Final Production and design.

We have here the final design that I produced in ZBrush using the concept art. Included is the sculpting process as well. During the creation process I paid close attention to references of sea creatures I had already gathered as well as referencing new ones, such as Trilobites to help resolve the ridged effect on the creatures back.

I am pleased with how the design has turned out, as I feel it successfully fulfils the criteria I laid out for it. It also manages to look like it could exist within reality and this is due to my use of references throughout the design process.

Concept Art Part 6

Here we see an evolution of the creatures main forms, with the distinct shapes becoming more defined. Remembering the Sathanas back from my design research I'm trying to design it so that the creature can be broken up into its big distinct shapes, and that those shapes are easy to read and help to create a distinct silhouette.

I'm pleased with where the design is going, and I feel that in these concepts It has started to take on both the more creepy aspects aswell as the more graceful aspects of the earlier designs.

Although I will need to move onto creating the character in 3D very soon to make sure I have the time.
However first Id like to do a few more sketches and a close up, detailed concept of the creatures head.

Concept Art Part 5

Things just got creepy!
Yes, in these images the design has definitely taken a turn for the darker and more disturbing. Mainly due to the fact that I have been using a lot of references from Dead Space, and one particular image is what inspired the original design. Anyway these were meant to serve as a demonstration of the creatures mouth, and how its head splits open to reveal it. The mouth itself was based on the Gulper Eel, a huge maw that's capable of devouring large prey.

Now I aim to refine this direction a bit more and try to blend it with the more graceful aesthetic of the previous images, as that was kind of the point of the creature. A graceful elegant creature with a hidden, more disturbing, face. Although these concepts have given me ideas for design solutions aswell as successfully giving me a direction for the more creepy aspects to this creature.

I found some new reference going forward, one of which is the Glaucus Atlanticus slug. Its a very beautiful creature and is part of my design reference now aswell for this project.
Also referencing the Fringe Head fish. I do believe they provide some useful solutions for resolving the design of this creature.

Concept Art Part 4

Continuing to evolve the look of the creature, with more garish colours this time.
This piece has helped me to visualise some of the finer points in the design of the creatures head & neck structure. Particularly just how its "hood" wraps around the form. Also nailed down a few other aspects of the design, such as the eyes and how the head & hair flow back into the neck/hood structure. The front of the neck is becoming clearer aswell in this one.

Concept Art Part 3

Two images this time, one of the creatures underwater, illustrating how they should look graceful when in motion. Also, hopefully, showing off the subtle bio-luminescence present within them. Although this is further illustrated in the second image, in which the creatures are washed up on the beach. This is somewhat inaccurate, as these creatures are able to walk on the land.

Concept Art Part 2

New concept figuring out a design for the mouth of the creature. This is a somewhat creepier design as it look like a lot of its flesh is rotting away. However the mouth is a kind of general idea of what I want to go for, although I would like to make it more so that the tentacles are in fact jaws, and the entire creatures head opens up to reveal its mouth.

I do prefer the design of the one on the right, however I feel like the left one has some ideas that are worth exploring, perhaps in sketches. As the arrangement of tentacles is similar to that in sea anemones, so that could be looked at as a viable way for the creature to manoeuvre food into its mouth.

Concept Art Part 1

Concept art, I'm pretty pleased with this as I put what I had learned last semester to better use in order to create this. Functionally though it serves a purpose as it clarifies to me just how certain aspects of the creatures anatomy will work and how they will interact with each other. The most important part to me was figuring out how the "arms" will look and how the four of them will work with the body and the tail. I can also start thinking about the material of the creature itself as-well as the colours it will employ.

I need to create some more concepts however in order to further refine the ideas present in this and also to nail down certain aspects such as the double-face as-well as the skin texture/material.