ART WAR 3 | 3D | Heroes | Elder Monuselah | lukas.graff

[lukas.graff]

This is the first time I've entered an art competition and I'm really looking forward to it.

I've decided to create a Hero named "Elder Monuselah", whom lives to conserve balance within the deeps of the forest.

Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/caroluz

[lukas.graff]

Alright, so I have been playing around with some ideas of how I will create this hero Monuselah.
I prefer to get into sculpting as fast as possible, since it feels like a more intuitive process to me.

Starting this project, I wanted to create something that would let me to play around with shapes and proportions - which led me to create a base that would serve a good start for this giant wooden hero.
Usually when I create new concepts that does not have a lot of its story defined, I enjoy to create it on the go as I sculpt. Mostly because it feels like a lot of the good ideas come while building the actual character.

I started to block out the silhouette and main feeling with zspheres:

I did some rough sketches (which aint my strongest side, but I try to do it for practice). I understood that I wanted more interesting shapes than I did in my drawings. But I liked the idea of having mushrooms on top of the character.

[lukas.graff]

I went back to sculpting after the basic sketching. The first pass was to get a better picture of volumes and shapes.
I tried to keep the geometry very low, just to be able and make quick changes to the major forms. It looked a bit broken in some parts but as long as the geometry could provide an easy way to change stuff up it did not matter too much. Happy accidents led me to the "face" on the back.

During my second pass I played around with some curve tubes to simulate some kind of wines. I felt that it added a lot to the general feel. The idea of how I would structure the flow of the wood and how the different parts would fit together started to become more clear during this phase.

During the third pass, I continued to define the wooden material a bit more and broke symmetry on some parts. I also defined the front face a bit more. Just to get a better idea of the texture. At this point I'm pretty sure I want to create a little ecosystem on top of the character - which will reflect the condition of the the environment (the forest where this hero lives).