ARTWAR 2 | 3D | Moon Goddess | Paneziaa

Hello everyone! I was so inspired by the entries last year that I wanted to give it a go this time. I'm still quite new to character sculpting and I'm also doing some characters for my final project at uni, but I really want to push myself so let's go!

So, I am obsessed with the moon and goddesses. After some research I saw that a lot of cultures, most prominantly Chinese and Native American, associate the moon with rabbits. I also found that there is a type of night blooming flower sometimes called a moonflower that looks like a star. I'm also taking inspiration from the Greek goddess Selene (and maybe some others after some more research).

Here's a quick scribble from my sketch book:

And then I went into zbrush last night and got started! I used and altered a base mesh of mine that I made about a month or so ago.

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"Sent by the moon goddess and armed with light magic, she appears only at night to strengthen her allies and lift the darkness from her foes' hearts." - still working on that but that's it for now.

I'm going to do a bit of a paintover and think about the details I want to add. I also want to give her little bunny companions made of light who help her spread the light on the battlefield

Crits welcome and good luck everyone!

I've been trying to nail down my main inspirations for her design and since I'm looking at Greek goddesses and the Chinese story of the moon rabbit, I'm going for a mix of ancient Greek and traditional Chinese styles (as well as some FF12 influence because, let's be real, who doesn't love the Viera? )

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Here's a (very) rough paintover:

My designs are usually very simple so I'm trying to push myself with this and make her design as detailed as I can. That said, I don't want to go overboard... we'll see how it goes.

Crits and comments appreciated!

That's awesome, thank you!

Small progress! Been away from my computer for the holidays but I'm back now and ready to really get into it

Going to fix up the anatomy next and start rebuilding the pieces of the dress.

Here's a close up of her face: