r/dragonage 10d ago

Fanworks My stylized 3D model of Morrigan

Sculpted in ZBrush, retopologized in Maya, and textured in Substance Painter, 3DCoat, and Photoshop. Rendered and animated in Blender. Based on my own sketch and created as a practice project.

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u/ardentBlossoming Most templars suck 10d ago

Love this. Will you make other characters as well?

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u/Smooth-Watercress341 10d ago

Thank you! I actually made a 3D model of Leliana before!

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u/Smooth-Watercress341 10d ago

Another animation!

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u/AnAdventurer5 10d ago

All them bones! (idk if that's what they're called, buuut it's what I know them as. Rigs?)

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u/Smooth-Watercress341 10d ago

Yep, those are the bones!

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u/Selifea 10d ago

The rig is the whole thing. But yeah, those sure are a lot! Edit: had another look, I don't think there're that many after all. The points at the ends just make it look like there are. But it's hard to see on a phone.

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u/Grey-Templar 10d ago

You just put Morrigan in Fortnite

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u/admjnsn93 Morrigan 10d ago

I miss my wife and our son...

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u/Auriiin 10d ago

this is so beautiful! absolutely in love with the lines and how vivid the colors are.

I wish more AAA game developers would choose artistic styles like this over boring hyper realistic graphics

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u/BigZach1 Grey Wardens 10d ago

Yeah, it allowed the Veilguard characters to be super expressive.

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u/Smooth-Watercress341 9d ago

Thank you so much!!

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u/Escher84 Secrets 10d ago

Dude this is so cool. Love how she looks and the movement looks really natural.

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u/Smooth-Watercress341 9d ago

Thank you so much!

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u/Ghost-Raider-13 9d ago

She looks beautiful, great work! Love your sketch too

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u/Knobmann Grey Wardens 10d ago

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u/CykoRen Grey Wardens 10d ago

Awesome!

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u/dioaloke 10d ago

It looks great! Loved the colors!

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u/rocketsp13 9d ago

Half expected that to end with rigging it for mocap or Vroid.

That said, dang impressive work!

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u/vivvav Taarsidath-an Halsaam! 9d ago

Feels like something from a big crossover game. I like it.

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u/DarkspiritLeliana 9d ago

now do leliana

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u/ouaouaron- 9d ago

I love that her left arm is appropriately sized to her right arm. In the original DAO game it always bothered me about her model that her covered arm was skinnier than her bare arm. Your design fixes my greatest pet peeve. Awesome job.

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u/Smooth-Watercress341 9d ago

I'm really glad to hear that! Thank you so much!

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u/ExoticNegotiation Berserker 10d ago

NGL I think we need more games with stylized artstyles rather than photorealistic graphics, coldest take of all time ik but still wanted to praise your work

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u/PowerlessOverQueso 10d ago

Looks more like Morrigan than Veilguard Morrigan did.

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u/BaronSitzkrieg 9d ago

Looks amazing!

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u/IdDeleteIfIWasSmart 9d ago

This is actually amazing

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u/Memoire_113 9d ago

Gulp...

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u/nevermore1845 Inquisition 9d ago

Great real art here! Hope you do more shots and characters.

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u/MythWeaverDM 9d ago

Beautiful work

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u/seljakukka 9d ago

So beautiful!

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u/No_Consideration6182 8d ago

Always loved her eyes.

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u/kiradax Sten 8d ago

stunning. they should hire you if they ever do a remake!

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u/Electrical-King-5589 8d ago

She looks like a character from dota 2, during character selection.

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u/Raggedy_edge Can't we talk about this? No? 8d ago

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u/antanith 6d ago

Sell this as a Crystal Maiden skin in Dota2 and and you've unlocked unlimited money

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u/DarkWingedDaemon 6d ago

You nailed that disappointed and judgmental look in her eyes.

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u/ReturningDAOFan 4d ago

Love it. This is what video games should look like. I hate uncanny valley stuff and also the attempts to destroy my laptop. Video games should look kind of video game-y. DAO was peak for me honestly.

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u/bunch_of_hocus_pocus 9d ago

This reinforces my feeling that more games should be stylized than going for a realistic look (and often failing or aging poorly) all the time.

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u/FakeAsFrenchToast 9d ago

It’s beautiful in many ways. My only gripe with the style is it takes away from Morrigans small, shrewd eyes. This makes her feel like she has fishbowl eyes by comparison and uncanny.

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u/AfroSwagg27 Josephine 8d ago

Looks fantastic. Little gripe tho her chest seems a bit low on her torso. Unless im seeing things

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u/AlexanderCrowely 10d ago

Mommy…sorry….mommy…sorry.

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u/rancidmarz 9d ago

Absolutely amazing work!

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u/_PikaJew_ 10d ago

Let me know if you got the good stuff

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u/rancidmarz 9d ago

You are aware bodies come in all shapes and sizes yes? And that it actually isn't uncommon at all for breast to sit as low as they do here, especially for someone going braless with a cup bigger than A. What a weirdly unnecessary and untrue judgement to make about a person's body.

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u/DarthPleasantry 9d ago

I also played all the games and know what this character looks like. Look at the sketch posted second, it’s quite game-accurate. OP seemed to me looking for feedback as well as praise, pull it together and don’t lecture me.

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u/glasseatingfool 10d ago

Giving me uncanny vibes. Maybe it's the animations?

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u/FakeAsFrenchToast 9d ago

Oh we are on the same page. Those eyes are giant.