It's been two weeks since my last update but I managed to do some work on the challenge. The countdown of the final deadline is lurking closer and I'll do my best to have everything presentable this weekend. Progress so far: Finished high polys, separated everything in groups and material IDs and done the retopo. The next two days will be UVing and Baking everything down and trying my best to texture everything in-engine since I won't have much time left.

Quick AO render with Arnold

  OMG KILL IT WITH FIRE (Material IDs, the whole scene is atlased in 4-5 texture sets for organization and efficiency)

I'll try to do another quick update on Saturday before the final submission. This will be a close one but it's the first challenge that I manage to get that far and I'm not planning to stop right before the finish line.

Plan B for the rescue!

Well here we are folks, the world has come a couple steps closer to the cyberpunk future we all been waiting for and I've stuffed up more work behind the scenes than I should! To the point of the title, I may have over-scoped what I could manage to do for this challenge... Instead of abandoning ship though, I decided to try working with a more solid concept. I tried to find a stylized diorama so there's not much change on the art-style front at least.

Futuristic Micro Apartment from Jesse Riggle

 
Blockout finished

  Unto the refinement of each area now and hopefully the world hasn't collapsed till my next update. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Exciting news

It's been a month or two since my last update and figured it was about time I posted one. First of all I would like to announce that from the start of this year I have been working as a 3D Artist for Terahard Studios, helping an awesome team making great games and unforgettable experiences!

Joining an art challenge

Also a bit late but I will be joining the EXP + DiNusty Cyberpunk Challenge! Below is an initial moodboard and some early stage progress on blockout out some shapes. The storytelling and art style exploration are still pretty much in my head but expect it to be stylized and as clean as possible. Also I will try to stick with a diorama setting, so I don't overscope every bit of this. 

Moodboard

 Blockout (WIP)

See you all very soon with more updates on this,
Angelo