Shuri - Black Panther
The goal here being to create the 3D character likeness of actress Letitia Wright, using a Metahumans base model from Unreal Engine 5, the head creation was achieved in a day. The comic book character design of Shuri was used as reference here, so as not to over-complicate the model, including the helmet design. In essence the 2D illustrations were converted to technically sound 3D version, using mostly Maya and Zbrush for modeling and sculpting.
The entire model was completed in 10 days, and then a cavalier version of Shuri was made—a more youthful version if you will. Cavalier Shuri is donned with a pair of headphones (electric purple, of course), a T-shirt version of her body suit, stripped the fur cape, and added some colour to her hair. Lighting and rendering was done in Unreal Engine 5, and texturing in Substance Painter.
