I am fascinated by the fact that marine fossils can be found in the middle of deserts and far inland on what used to be ancient sea beds. This is a rendering of a fossilized leafy sea-dragon, inspired by drawings of Ernst Haeckel.
40 sec seamless loop, silent
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This piece is based on a folktale about a couple, Eyvindur and Halla, who were both outlaws and lived high up in Icelandic fells constantly moving from place to place and receding deeper into the wilderness. They had many children in their outlawry but had to dispose of them all in times of threat or danger of being discovered. One time the farmers came upon them suddenly and the couple had to flee. Halla just had the time to throw their two-year-old daughter off the cliff. It is said that Eyvindur grieved deeply over her death for she was their favorite child and they had intended to let her live.
60 sec seamless loop, silent
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Creating realistic looking water and caustics in AE is not easy. Two full days of endless tweaking and slider adjustments:
combination of various filters and masks
looking for a color palette for the final piece:
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Overall, I’m quite pleased; final will be posted shortly!
composite is ready to be taken into AE:
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I’ve decided on three tentacles (top right) vs four or two:
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Here are final render passes ready to be taken into and composited in Photoshop (my favorite part of the process :)
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Colorizing (polypainting) – my least favorite stage of the process.
WIP: click to enlarge
No, not done sculpting yet. More tentacles and rough background placement:
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finished sculpting; onto texturing…
finished ZBrush sculpt
