Pixel Peeps

In this episode of Pixel Peeps, I sit down with character artist and art director Claudiu Tanasie to break down his striking painterly 3D style.We take a deep dive into his piece Broken Faith, exploring how he blends sculptural brushwork, stylized textures, and experimental rendering techniques to create characters that feel like living illustrations. Claudiu shares insights into his workflow—from simplifying scan data and sculpting expressive forms, to building complex hair systems with XGen and pushing Arnold far beyond its typical use.We also talk about the bigger picture: developing a personal style, why great work often looks effortless (but isn’t), and how personal projects can shape your career more than client work ever could.If you’ve ever wondered how to stand out as an artist—or how to make 3D feel more like painting—this one’s for you.

Rodrigo Paulicchi shares how he created this awesome stylized 3D character with Zbrush and Blender. View the finished work here - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lGWn45 ► My Game Character Class - http://www.characterclass.com ► Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join _________________________________________ 💬 Join the Discord community: https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ 📓 subscribe to my character art notes https://www.characterclass.com/newsletters/character-notes 🤝 Become a member https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join https://www.patreon.com/c/jhill Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/artofjhill 🌐 My website: https://www.jhill.com 🔗 ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/jhill ◆ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@artofjhill ◆ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@artofjhill ◆ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artofjhill/ ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup _________________________________________

Dev Mehta shares how he created this detailed Elf Knight game model. view the full work here - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/OvlJk6 ► My Game Character Class - http://www.characterclass.com ► Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join _________________________________________ 💬 Join the Discord community: https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ 📓 subscribe to my character art notes https://www.characterclass.com/newsletters/character-notes 🤝 Become a member https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join https://www.patreon.com/c/jhill Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/artofjhill 🌐 My website: https://www.jhill.com 🔗 ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/jhill ◆ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@artofjhill ◆ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@artofjhill ◆ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artofjhill/ ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup _________________________________________

Check out Byungwhee's awesome work here - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nJPxzK ► Join Character Class - http://www.characterclass.com ► Free Character Art Starter Pack - https://bit.ly/character-pack ► Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join _________________________________________ 💬 Join the Discord community: https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ 📓 subscribe to my character art notes https://www.characterclass.com/newsletters/character-notes 🤝 Become a member https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join https://www.patreon.com/c/jhill Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/artofjhill 🌐 My website: https://www.jhill.com 🔗 ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/jhill ◆ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@artofjhill ◆ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@artofjhill ◆ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artofjhill/ ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup _________________________________________

Hand-Painted 3D Portrait by Ulysse here - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lGKeeV ► Free Character Art Starter Pack - https://bit.ly/character-pack ► My Game Character Class - http://www.characterclass.com ► Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join _________________________________________ 💬 Join the Discord community: https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ 📓 subscribe to my character art notes https://www.characterclass.com/newsletters/character-notes 🤝 Become a member https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join https://www.patreon.com/c/jhill Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/artofjhill 🌐 My website: https://www.jhill.com 🔗 ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/jhill ◆ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@artofjhill ◆ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@artofjhill ◆ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artofjhill/ ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup _________________________________________

Being able to turn a sketch or a practice into a beautiful artwork itself worthy of a portfolio is a powerful thing. Erik shows us his sculpting techniques in ZBrush and how he created unique textures in Substance Painter and finished renders with Arnold in Maya. Take a closer look at the finished work here https://www.artstation.com/artwork/gRvKy8 ► My Game Character Class - http://www.characterclass.com ► Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join _________________________________________ 💬 Join the Discord community: https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ 📓 subscribe to my character art notes https://www.characterclass.com/newsletters/character-notes 🤝 Become a member https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join https://www.patreon.com/c/jhill Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/artofjhill 🌐 My website: https://www.jhill.com 🔗 ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/jhill ◆ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@artofjhill ◆ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@artofjhill ◆ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artofjhill/ ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup _________________________________________

Use code JHILL20 for 20% off Gnomon Workshop http://bit.ly/3IAnkE0 Kidnapped by Maria Panfilova https://www.artstation.com/artwork/gRKnJQ ►My Game Character Class - http://www.characterclass.com ►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://www.jhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup

Talking Stylized Character Modeling and Hand-Painted Texturing with Weston Reid. Check out his Project here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/5vDKeJ ►My Game Character Class - http://www.characterclass.com ►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://www.jhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup

Juan Hernandez made this amazing cinematic quality fan art of Stitch all in blender! Link to his work: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/4NP6o4 ►My Game Character Class - http://www.characterclass.com ►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://www.jhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup

Lucrezia's artwork - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/EzgdyK ►My Game Character Class - http://www.characterclass.com Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://www.jhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup Chapters 00:00 Project Decision 03:22 Started From Sphere 06:32 Main Tools/Software 09:53 Behind the Scenes 12:49 Adding Clothing 15:58 Simulating Shoes 18:59 Lighting Scenario 22:16 Max Choice Reason 25:30 UV Unwrapping 28:27 Texturing Effects 31:43 Lines & Scars 35:28 Evolution of Renders 38:39 Color Noise 42:45 Wiggle Plugin 🪡 45:56 Lighting Setup 49:51 HDR & Key Lights 53:35 Putting her in Unreal 57:28 Keep Improving

Stylized 3D Character Art with Fred Arsenault Fred's Art https://www.artstation.com/artwork/X18lGL Fred's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fredericarsenault2112 ►My Game Character Class - http://www.characterclass.com ►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://www.jhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup

This podcast is sponsored by Epic Games! Check out everything Unreal Engine at https://www.youtube.com/@UnrealEngine Check out Paul's artwork here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/L4l1wA ►My Game Character Class - [http://www.characterclass.com](http://www.characterclass.com/) ►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - [https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup #EpicPartner #StateofUnreal

How Hossein Diba made this incredible 3D model of Joel from The Last of Us Artwork - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/4Nqal1 Hoessein's Channel https://www.youtube.com/@UCfqDgGhh_If83nMOQ4EVDDA ►My Game Character Class - http://www.characterclass.com ►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://www.jhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup

►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com My Game Character Class - http://www.characterclass.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://artofjhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Twitter: https://twitter.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup

Check out more of Ian's amazing work at https://ianspriggs.com The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ ►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join ► Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/jhill/membership My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com My Website -https://www.Jhill.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://artofjhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Twitter: https://twitter.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup

Check out Marco's channel https://www.youtube.com/@KeosMasons   The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ ►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join ► Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/jhill/membership My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com My Website -https://www.Jhill.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://artofjhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Twitter: https://twitter.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup

Check out Cornelius's work https://corneliusdammrich.com and watch him do his thing on youtube here https://www.youtube.com/corneliusdammrich   The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ ►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join ► Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/jhill/membership My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com My Website -https://www.Jhill.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://artofjhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Twitter: https://twitter.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup

Tom's Work - https://www.artstation.com/tom_newbury_cg Tom's Gumroad - https://tomnewbury.gumroad.com The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ ►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join ► Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/jhill/membership My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com My Website -https://www.Jhill.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://artofjhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Twitter: https://twitter.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup

Check out this awesome work up close - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/QnJLoZ Artstation Learning - https://www.artstation.com/learning/courses/g38/references-and-advice/chapters/Q5Xo/introduction The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ ►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join ► Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/jhill/membership My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com My Website -https://www.Jhill.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://artofjhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Twitter: https://twitter.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup

How Pablander creates his graphic art with Zbrush. Find his work and resources at https://pablander.com The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ ►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join ► Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/jhill/membership My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com My Website -https://www.Jhill.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://artofjhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Twitter: https://twitter.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup

Subscribe to Siamak - https://www.youtube.com/c/siamakcgm The Discord - https://discord.gg/NqdhCBJ ►Join the Character Art Team: https://www.youtube.com/c/artofjhill/join ► Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/jhill/membership My Skin Brushes - https://www.artstation.com/a/1551330 My Work - https://www.artofjhill.com My Website -https://www.Jhill.com CONNECT: ◆ Website: https://artofjhill.com ◆ Instagram: https://instagram.com/artofjhill ◆ Twitter: https://twitter.com/artofjhill ◆ Setup: https://kit.co/artofjhill/my-setup