Welcoming Robot
I was applying for an internship at a industrial design company here in Hamburg and they tasked me to conceptualize a robot for a pillar in their entrance room that welcomes their guests. The pillar was not allowed to be hollowed out, removed etc. and the robot was meant to be friendly and welcoming. While I sadly didn't get the internship they did allow me to upload my work and I think it represents my modeling pipeline quite well. The company's name is blurred out in the pictures, in case you are wondering. Also some words are in German, I apologize for that.
The aforementioned pillar
Step 1: Silhouettes
Decided to make it blue, since that is somewhat the company's colour. They're also a bit obsessed with giving their guests coffee, so I wanted to implement that aspect.
Step 2: Scribbles
Step 3: Slightly more detailed scribbles
Step 4: Make a ton of lowpoly parts and let people pick their favourites
Step 5: Finalize the lowpoly
Ideas for the robot's inside
Finished lowpoly
Step 6: Highpoly (it's a hardsurface model, so there is not much to see here)
Step 7: Texturing
The final texture
Final model
Different pose and expression
The final Concept