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From concept sketch to finished animation

We bring 3d characters to life

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 Australian art outsourcing studio

We are an outsourcing studio specialising in the creation of memorable 3D characters for AAA games, film, Augmented Reality (AR), and Virtual Reality (VR). Founded in 2013, we are now positioned as a leading 3D asset vendor in Australia, and with the help of our skilled artists, we are able to efficiently manage heavy workloads to produce high quality, production-ready 3D assets.

As an extension of your production studio, we take steps to facilitate a seamless working environment, by using industry standard software. We are able to work with versioning tools like JIRA, Perforce, Shotgun, Slack, and Microsoft Teams to streamline communication and stay on task.

We spend time in R&D in order to stay ahead of the game in current production workflows and methodologies for VFX and real-time character creation.

As a growing outsourcing studio, we have a diverse team of highly skilled 3D artists, tech artist, and developers that take pride in their work. We are familiar with modern tools and techniques required to create outstanding production assets to assist in making your projects a success.

Services


3D CHARACTER Design/MODELINg for AAA Games & VFX

Our 3D character artists specialize in creating highly realistic digital humans from scratch, using a vareity of 3D modeling and 3D sculpting techniques. The final characters are close to the point where they look like scanned models. We create highly optimized models that are suitable for both real-time and VFX productions. Using industry standard techniques, you can be rest-assured that our supplied assets will seamlessly fit your 3D production pipeline.

Our artists are also capable of using Unreal Engine’s Metahuman Creator as a starting point for 3D character creation, which will then be customized further with additional sculpting and texturing for a unique look. The final deliverables can then be brought back into Unreal Engine to continue your project.


3D HAIR GROOMING for Real-time & VFX

Currently working with major 3D scanning companies around the world, we are able to create a wide range of hairstyles for both VFX and real-time characters. 3D scanning is one area our hairs play a major role in. We take the scanned heads of characters and apply hairs, eyebrows, eyelashes, and vellus hairs/peach fuzz. We supply the 3D scanned model back with a complete hair system, ready for production.

Hair creation and grooming can be a time-consuming task, and our grooming artists excel at this. We create highly optimized hair cards for real-time projects like game development. These real-time hairs are also suitable for augmented reality and virtual reality projects.


Digital Costume/Garment & 3D FABRIC Creation

We work with AAA game and VFX production teams around the work to create digital clothes from concept images. Our task is usually to interprete a 2D design into a 3D version, and we’re very comfortable with. Our 3D Artists are capable of creating high quality 3D garments using specialized simulation and sculpting tools to mimic the look of real life clothes and costumes. Using supplied reference images, we are able to create technically sound digital clothes on 3D body doubles, for both real-time and VFX projects. Unlike scanned clothes, these can be customized to your heart’s content and made to fit any bipedal character, regardless of the shape and size.


AUGMENTED REALITY

At Mortar Studios, we create exciting, immersive, and very engaging Augmented Reality experiences that can help you see a return on your investment. Our team is experienced at creating AR apps for marketing campaigns, brand products, health and fitness, and other business applications.

Using Augmented Reality, we can digitally overlay additional information about your brand like corporate videos and 3D animations onto your business cards, company logos, and even coffee & beer coasters.