The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Hello fellas! I'm proud to share the first project I've done since the beginning of my journey at Skyup Academy. From a concept made by the artist Olekzander Zahorulko, in the first part of the Skyup's CG Master I learned how to sculpt it, set the lighting and render this amazing hydra!

During the blocking fase, made with ZSpheres, I've struggled setting the right volumes between the body and the heads but it helped sketching on the reference itself.

I've maintained the symmetry among the three heads during the first phase of the project, but I quickly had to break that symmetry when I started working on the secondary details.

The constant study of the references helped during all the process. 

Once I finished the tertiary details, I've exported the final version of the maquette in Maya in order to find the right lighting, material and pose.

Here's some of the lighting and material experiments!