The Tooth Fairy

This is not my most proud export. But it is considered (by me) a beautiful ugly child, whom I love. The final image is not one of my favorites, however the process that led me to it was enjoyable and I think I have achieved some growth with it, I turned something around that was not looking like something I'd make, to something looking like a work under my signature.

It's good to have a grip on that, which was a major critic during my college time, where I liked to explore endlessly.  I may or may not go ahead and do an environment with this one, I just don't like it enough to keep going with it.

I have other ideas that I'm more keen of. Nonetheless it served as a case study, measuring brainstorming techniques and testing assignments and notes from a creature design course.  But then again, if you like your process and work, repeat yourself, if you don't, repeat yourself.

2/2 Chimera design

Added a saddle, not 100% happy with it, not sure if I'll use this process again unless I really have to as the materials tend to get muddy when overlayed in PS.
The process of mixing a komodo and smilodon skulls work fine though, I think!

Chimaera Test 1

Creature design test follow ups!
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More creature sketches

Another sketch on creature design. It's so hard to do, but so fun at the same time. I'm learning to enjoy making this more than finishing them.

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Creature design

Testing a few parameters of creature design lately. Rough sketch, quick stuff, just to test. I should have spent more time on it, but I think I’ve studied enough and a bust like this was never portfolio material to begin with.

I should spend more time on the next creatures, I often find a good profit of proliferating these ugly sketches and studies very quick, but there's also a great deal of improvement on doing these as a long project. I should spend more time figuring out a better test shader as well.

WIP Sketches // Void Cultists

I’m trying to get myself back to personal artwork. I’m doing enemy design inspired by Lovecraft, some weird cultists, with a supernatural vibe. They are kind of in the loose side, as I’m exploring a lot, and changing my mind a lot as I go, but I think I’m finally starting to register a more concise conclusion!
I’m hoping to break a lot of ground, experimenting, let’s see how it goes.

Character dev: tests

Homework for the learnsquared class of Maciej Kuciara. Lots could have been done better, but I was submissive to test the software and workflow the teacher provided instead of using the toolset within my comfort zone. I don't regret it.

The details on the face are too small, I totally ignored the thick to thin, big to small rule in compositions. I took some time to make the eyewear, then the arm, then everything else, separately, it was a big mistake. Most of the details got lost in the bigger picture, which is something I will have to have a better handling in my next works. You know what they say, if you're not failing you're not learning, and I failed big time on this one, at least for me. The previous work had all this points nailed down correctly, probably because I was very deliberate and took long breaks before continuing the work.
This was a spoiled fruit I collected from not being patient to finish this image. I'm also not that pleased with the selling of urban subculture as a fast track to content.

I was not that much motivated during the course too, which further crippled me and my judgement skills towards my own work.
A wonderful study to keep in mind later on and remind me of this mistakes, which I hopefully never ever do again.