Spring 2025 | Character Asset Swap: Optimization & Textures

[Professor Garcia]

For this submission, you’ll present both the optimized 3D model and its final textures, demonstrating a fully production-ready asset. The Optimization stage should reduce the polycount efficiently while maintaining key details and ensuring clean edge loops for deformation. Ensure you have well-considered UV layouts within minimal stretching and accurate texel density. Your textures should enhance the model with detailed material definitions and well-executed use of all maps. Pay attention to material wear, realistic or stylized finishes, hand-painted details, roughness variations, etc. - all being derived from y'all's comparables to guide your artistic and technical decisions.

Final Deliverables:

• Optimized asset file (low poly)
  • Source file - .ma, .mb, or .fbx
    • SK_AssetName.fbx/.ma/.mb
  • Provide the final Polycount in your post
• Screenshots showing various angles
  • Wireframes images - consolidated turnaround images
    • AssetName_Wires_001.png
    • AssetName_Wires_002.png
    • etc.
• UV layout screenshots
  • Looking for seams, packing, and density considerations
    • AssetName_UV_001.png
    • etc.
• Substance Painter file
  • Source file - .spp
    • SK_AssetName.spp
• Screenshots showing various angles
  • Substance painter images - consolidated turnaround images
    • AssetName_Textures_001.png
    • AssetName_Textures_002.png
    • etc.
• Final exported texture maps
  • T_AssetName_A.png/.tga
  • T_AssetName_N.png/.tga
  • T_AssetName_ORM.png/.tga
  • etc.

[callaisdead]

Hannah Pelham
Maya: SK_SmileyHelmet.spp
Substance: SK_SmileyHelmet.spp
Screenshots: Opt.Text.WIP
Texture Maps: Textures.zip
Bakes: HelmetBakes_0.zip

Maya Screenshots:



Substance Turnarounds:


Texture Maps:

[sofiadlc01]

Sofia De La Cruz
BunnyH.F.spp
BunnyHelmet_Low.fbx

[Ash]

Ash G. Lara

3DCoat File
FBX

Poly count: 5468 tris

Wireframe:



Textures 3DCoat:



UVs and Textures:

[Sy!]

Syan Elmore
Maya: SE_ZeldaAsset.mb


Substance Painter: SE_ZeldaAsset.spp



Textures: TEXTURES

[Jiali_A]

Jia li Anaya

still working on low poly ;n;

[aecheverria]

Annalisa Echeverria

SK_PuppeteerMask.ma

PuppeteerMask_Headress.spp
PuppeteerMask_SplitMask.spp

[jharman]

Joseph Harman

helmetOP_Text

Wireframe:



UVs:



Substance:

[Chdz415]

Christian Hernandez
maya: SK_WildsArmor.mb
Maya screenshots:
UVs:

[Space_Guy]

Patrick Amaya



*still working on low-poly*

Maya:
Currently working on:

OLD:


Texture (WIP):


Unreal Render:

[VenusA113]

Alexandria Velasquez

Mask_Retopo.mb

I am working on low poly.

I had issues with my files and lost my progress.

I was able to decimate my sculpt.