Bastien, known as BastiUI, is a streamer, YouTuber and UX/UI designer with a style of his own. He asked me to rebrand his avatar across his profile pictures, banners and videos.
The character draws on isometric character design, Blansable's work for Justin Buisson and Microsoft's 3D emojis. It was also the project where I learned to build 3D characters. I went from a minimal v1 to a v2 close to the final result, then refined the hair loops, rounded the face and gave the front strand more life.
The texturing uses a clay-like shader with patterns for depth, like a wave pattern in the hair. Separate rigs animate the eyes, the mustache and the front strand, and every prop was modelled and textured for him.
The final delivery is 4 profile pictures, 3 banners for YouTube, Spotify and Twitch, and 9 looping waiting screens where Basti's avatar transforms.
