Beast by Thaddeus Maharai
"This initially came from a concept I had drawn up a while ago about a
parasitic beast. The idea was that the creature's victims would still
show through as they were being assimilated, trying to escape their
demise. I took inspiration from a variety of sources, a lot of various
animals and creatures like amphibians and reptiles.
How was the image made:
I drew up a couple of concept sketches to work out the idea on paper.
Then started modeling the base meshes in XSI. Once I was happy with the
general feel - i moved to zbrush to begin refining the forms and adding
detail. I got a lot of helpful critiques from instructors and
colleagues. For the textures I used alot of reference and hand painted a
large majority of it - using photos for adding random variance and
texture."
