SPIRIT MAILBOX

This is my first project for my independent study. I wanted to focus on further developing my hand painted and stylized texturing technique along with pushing my skills in environmental story telling by creating this environment diorama. I chose to make an environment that had a variety of individual assets so I could practice sculpting ZBrush and hand painting in Painter on a range of items rather than just one prop. I also wanted these assets to have drastically differing materials so I could develop working on both organic and non-organic stylized textures.I was heavily inspired by the structure of vintage Japanese mailboxes and ended up incorporating the mailbox structure with a traditional shrine lantern to have it look old, yet recognizable. I also had a ton of fun sculpting the little ghosts and having them read the mail people sent.
I had an absolute blast with this project and I am super proud of how it turned out!