Rustle the Origami Mage (OC) - 3D

A 3D character model I made for a uni assignment. The brief was to create concept art and design a character in 2D, and then recreate it in 3D. I had a lot of fun with it, and I'm proud of how it turned out. Most of the project was done in Blender, with some rendering done in Unreal Engine. This was my first attempt trying to do "painterly" texture painting for the skin and clothes, heavily inspired by Arcane's texturing methods.

Concept:
Rustle is an "Origami Mage", who casts spells by folding origami out of the pages of the spellbook they wear on their head. They line up disconnected runes in the book as they fold in order to create different spells. Their speciality is creating small living paper animals to serve as familiars, as well as paper vehicles. Their skirt is built out of dozens of pre-prepared spells for convenience. They also wear a paper cape that can unfold to allow them to glide.