ARTIST
Arash Hadavi
SOFTWARE
Maya, ZBrush, Marvelous Designer, Mari, Substance Painter, V-Ray, Photoshop
This fan art of Scorpion from Mortal Kombat was created by freelance 3D character artist Arash Hadavi, who is also studying filmmaking at the art university of Tehran. “As a 90s kid, I grew up with the Mortal Kombat game series and Scorpion was my favourite character,” he says. “I was really hyped for the new MK movie, so I decided to create a fan art of my favourite video game character. It was a quick, fun project, taking almost two weeks, and I enjoyed every single minute of the process.”
Discussing his workflow, Hadavi begins by gathering references, before moving on to blocking out the model’s primary shapes in Maya. “In this case, I used a…
