Art Deco Guitar Pedal

Art Deco Guitar Pedal

Info

Type: Prop
Task: Concept Art and UI/UX Design
Tools Used: Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Maya, Blender, Substance Painter
Date: 2023 Oct - Dec

Concept

A mysterious guitar pedal that seems to channel energy from an unknown source, hailing from the Art Deco period.

Role

I created the prop design, while creating hi-poly and low-poly models alongside UV unwraps and textures.

Designs

I designed the pedal while iterating upon multiple designs and keeping in mind Art Deco motifs and the function of each component of a guitar pedal, including the foot switch, input jacks, and dials.

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Sketches
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Callout

Modelling

Modelling was done in Maya, with a high-poly version created in Blender using booleans and sculpting. Normals and texture maps were created in Substance Painter. To keep polycount low, the pedal indents were baked into the low-poly version, instead of being defined in topology.

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Work in Progress Booleans
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Substance Painter and Texturing
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Screw details using normals and textures
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Topology
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Top
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Right
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Front
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Seams

Renders

Final renders were rendered in Arnold with compositing done in After Effects.

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Render 1
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Render 2
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Render 3