Happy to share my latest project : Skullodon.
Full Project here : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/oJo0Pz
This Water Creature lives deep in dark caves. Very sensitive to natural light, it will never leave these caves throughout its whole life.
For the design, I was inspired by Turtles and whales ; but also by the SkullCrawler from Kong Skull Island. Which also inspired me for the shading. I didn’t want to go for a classic shell texture, I wanted something that felt like bone.
And then of course I made it wiser and less agressive. Because who doesn’t like a cute Creature!
Sculpted in Zbrush. Scales were made with a custom VDM brush and placed one by one (Took me about 6h for the whole belly). Textured in Mari and handpainted. Shading and Rendering in Maya using Arnold Render.
Hope you like it!