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If you want to know about this creature and its purpose, you can read about the concept creation here: www.deviantart.com/alienoffspr…

So after making those sketches, I have chosen the final design based on feedback and I made it right into 3D. I needed this 3D model mainly because sculpting makes me feel much more accurately how anatomy works, unlike 2d where the perspective might alter your perception. Ans also I had to make 2 paintings with this guy so I thought a 3D model for 2 purposes seems like a good deal and gets me rid of making them from scratch 2 times.

I initially made a symmetrical, neutral positioned creature, I had to modify some things there and there when it was still in the initial state. And then, when I made the decision on the body shape, I began adding some detail. Overall it is not very detailed because when transferring it on a HD canvas some detail will not be seen, so I detailed it to the maximum level that is visible in a standard HD size. I put in some veins, some skin texture and, of course, I made much more detail on the head than the rest of the body (you will see the reason why when I'll post my paintings).

And in the end I had to export pictures that will help me transform this into 2D. First I posed the creature, not having a low poly made me pose it using masks and sculpting the errors by hand. Then I have exported various images, with 3 different lights that I have used to create layers with each lighting type (in a very editable way). I have also exported ambient occlusion map, depth map and an image using a very shiny material that I thought I could use to create wet surfaces. Then I grabbed all this information that resulted from the 3D model and I tried to use them as effectively as I can so that this sculpt will make up for as much effort as possible. I will soon post the first painting that is based on this model.

Description
If you want to know about this creature and its purpose, you can read about the concept creation here: www.deviantart.com/alienoffspr…

So after making those sketches, I have chosen the final design based on feedback and I made it right into 3D. I needed this 3D model mainly because sculpting makes me feel much more accurately how anatomy works, unlike 2d where the perspective might alter your perception. Ans also I had to make 2 paintings with this guy so I thought a 3D model for 2 purposes seems like a good deal and gets me rid of making them from scratch 2 times.

I initially made a symmetrical, neutral positioned creature, I had to modify some things there and there when it was still in the initial state. And then, when I made the decision on the body shape, I began adding some detail. Overall it is not very detailed because when transferring it on a HD canvas some detail will not be seen, so I detailed it to the maximum level that is visible in a standard HD size. I put in some veins, some skin texture and, of course, I made much more detail on the head than the rest of the body (you will see the reason why when I'll post my paintings).

And in the end I had to export pictures that will help me transform this into 2D. First I posed the creature, not having a low poly made me pose it using masks and sculpting the errors by hand. Then I have exported various images, with 3 different lights that I have used to create layers with each lighting type (in a very editable way). I have also exported ambient occlusion map, depth map and an image using a very shiny material that I thought I could use to create wet surfaces. Then I grabbed all this information that resulted from the 3D model and I tried to use them as effectively as I can so that this sculpt will make up for as much effort as possible. I will soon post the first painting that is based on this model.