Wren Osei
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3D Character Design
Character design and 3D sculpture for games, film, and whatever isn't real yet.
Rogue Mechanist · Neo-Kowloon, 2091
A smuggler who rebuilds his own limbs faster than the law can catalogue them. Designed around silhouette first — every plate reads at a glance, even in motion.
Sculpted in
Blender · Substance Painter · Marmoset Toolbag
Forest Warden · The Ashwood Reach
A guardian grown rather than built, bark and coal-light knit into one figure. The brief was warmth without softness — she still has teeth.
Sculpted in
ZBrush · Blender · Substance Painter
Exosuit Pilot · Orbital Yard 14
A war-worn frame built from a single kit of interchangeable plating. Sculpted for wear first — every scar is placed, not painted on after.
Sculpted in
Blender · Substance 3D Painter · Marvelous Designer
Deep-Sea Cartographer · The Sunless Trench
Her diving rig doubles as a light source — every seam on the suit was placed to catch a rim light the way real neoprene never could.
Sculpted in
ZBrush · Blender · Substance Painter
Forgemaster · The Hollow Peaks
Carved rather than modelled, in spirit if not in method — every surface keeps a chisel mark. Built to hold a silhouette from across a room.
Sculpted in
ZBrush · Blender · Marmoset Toolbag
Shadow Broker · The Unlit Quarter
Designed to disappear in three-quarter light and command it in full. The mask reads as a face without ever showing one.
Sculpted in
Blender · Substance Painter · ZBrush
Workflow
The same pipeline for a game-ready bust or a full cinematic character.
A rough block-in first, resolved in passes — silhouette, then form, then the detail that survives at a distance.
Clean, animation-ready topology laid over the sculpt by hand, with edge loops placed where the rig will actually bend.
Materials built from real reference — wear, grime and fabric weight — and baked down for a game or a film-render engine alike.
A control rig sized to the character's own proportions, tested against a short motion pass before it ever ships.
About
Wren Osei is a character artist working across games, film previsualisation and the occasional piece that exists purely because it wouldn't leave me alone. The brief is always the same: a silhouette that reads in a second and a surface that rewards a closer look.
Based between commissions and a very messy desk. Available for a small number of new character projects each year — enquire early, the calendar fills fast.
Studios & clients
Contact
Enquiries, collaborations and the odd unreasonable request all welcome.