Watching Avatar: Way of the Water was a fantastic experience. I have been thinking of designing a Na’Vi character for a long time. I saw Pablo Munoz Gomez’s art challenge and I jumped in. The idea was to design a young attractive female Na’vi Ikran “Banshee” rider from the Omatikaya clan, her name is Hateya. I used ZBrush for the designing process, and the hair was created using Fiber Mesh on top of geometry, with noise breaking the silhouette of the dreadlocks. For the necklace, I created custom IMM brushes and simulated simple geometry for the proxy placeholder to create natural gravity and in the end, projected the brushes on top. I used KeyShot for the rendering and composed it in Photoshop. My idea was to suggest a more ethereal feel and vibe, making the scene more surreal and mystical.
I don’t know why but I see some artifacts here is a better-quality link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/04XbYV
