https://gamesartist.co.uk/knight-owl/
Character Artist, Guillaume Tiberghien has built and rigged this stylized armoured, Owl Knight from concept. In this article, he talks about, goals, concept, references, blockout, high res, rigging, animating, texturing, lighting and composition.
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