{"id":635,"date":"2026-05-29T17:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raduclim.com\/?page_id=635"},"modified":"2026-05-29T17:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:20:31","slug":"character-design-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raduclim.com\/?page_id=635","title":{"rendered":"character design"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"635\" class=\"elementor elementor-635\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bd4c2c0 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-7bd4c2c0-f9315e4 \" data-id=\"7bd4c2c0\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"7bd4c2c0\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75507484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"75507484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script>\ndocument.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {\n    const backBtn = document.getElementById('portfolio-back-btn');\n    if (backBtn) {\n        backBtn.addEventListener('click', function(e) {\n            e.preventDefault(); \/\/ Stops the page from jumping\n            window.history.back(); \/\/ Snaps instantly back to homepage position\n        });\n    }\n});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af23bb3 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-5af23bb3-a95b004 \" data-id=\"5af23bb3\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"5af23bb3\">\n    \t\t\t<a href=\"#\" target=\"_self\" class=\"e-1afaa998-97651d6 e-button-base\" data-interaction-id=\"1afaa998\" id=\"portfolio-back-btn\">\n\t\t<strong>\u2190<\/strong> Back to Portfolio\n\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-interaction-id=\"5033168e\" class=\"e-5033168e-f79dd51 e-heading-base\">Character Design<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183e1326 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"183e1326\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c7c033f e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-6c7c033f-b98f833 \" data-id=\"6c7c033f\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"6c7c033f\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d5110ce e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-2d5110ce-8ebadd4 \" data-id=\"2d5110ce\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"2d5110ce\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-717ad757 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-717ad757-054108f \" data-id=\"717ad757\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"717ad757\">\n    \t\t\t<p class=\"e-7d7ea564-d0c4b7a e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"7d7ea564\">I established the character's visual direction using a dedicated concept sheet and design sketches before creating a high-fidelity rough sculpt in Blender. To ensure the model was production-ready, I completely retopologized the mesh by hand for optimized edge flow and clean deformation, followed by custom UV unwrapping and full PBR texturing within Substance Painter. On the technical side, I rigged the character bust and authored a suite of custom facial gesture animations in Blender. 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