ARTWAR 2 | 3D | Kaeru | Shadowtajun

shadowtajun 2018-01-06 07:52:27 UTC #1

DISCLAIMER- Because I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; I am automatically disqualified from winning any of the prizes in this competition according to the FAQ. But I'm still going to complete this work. I'm determined.
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Hello friends,
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This is where I'll post the latest image up until I can figure out how to pin things.

I'm working on a character frog called Kaeru. He's a sumo wrestler inspired frog-man. I'm aiming for a more Disney Infinity style or something more vinyl toy-like. I'm unsure if I want to give him a weapon but at the very least, he'll be ready to smash for the light side.

Here are a few concepts I've done and refined for him.
Concepts:

References:

Personally, I like the tattoo idea I made in F and either the tropical frog colouration of C, J and K. I'm just not sure which one I like the most. Are there any that you prefer? I'd love to hear from you about it.

Cheers,
Kylie

shadowtajun 2018-01-07 01:19:38 UTC #2

Time for a quick update. Got some references of E Honda and worked on the base for Kaeru.

Hopefully I have the correct anatomy for a sumo wrestler body. The research I did, didn't really find anything useful. Anyway, more updates to come.

Kylie

shadowtajun 2018-01-08 07:23:42 UTC #3

Time for an update!

shadowtajun 2018-01-09 23:43:25 UTC #4

A happy accident happened and now Kaeru has a headdress.

SpenceShipp 2018-01-10 14:14:24 UTC #5

This Custom UI is so Cool! I have no Idea how to even going about doing something like that. I like the unique porportions. This gives the character a really cool appeal.

shadowtajun 2018-01-12 01:55:00 UTC #6

Oh thank you. I took ages to get the UI the way I liked it. But I keep going back to ignoring the bottom line anyway. hahah.

You can edit your Zbrush layout by going to preferences>Config>Enable Customise then when you find something you want on your UI just CTRL+ALT+Drag to where you want it.

Alternatively, you can download this UI and load it up.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/ujndcsh15q4toea/ShadowTajunUI.zip

shadowtajun 2018-01-12 02:03:57 UTC #7

Here's the latest WIP shots I have. Time for me to start detailing things!

shadowtajun 2018-01-16 09:51:28 UTC #8

UPDATE!
working on some textures and tattoo designs. Aiming for a Polynesian tribal design. Water animals are big theme for Kaeru (I know that the name is Japanese but it's a fantasy world so there's no need to keep to the same culture as a name) He's a druid of the water. All water.

WIP Shot

shadowtajun 2018-02-16 00:33:41 UTC #9

Latest Render. The weapon might not make it into this. But he's magical so it's not a big deal.