Still Life Mat

Here we go!

I present to you my Still Life Mat.

This eerie little skeleton can be found in a very ancient forest, he doesn't decay and Nature herself keeps on wrapping him up as if She wanted to still keep him warm.

Whispers say he's still alive though.

Little channels breakdown I didn't post before.

Update:

I've been working on the height map of my little skeleton, I've sculpted the body in Substance Painter, some of it I did free hand, a lot of it, with the Path Tool, playing with paths and blur. I wanted to achieve a somewhat realistic feel regarding shapes and proportions. Also, opacity!

I also gave the bone material a go and applied the bark material I worked on in Designer. I added some Scattering to the bones to make it a bit more realistic.

Update:

Hello beautiful people, I'm really bad at updating, but here we go, I thought I'd share with you guys the first materials I've created for this character. I'm trying to improve the grass one for the base. The bark material was a lot of trial and error and I tried different shapes and forms, but I think I'm going to go with this one, adding some moss here and there.

I'm also figuring out how to best convey the main shapes of the character through Painter displacement, I hope I can get it done! More to come!

Sketch:

Here's a little sketch of what I have in mind for this project. I will try to keep it mostly realistic with its materials and textures while I'm going to attempt reaching a similar result to the sketch regarding shapes and forms with height and displacement maps.

References:

So, holidays were a bit stressful, but I'm here with some references I've gathered to best convey the imaginary I'd like to bring to life.

Concept:

Hey there! I'm excited to participate in this contest for the first time. I'm at the concept stage right now. For this project, I want to explore an idea I have to combine two elements, Life and Death, that may seem in great contrast with each other, but I think they're really two sides of the same coin. I'm going to try and represent these two themes with a Skeleton character wrapped around some natural elements, as if the last breath of life is still there, somewhere. I'm going to post some reference later so that I can better explain what I'm planning and sketch the character before I dive into the wonders of Substance Painter.