I wanted to create something mammalian that is peaceful but also alien in nature. I am inspired by creature designs from Avatar and I want to have something like that in my portfolio. I’m also inspired by the sketches of Stephen Oakley and the rendered concepts of Michael Kutsche.
This is the final render for this herbivore type of creature.
I made 25 different thumbnails which all started from silhouette blobs.
Here I made head variations and one additional full body redesign to try a more horse like appearance.
I tried to show how the creature can use it’s horns to dig up food from the ground.
Color studies below were based on real animals like whales, alligators, and sharks.
For this second creature. I wanted to go to a different direction this time and have a more insect and crustacean look. I started off from one of the initial 25 thumbnails. and did almost the same process in terms of all the variations.
I thought it was important to see the top view and how the mouth opens for this creature. There is also a human silhouette for scale.
The colors were mostly inspired by coconut crabs.
