Bone Cruncher

This is the most recent creature sculpt I created. I first sculped this creature for digital sculpting class, then I decided t take a step further rigging and texturing him.

Sculpting (Zbrush)
UV Unwrapping (Maya)
Rigging (Maya)
Texturing (Substance Painter)
Render (Arnold)
Compositing ( Photoshop, After Effect)

turntable

I have been fascinated with creatures like dragons, dinosaurs, and reptiles especially crocodiles. My main inspiration for this creature comes from a rescued crocodile named "Underbite" in Australia.  This crocodile has unfortunately lost his upper jaw to another crocodile. I thought I would like to see this unfortunate creature look more intimidating, so I designed this creature with several features from other animals like gorilla's postures, and antlers. 

I have learned so many new things from this project, such as rigging, texturing with UDIMs, Subsurface scattering, and displacement maps. It has been a fun challenge working on this project in between my class time.

Poses

I am wrapping up my final term at Columbia College Hollywood/Flashpoint Chicago. Besides Digital sculpting, I also enjoy modeling environments. Here's my reel.

credit: Photo-Grasses growing by the beach by Léon McGregor