NARS Power Players - Real Time Avatars

Virtual influencers for the iconic beauty brand NARS. Collaborated with Dimension Studio to create a trio of unique brand avatars, each inspired by a Powermatte Lipstick shade, living in an ultra-stylish virtual world—all rendered in real-time using Unreal Engine.

■ MY ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
• High-Poly Likeness & Sculpting: Refined and customized facial features, anatomy, and silhouettes in ZBrush to elevate the characters beyond the default MetaHuman baseline.
• Custom Texturing & LookDev: Painted highly detailed, bespoke skin textures, realistic makeup, and micro-surface details using Substance 3D Painter to match NARS' high-fashion aesthetic.
• Advanced Hair Grooming: Created custom hairstyles and complex hair grooms from scratch using Maya XGen and optimized them as Unreal Grooms for real-time performance.
• Clothing & Costume: Simulated, sculpted, and textured the high-end fashion garments using Marvelous Designer and Substance Painter.

■ TECHNICAL SPECS:
• Engine: Unreal Engine (Real-time cinematic rendering)
• Base Framework: MetaHuman Creator (used for rigging, base topology, and animation integration)