Reptile Wip.

Hi All.

I've worked a bit on my creature, but finally I decided to make some quick sketch of some reptile, just to study a bit some scaly skin, before tryng somthing personal..
So that's the first test: Iguana:

it's not completly finished, I've got to spend some more time in the front part of the mouth...

Ok, that was a really quick test, modelled from a simple zSphere Branch.
App_4 million Polygon. All the scales in the head was hand made with clay brush, and fine detail of the neck was done with a custom alpha.


The next one, was done as a 3D Max test, because Looking around here in England, i've found many software house that use Max as primary software, so I start studyng it.
And unbelivably, for the modelling task, max seems quit nice.
So: that's my Tortoise.
Her Name is Aghangana.


Still need some work.. and some plygone more...


Maybe I will split up the shell and the skin part, just to have some more poly.
that is less than 2 million..

As you maybe guess, I have bought some wonderful books by David Attenborough
They are a must for every character designers. I feel like when I was 8 years old, and I had all the book about animals...

StartingPoint

Hi Guys.
Well, I really don't know if i can be able to write all the blog in English, but I'll try
That Blog purpose is to keep track of where I am, in the world as in my mind.
For Sure, I can say that right now I'm in london and, as maybe you know , I'm looking for a job
in Video Game or Vfx Industry. I live in willesden green, with some guys that are working on Narnia 2,and one of them is a blogger, so I link it immediatly:
yupasama.blogspot.com
But, while I'm waiting for somthing interesting, I go on working on my stuff.
I've just Upload my Website on the net, www.kizo.eu , so on that I will post the finished work, and I'll' use this blog for the work in progress.
So let's start:That is my new Wip.
The goal is right now, undefined... I don't know if it's better for me to do a digital character, with all the rig, or just the 3d model.
The idea come from different way, like always..
Basically, I've just read two books that open my mind, as a character designer..
First of all, I would mention 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful' A book about evo-devo, by Sean B Carrol the new brach of evoluntionary science, tha study the biological development of the organic form. That is pretty interesting if you want to create belivable creature. It's incredible how body parts can transform in other things, and still mantein the same structure.
The second Book that I want to introduce to you, is a must for evrybody:
A Zoologist's of the human animal. By Desmond Morris. For Italian people i "La scimmia nuda".
That is an increadible study of humankind evolution, so full of greate intuition.
The way that we transform ourself from a vegetarian (like all the ape and monkey) lifestyle, into a carnivore, hunter, sexual, ape is simply stunnig!

After reading all of that I moved to London, and few days after I've been to the Natural Science Musem, where I've seen some nice dinosour model, and I've token some picture.
so, that are the basical influence for my new work.
I'll Try to keep the wip updete,

Stay Tuned.