Name: Ethan Southall
Address: GB

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My name is Ethan Southall

I am a 3D Artist with a Games Design Bachelors degree, currently pursuing a PhD in "Multi User Extended Reality (XR) Experience in Cultural Heritage" at Bournemouth University. I like to create 3D passion projects based on my personal interests, such as Doctor Who, Marvel, Percy Jackson, and much more, as well as my own original ideas!

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Ocacho Uraraka’s hero armour on exhibition! Here I have modelled Uraraka’s hero armour, as well as multiple background pieces to bring the overall exhibit to life. Due to aiming for a more realistic style than cartoony, I reached out to several My Hero Academia cosplayers as part of this piece. I want to thank @bepo_chan_ , @buriedaliens , & @lorentz_iwood (links below!) for allowing me to use photos of their Uraraka, Kaminari and Deku cosplay photos for this project! I’m happy with how this project turned out! I had a lot of fun bringing Uraraka’s hero costume to life in a more realistic style and building out the whole exhibition diorama. See more at my Artstation => https://www.artstation.com/artwork/dyRwbA

#blender3d #blender #3dart #3dmodel #unity #marmosettoolbag #3dartist #myheroacademia #myhero #uraraka #urarakaochako #kaminaridenki #kaminari #izuku #izukumidoryia #deku #uravity #chargebolt #mha

On 04/03/25, Danielle and I unfortunately lost Isiah, Danielle's cat of 18 1/2 years whom I have come to love as my own. We are both devastated over losing him, and I wish that I had been able to be in his life for much longer than the 2 1/2 years that I was. We both miss him so much, and we wanted something to commerate him. With this model, I hope that I can capture his likeness and do him proud as the amazing little Mooner that he was. As I work on this, I'll post more updates. We love you and miss you always Isiah, rest in peace <3

#mainecoons #mainecoonsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #cat #restinpeace #cats #3dmodel #3dmodelling #zbrush #zbrushsculpt

On the 18th of December 2024, I married my amazing and beautiful best friend, fiancée, and the love of my life <3 I love you so much, and I can't wait to spend forever with you Mrs. Southall <3

Whilst working on my MHA project, I had a secret side project on the go...
It was my amazing girlfriend's (@daniellee.dixon, feat. Frederick the Hufflepuff rabbit) birthday on November 3rd, and with her being a Harry Potter fan, I decided to make her wand from her playthough of Hogwarts Legacy. I modelled the wand itself in Blender, the owl pommel in Zbrush, 3D printed and painted by hand, alongside some artifically aged in-game screenshots (with some mixed results not pictured here), and a box with a yellow hufflepuff themed lining. This was an amazing project to work on, and her reaction was worth all of it. I love you so much, and I can't wait to work on more presents for you in the future <3

#HarryPotter #Hogwarts #hogwartslegacy #hogwartslegacygame #hufflepuff #hufflepuffpride #harrypotterwands #blender #blender3d #3dart #3dprinting

Time for another My Hero Academia Uraraka project update! I think I'm getting closer to being finished with this project which is exciting! I have been experimenting with the lighting a lot, trying to get something more interesting, and I think I'm quite happy with it. I still have some tweaks to do! I noticed that the walls were still looking a bit bare, so I have added some posters to take up some of that space. Thanks to @buriedaliens for letting me use his great Kaminari cosplay (I'm still looking for someone who has cosplayed Ashido and is willing to participate!) Hopefully the next update will be a set of finished renders! The main things left to are the Ashido poster, some more floating props and some texture/lighting fixes.

Uraraka Cosplayer -> @bepo_chan_
Kaminari Cosplay -> @buriedaliens
#blender #blender3d #3dart #3dartist #substancepainter #substancedesigner #unity3d #myheroacademia #bokunoheroacademia #uraraka #ochakouraraka #kaminari #denkikaminari #ashido #minaashido #ashidocosplay

I've got something a bit different to show today! I'm into collecting pop vinyls (I think I'm close to 300 by now..) so I decided to make my own pop vinyls using a combination of 3D printing parts and painting on existing pops. Here I have a Percy Jackson pop vinyl (more towards his book version, I'm hoping they'll do a pop of Walker Scobell's portrayal!) He originally started off as Seong Gi-Hun from Squid Game and end with a whole lot of painting (definitely not my strongest skill) and a small amount of 3D printing, He is now Percy Jackson! I also have works in progress of Annabeth, Grover and Luke too that I'm slowly working on. After these 4 are done, I'm going to swap from painting existing Pops to printing my own and painting from there! #popvinyl #popvinyls #funko #funkopop #painting #custompopvinyl #percyjacksonandtheolympians #percyjackson #heroesofolympus #trialsofapollo

It's been a while since I have posted an update on my "My Hero Academia" project, so here it is! I have decided to scale the project down in some ways and increase it in others. Initially, I was going to have roughly 7 hero suits on display during this piece, but I decided to instead do 1 hero costume with more background props more fitting to that hero, in this case, Ochako Urarka. By doing this, I could have one nice filled out display, instead of 7 more rushed displays which are near copies of each other. I could also do another hero, using the same basic template and a different, more fitting environment if I wanted to! #blender #blender3d #3dart #3dartist #substancepainter #substancedesigner #unity3d #myheroacademia #bokunoheroacademia #uraraka #ochakouraraka

Uraraka Cosplayer -> @bepo_chan_

A small scene depicting objects used frequently by or are synonymous with the Eleventh Doctor:
- Sonic Screwdriver
- Bowtie
- Amy Pond's Glasses
- The Crack
Overall, the scene is meant to be a tribute to the Eleventh Doctor. The Galifreyan symbol inside the drawer is the number 11, with the symbols on the drawer being the christmas cracker poem read to him by Clara shortly before his regeneration into 12.
See more here -> https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xY8R9m
Sonic Screwdriver sound effect comes from "Doctor Who - The Eternity Clock"
#3dart #3dartist #doctorwho #sonicscrewdriver #mattsmith #eleventhdoctor #blender #blender3d #substancepainter #substancedesigner #marvelousdesigner #marmosettoolbag4 #unity3d #unity

[REPOST] Hi everyone, I'm pleased to announce that I have started a Fiverr gig where you can now commission me to 3d model for you. I promise frequent and open communication, each model to be the best of my abilities, and fair pricing. If you want to check out further details about my gig, you can find it at https://fiverr.com/etthemastermind.
See more of my work here:
Instagram: theethemastermind_art
Artstation: etthemastermind
Portfolio Website: https://www.ethansouthall.com
Thanks!
#3dart #3d #blender #blender3d #gamemodelling #freelance #freelancer #3dartist #3dmodelling #substancepainter #fiverr

Hi everyone, I'm pleased to announce that I have started a Fiverr gig where you can now commission me to 3d model for you. I promise frequent and open communication, each model to be the best of my abilities, and fair pricing. If you want to check out further details about my gig, you can find it at https://fiverr.com/etthemastermind.
See more of my work here:
Instagram: theethemastermind_art
Artstation: etthemastermind
Portfolio Website: https://www.ethansouthall.com
Thanks!

Got another update to share, this time of my "Hannah Toomes" character. I have primarily been working on the retopology stage of the character. Once that its complete, I plan to take her in Marvellous Designer and to carry on with her clothes. I made a start on the clothes a while ago (I don't think that has been shared here but it has now!) Hopefully the retop stage wont take too much longer, I might go insane otherwise.
#blender #blender3d #3dart #3dartist #3dmodelling #characterdesign #characterart

Sharing a quick update about my MHA hero museum project, its been a while since I have shared and update!

I'm pretty sure that I'm happy with the modelling and texturing Uraraka's hero costume and I have made some progress in modelling/texturing of a hall section of the museum, using Uraraka as the focus of this section (The posed Uraraka costume in the case is still temporary, its just there so I could get a feel for what the exhibit would look like). Massive thanks to @bepo_chan_ for letting me use her Uraraka cosplay photos, I think it makes it looks awesome!

I have also started working on Midoriya's costume, mainly because I'm putting off rigging and weight painting because I absolutely hate it.

#mha #myheroacademia #izukumidoriya #ochakauraraka #blender3d #blender #3dartist #3dart #mhafanart

Soooo I've started another project that I'm going to be working on alongside my Hannah Toomes character. This project is going to be a segment of a Hero Museum with exhibits for 7 heroes (All Might, Midoryia, Bakugo, Kirishima, Uraraka, Asui and Kendo). So far, I have got a whitebox for the scene, as well as the beginnings of Uraraka's hero costume. As I tend to try to do more realistic texturing, I hope to be able to talk with some cosplayers about using their photos as part of the hero exhibits, instead of using shots from the anime. #mha #myheroacademia #allmight #izukumidoriya #katksukibakugo #eijiroukirishima #ochakauraraka #tsuyuasui #istukakendo #blender3d #blender #3dartist #3dart

Haven’t done an update on my Hannah Toomes character since I finished the model sheet a longggg time ago so I reckon its time for one. It’s not perfect, but I think it’s a better than my previous 2 attempts at character modelling, which I’m really happy with. I’ve still got a long ways to go but hopefully it’ll all go smoothly! So far, the model has been entirely made in Zbrush, with the rendering for these WIP images done in Blender. Before this project, I really wasn’t that confident in Zbrush but I feel like im really getting to grips with it and I’m excited to do a lot more with it. Huge thanks to @tomudaleart for his help with Zbrush and other feedback in general.
#3dart #3dartist #characterdesign #characterart #blender #blender3d #zbrush

A model of Mehrunes' Razor, based on the Skyrim iteration of the dagger, plus a small modelled environment. Dagger and scabbard made in Blender, textured in Substance Painter. The environment was also made in Blender and textured using a combination of Substance Designer and Painter. All rendered in Marmoset Toolbag 4 #3dart #3dartist #blender3d #blender #substancedesigner #substancepainter #elderscrolls #skyrim #mehrunesdagon #mehrunesrazor #fantasyart #weapons

First stage of my next big project is complete! This project is remaking/redesigning my "Hannah Toomes" character that I made as part of the "Modelling for Animation" unit while studying at Uni. Iv got 7 model sheets that I will pick from once the base mesh is complete (I'm leaning towards 2,4 or 7), a concept for her robot hand and the beginnings of a base mesh. #3dart #3dartist #characterdesign #characterart #blender #blender3d #zbrush

(5/5) Finally finished and gotten around to uploading my final renders for my Percy Jackson cabin scene, first started in August 2020 and worked on (one and off) until March 2022.#percyjackson #percyjacksonandtheolympians #heroesofolympus #trialsofapollo
#3dart #3dmodeling #blender3d #blender #substancepainter #substancedesigner #rendering3d

(4/5) Finally finished and gotten around to uploading my final renders for my Percy Jackson cabin scene, first started in August 2020 and worked on (one and off) until March 2022.#percyjackson #percyjacksonandtheolympians #heroesofolympus #trialsofapollo
#3dart #3dmodeling #blender3d #blender #substancepainter #substancedesigner #rendering3d

(3/5) Finally finished and gotten around to uploading my final renders for my Percy Jackson cabin scene, first started in August 2020 and worked on (one and off) until March 2022.#percyjackson #percyjacksonandtheolympians #heroesofolympus #trialsofapollo
#3dart #3dmodeling #blender3d #blender #substancepainter #substancedesigner #rendering3d

(2/5) Finally finished and gotten around to uploading my final renders for my Percy Jackson cabin scene, first started in August 2020 and worked on (one and off) until March 2022.#percyjackson #percyjacksonandtheolympians #heroesofolympus #trialsofapollo
#3dart #3dmodeling #blender3d #blender #substancepainter #substancedesigner #rendering3d

(1/5) Finally finished and gotten around to uploading my final renders for my Percy Jackson cabin scene, first started in August 2020 and worked on (one and off) until March 2022.#percyjackson #percyjacksonandtheolympians #heroesofolympus #trialsofapollo
#3dart #3dmodeling #blender3d #blender #substancepainter #substancedesigner #rendering3d

I wouldn't normally post something this small but I'm quite happy with this one. Adding onto my ever growing Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus/ Trials of Apollo project, this is my version of Leo's childhood Sketch of the Argo 2. Turns out being a bit rubbish at drawing actually helped! #percyjackson #heroesofolympus #trialsofapollo #percyjacksonandtheolympians #rickriordan #3dart #3dmodeling #texturing #blender3d #blender #substancepainter

Finally happy with my finished model and animation for my interpretation of Sumarbrander aka Jack from the Magnus Chase series. Made using Blender, Substance Painter, Photoshop and Marmoset toolbag 3. See more at https://www.ethansouthall.com/sumarbrander #magnuschasefanart #magnuschase #magnuschaseandthegodsofasgard #sumarbranderakajack

Been working on a 3d model of Sumarbrander / Jack from the Magnus Chase series as a smaller side project whilst still working on my larger Percy Jackson project. There's still a bit of work to do, as the pendant is the disguised form of Jack, I'm planning on doing an animation of transforming from rune to sword, like I did with Riptide. I'm also toying with the idea of doing a simple animation of the sword talking, as he does in the series. #magnuschase #magnuschaseandthegodsofasgard #magnuschasefanart #percyjackson #heroesofolympus #trialsofapollo #kanechronicles

(2/2) Update part 2, just a few more renders plus renders of a WIP of daedalus' laptop and Pandora's Pithos #percyjackson #heroesofolympus #trialsofapollo #3dart #3dmodeling

(1/2) haven't posted an update on my Percy Jackson scene is ages so here's a huge update! Lots of props and textures have been added in. Various weapons, cabin furniture and other artefacts from the camp half-blood series. #percyjackson #heroesofolympus #trialsofapollo #3dart #3dmodeling

Been working on an eye texture on and off for a little bit to get some practice in with substance designer . Hopefully I can find a use for it at some point when I'm finished #3dmodeling #3dart #substancedesigner #texturing #texturing3dmodel #texturingartist

The King in the North crown, modeled on its fairly vague description from A Song of Ice and Fire. For the background character, I used Fuse to make a quick stand in for Robb Stark and added some blood texturing over the top. See more at https://www.ethansouthall.com/kitn #gameofthrones #kinginthenorth #robbstark #3dmodeling #3dart

Decided that it might be a fun project to build a Percy Jackson inspired scene before the release of the final #trialsofapollo book. Currently have Riptide, Annabeth's Yankees hat, Backbiter, Katoptris, CHB and CJ shirts, Percy's camp beads, most of a Praetors cape and a rough barebones of a Camp Half Blood cabin. #percyjackson #heroesofolympus #trialsofapollo #rickriordan

Finished a model of Percy Jackson’s sword, Riptide, from the Percy Jackson series. I probably spent wayyyyy too much time on the transition between the pen form and sword form but I’m really happy with the final result. #percyjackson #heroesofolympus #trialsofapollo #magnuschase #kanechronicles

Next project, after getting hyped for Assassin’s Creed. Valhalla and replaying Assassin’s Creed 1, I decide to model Altair’s robes and here’s my progress so far. Used an already made character model from Fuse with Marvelous Designer to make the robes and Blender for the boots and gloves. Excited to carry on and finish this one. #assassinscreed #assassinscreedvalhalla #altairibnlaahad #3dart #3dmodeling

Woo, I think I’m finished with my Tardis model. There’s a couple of things I need to sort out eventually but I’m pretty happy with it for now. Had fun with emissive textures for the window and lamps, really like the result. Uploaded a clean Tardis and a Tardis with a bit of dirt on it. #doctorwho #13thdoctor #3dart #3dartist #3dmodeling

Currently working a Tardis model, based on the exterior of Jodie Whittaker’s Tardis from seasons 11/12. Still need to do the lamp on top, the door handles, mess with the textures to make it look a bit more realistic and some general tidy up #doctorwho #tardis #13thdoctor #3dmodeling #3dart

So nearly done with my Mjolnir model, just need to some more minor details #thor #marvel #mcu #mjolnir

Been working on a model of Mjolnir and did I first pass on the texturing for the head. I think it’s looking pretty good so far, even though the runes took way longer than they should have done.

Think I’m finally happy with my cartoony chibi-like Captain Marvel model, time for rigging! #marvel #captainmarvel #3dmodeling

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