I created this template to help you with the look development of your own projects. Feel free to use it in your own presentations.

The use of OCIO color profile from the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) is highly recommended.

Features:

• Maya scene ready to launch 360 turntable renders
• 10 different HDRIs (licensed as CC0 from HDRi Haven)
• 360 Camera fully calibrated
• Macbeth Chart
• Chrome & Grey sphere
• Basic Background geo tinted by the lights
• BONUS: Dinosaur geo

Enjoy the process!

https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/OO3Ge/lookdev-studio-template-for-arnold

Concavenator 2018 https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Kn9Bx
Concavenator 2023 https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lD55Z5

Tetradracopteryx 2019 https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KaGQB9
Tetradracopteryx 2020 https://www.artstation.com/artwork/5XP0og

Xenokeryx 2019 https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kDKJ0A
Xenokeryx 2020 https://www.artstation.com/artwork/DAgJ40

2023 model:

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lD55Z5

2018 model:

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Kn9Bx

• 8 smart materials
• Drag and drop
• Each material has a folder with dirt
• Customizable
• 100% procedural
• Compatible with Substance 3D Painted 7.3.0 and higher
• Truck not included

Smart materials included:

-Metal Car Painted

-Metal Steel

-Metal Painted

-Metal Chrome

-Glass

-Leather

-Plastic

-Rubber

After doing the Masterclass at Lightbox Academy, the magazine Renderout! reached out to me to talk about the process I follow when creating a prehistoric creature.

When I do palaeoart, the pre-production is the most important step. I talked about scientific research and anatomy but also about the software I use to bring them to life.

Renderout! is the main digital magazine for Spanish speakers and I was so glad to share my workflow with them. Thank you Marco Delgado for the opportunity!

You can download the latest magazine for free and read the article here (page #96).

Earlier this month, I was honoured to do a Masterclass at Lightbox Academy, sponsored by NVIDIA. I enjoyed so much talking about my professional experience and the audience was so participative. 🤖

Thank you Juan Nieto for the invitation and to everybody who followed the masterclass, we had so much fun!

A summary of the Masterclass (in Spanish) can be found here:

https://lboxacademy.es/masterclass/masterclass-lookdev-david-blaya/

There is also video with the interview:

https://lboxacademy.es/masterclass/masterclass-lookdev-david-blaya/

¡Hey! Este sábado 3 a las 11:00 AM estaré en Lightbox Academy hablando sobre "Lookdev en grandes producciones" 🎬

Podréis verla online, aunque me encantaría que vinieseis a la masterclass en directo si estáis por Madrid 🤩

https://lboxacademy.es/masterclass/masterclass-lookdev-david-blaya/

02 Scutosaurus karpinskii

03 Rugops primus

Once we have the skeletal system of our creature, it's time to put the muscles. Just like the bones, I had other well-known ruminants as reference like horses and giraffes.

I did not draw all the muscles and many of them are in a wrong position, but this part is an useful draft for putting all together in ZBrush.

Go check the original project to see the final model:

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kDKJ0A

All we know about xenokeryx amidalae is thanks to the fossil remains.

The skull is a well-known part but there are not many fragments of the post-cranial region. For this time, I decided to compare with more close relative creatures. The body structure of the ruminants doesn't change pretty much between species. 

However, I warn you that I did not found many information from this, I made a bit of speculation so is clearly possible that the real skeleton was different. Next episode: the muscles! 

Go check the original project to see the final model:

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kDKJ0A