I did this as a workflow demo for the GDC event in San Jose California. Pretty quick, but it got the process across. Silhouette thumbnails were done in black marker to explore variations quickly. One was selected and a tighter sketch was done to resolve design. Sketch was done on “Design Vellum” 11x17 with Faber-Castell wax pencil. Everything else was z-brush.
Hope this is of interest. 
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That is just great. Wonderful concept and perfect execution.
thats great neville, everything looks great from the thumbnail studies all the way through the final piece. great job
Neville! Great work! Really fantastic! 
I love how strong the sense of form is and the details that you have there. The nose and mouth area are just great. The forehead area is really amazingly detailed, great details.
Ryan
Hey Neville 
Really incredible work! The concept is equally as inspiring as the 3d piece. I love the colors!
Flawless. Perfect.
Absolutely fantastic.
( You get the idea )
In short -Wow ! I love everything from the first designs to the finished render.
10 stars
Neville: Awsome design and execution! I love the lighting and use of color. I’m saving this one to the permanent collection…
Beautiful…
Dickie
un-@#$%-believable
smellie- too @#$%*&! kind. But thanks
Thanks to all the rest of you. There are numerous rendering flaws within it, but the point of the excercise was to quickly generate a design more than a textured rendered work of art. Sadly, my skills in that department are pretty weak. So, if you like what I have done, the credit goes to a great piece of software facilitating concept rather quickly and easily.
Here’s a rapid attempt at environmental compositing. Hmmm, where is that blue light coming from? But again, it is just to get the concept across.
Top row to me…
Awsome work… I nkow how concepting is hard, thanks for the tips!
5 stars for sure
Ahem are you saying you use a programm to generate your outlines?
I like your texture…and painting 
WOW!,it’s amazing Neville!!
great inspiration!!
Alex Oliver
Super piece of rendering and color work!
I liked the plain mottled background better though. Excelent concept!
I’ll give you 500 dollars to keep one of those as my pet. :lol:
beautidull model. love the design.
you could do alot of diffrent paint schemes that would work nicely with it.
great work,
LOL o man i looked at this and was like hmmmmm This has a familiar feel to it. Then I look at name and BOOM it all makes sense. I love your work man. I was at GDC and I didnt see this one, sorry i missed it =( Do you have any mid work shots saved by chance? Id love to see your block in before you made complete gnar!
that is totally a rape!
WoW ! It’s simply incredible !
The modeling is greate and your skin and eye shader look perfect…
Congratulations ! 
Gopher