Saturday, December 21, 2013

Zbrush Workshop Repost of "King Under the Mountain"



Lying at home with a fever and what should I see, but a repost of my "King Under the Mountian" sculpt by the zBrush Workshops Facebook page. Thank you very much for the kind act and make sure to check out zBrush Workshops for training and tutorials.



Cheers!

Thursday, December 19, 2013

King Under the Mountian: CG HUB 3D Creature Planet








My Interpretation of Smaug done for 3D Creature Planet Dragon challenge on CGHUB.

Tolkien always described his dragons as a physical representation of
greed, power and manipulation. So I wanted to base his face off
a viper. I also noted that Smaug is listed as a Fire-drake which in and
of themselves were initially wingless after being bred by Morgoth in the First Age.
Smaug is also referred to several times as a Wyrm which are more snake
then traditional 4 legged beasties. Looking at Tolkien's own
interpretation, He is generally depicted with a long snake like body,
small limbs and large wings (as a hurricane after all). So I decided to
combine all of the inspirations for a representation that is a kind of
transitional form trying to adapt and survive in the changing climate of Middle Earth. An amalgam between Wyrm and Fire Drake.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Monday, December 2, 2013