XAVIAN
XAVIAN
Xavian is the male anthropomorphic lion of the Zindi Kingdom. He is not the most - in-shape warrior, as he spends most days sleeping atop the Baobab Trees, eating, and listening to music.
Xavian has the power to control the weather and manipulate space around him to overwhelm any opponent he faces.
He thrives to become the strongest Sun King Warrior of the Kingdom.
Animations
Xavian has over 22 animations to capture his expressive nature. The animations includes; Idle, Walking, Running, Jumping, etc. Below is video of the animations in motion in Unity:
History of Xavian
Xavian has been my character since I was an undergraduate back in 2013. The earlier sketches of Xavian were more human-like, and the creatures were not all uniform as one species at first glance. After drawing multiple iterations of Xavian, I removed the human characteristics and went with a more lion-like appearance.
Over the years, I continued to appear in many of my doodles and art projects over the years. Finally, in grad school, my classmates loved his character design and suggested making him into a 3D model and continue your story.
Game Model
Zulthus , our 3D Artists, made sure that the creation of the in-game model for Xavian was perfect. The in-game model will have 23k tris that will allow the mesh to deform smoothly for the animation. Below are pictures showing the creation process from Blender to Unity.
