweet Raini, my dear water talent fairy who cut off her wings to save Pixie Hollow.
This piece is still a work in progress, and I’m excited to continue developing it and do more rendering!
Original ZBrush Sculpt — 2023
I keep this here more as a reminder to myself of my growth.
This was the first sculpt I made when I got laid off from my first animation job, a year after college.
That ended up being a blessing in disguise for me, but also a huge trial for myself and my self-confidence as a modeler, and whether I should keep going. At the time, I just felt like I was failing.
It took moving to Europe for two years and working with some amazing people outside of animation to remind myself of my worth as an artist, that I deserve patience in my learning from myself and others, and that I really do love it simply because I love it. Modeling is a part of me and my self-expression.
I am growing as an artist and as a person.
When I look at these two renderings side by side, I see two very different levels of polish and ability, but I also see two completely different versions of myself. And I’m proud of both of them.
Original Zbrush Sculpt 2023.
I keep this in hear as more of a reminder to myself of my growth.
This was the first sculpt I made when I got laid off from my fist animation job a year after college.
That ended up being a blessing in disguise for me, but also a huge trial in myself and in my self confidence as a modeler and if I should keep going. At the time I jsut felt like I was failing.
And it took moving to Europe for 2 years and working with soem amazing people not in animation to remind msyelf of my worth as an artist, that i deserve patience in my learning from myself and others, and that I do really love it, jsut because I love it and modeling is a part of me and self expression. And that i am growing as an artistt and as a person. When I look at these two renderings theirs two different levels of polish nad ability, but also 2 compeltely different mes.
My other failures because xgen is wickid hard and my portfolio is about my growth and not my fear of looking bad!
This was for an animschool class and my first real start to finish xgen. And while there are a lot wins! I learned so much I ended up completely starting from scratch to have more control.
