Work Showcase - Starfinder Infinite

In October 2021, Paizo Publishing released Starfinder Infinite, a content creation program to support their award-winning Tabletop RPG Starfinder. Since then, I have been working to regularly release a combination of paid and ‘pay what you want’ books to the online community, with great success thus far, which can be found here.

This work has involved extensive experimentation in Blender 3D to create all assets, covers and models necessary for properly illustrating each book. I decided upon a deliberate ‘low poly’ art style with a vivid palette to allow eye-catching illustrations to be created quickly. I have also written the narrative and technical contents of these books to provide enjoyable stories and exciting new systems of play, with the freedom of Paizo’s Starfinder intellectual property as granted by the Starfinder Infinite agreement. I then combined my mixed-media efforts in Adobe InDesign to present the final product. I hope to create many more such publications and continue to grow my 3D and written talents over time.

All Paizo properties and the Starfinder Infinite logo © Copyright Paizo Publishing.

Exploration - 'Vector Art' 3D

Across 2019 I have been investigating how to bring my favourite ‘vector art’ look to Blender’s 3D creation process. I have started work on a fun personal project about a skeleton guarding a castle against a wily infiltrator; some of the development work can be seen above. I created a variety of characters and locations in my signature style, both inside and outside of the castle. My goal is to be able to deliver the polished ‘vector art’ look whether in After Effects or in Blender.

Exploration - 3D Modelling

In late 2018, I started work on more complex 3D modelling than my previous Low Polygon art style. Although I retain a love for the simplicity of Low Polygon art, I wanted to experiment with some of the techniques I’d learned during my year of animation. I took one of the alien species I created for the previous video and worked on a much higher level of detail.

*3D Models © Copyright Lucy Clinch 2019. All Rights Reserved.*

Exploration - Low Polygon Animation

As a personal project across 2018, I focused on making a 2 minute, 43 second animation in the same style as my earlier experimentations with Low Polygon modelling. This whole project was created across January to November 2018, working at an unhurried pace in my spare time with breaks as work and life demanded. Creating this animation required me to investigate and learn many new techniques for Blender, giving me many more ideas for the future.

Exploration - Tabletop Low Polygon Designs

In early 2018, I was inspired to make several Low Polygon scenes in the 3D program Blender. This was part of an ongoing exploration of 3D artwork and my enthusiastic efforts to expand my skillset. The images shown above picture TTRPG-based content; the challenge was taking strictly imagination-based content and translating it into a visual style I felt proud of. I learned a lot from the process, and the artwork was well received.

FMP - Long, Broad and Sharpsight

This is my final film for my BA (Hons) Animation course at Norwich University of the Arts. I have adapted a Bohemian fairytale into a short movie. It tells the story of a young Prince setting out to rescue his Princess from the clutches of the evil Wizard, enlisting the help of three magical heroes on the way.

My heartfelt thanks to Ian Robertson for his excellent narration.

Copyright Notices and Credits:

Copyright Notices:

Lucy Clinch has asserted her moral rights under the Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the Author of this work, and the Director of this film.

Credits:

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Sound Effects: freeSFX.co.uk