“Waldo.” Creature Concept Sculpt. (c) 2014 Michael J. Barnes. Click image to view larger version.
Continuing my series of fantasy creature concepts, I am ready to present “Waldo.”
Waldo began life as a very rudimentary sketch (which can be seen in My Sketchbook). When I say very “rudimentary sketch” I mean VERY RUDIMENTARY. I wanted to create a “horse-like” beast, because I will be using this model in a future illustration. Waldo was created in ZBrush, with the final composite produced in Photoshop.
In the above image, Waldo “hams it up” for the camera.
If you would like to see the creation process, I have recorded it and the video can be viewed here.
“Porky.” Creature Concept. (c) 2014 Michael J. Barnes. (Click to view enlargement)
My latest creature creation. This is “Porky.” I began this ZBrush sculpt on Halloween night because I was bored re-watching the same horror movie re-runs on TV. Also, I wanted to add to my Characters & Creatures Portfolio page. Porky is an herbivore, with multiple horns and tusks for protection from predators. Typically, I name my characters and creatures by pulling a name from my extensive database of names (i.e. the telephone white pages). However, when I started sculpting Porky, I realized the face was looking a bit porcine.
At any rate, Porky was created in ZBrush, with the final image produced in Photoshop. I hope you like him.
“Rover.” Creature Concept. (c) 2014 Michael J. Barnes.
I have completed my latest creature concept. “Rover” is now alive. I wanted to create a fierce-looking, completely alien creature (hence the four eyes and natural armor). While detailing Rover, I wanted to make him appear to have been in multiple battles so I added various scars and scratches. You can view the final detailing process in my latest video release of my sculpt.
Rover was created in ZBrush, with final composite produced in Adobe Photoshop. I hope you like him.
“The Little Princess & The Grump.” (c) 2013 Michael J. Barnes.
Digital Illustration.
This latest work was the image I was envisioning when I began the “Grumpy” project… A rampaging beast stopped in his tracks by a little girl holding up a teddy bear. I like to think I captured this image satisfactorily.