Another creature mashup ! Whale + Roach = Whoach!I’m often asked how to create compelling
Another creature mashup ! Whale + Roach = Whoach!I’m often asked how to create compelling and unique creature designs based on real world animals. So here are my hot tips! • Draw inspiration from as many organisms as possible. I try to use a minimum of three (though I’ve broken the rule here obviously). This keeps any one feature from being too prominent in your final design.• Try to focus on indistinct aspects of your inspiration, like posture, or the shape of their spine/head/limbs. Usually I say “not to replicate any one body part completely” but again in this case I make some exceptions. Although the body shapes/silhouettes are thoroughly mixed into something that barely resembles any of the originals, the head is very distinctly half whale and half cockroach. While the tail is mostly whale with some insect like spines to break up the shape.• Choose a variety of organisms as your inspiration and don’t be limited by biological class. Insects are an exceptional resource and just as valid as general biology to plunder for creative inspiration. • Have fun! The rules of biology are your playground, and you can disregard the limits of reality as you please. A good example is in the exaggeration of the limbs on this creature. It seems to have unarmored mammalian limbs, but there are six of them to evoke its insect inspiration. The carapace on the creature’s back looks much more streamlined, symmetrical, larger, and more abstract than they do on real roaches. Adjusting features to create visual flair or reduce complexity is A-Okay! I did the same thing with the spines on its back and tail. Creature design is an excuse to explore and experiment. Don’t hold back.That’s all I got for now! Suggest 2-3 animals that you think would make a good combo, and I’ll create a creature based on them. And be sure to follow my work on Instagram! -- source link
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