Dragon (WIP thread)

llRobinll

Hey there, first time posting here.

I am hoping to get as much feedback as posiblle on my new project. I'm creating a dragon (/wyvern) that will be rigged including a muscle system (by Nick van Deursen) and animated (by Ralph Palmer).


The image below is a model I created for concept purposes, it will be loosely based on this but I plan to make quite a lot of improvements and I am redoing the model completelly.


I am currently trying to figure out the wing and back anatomy, pretty much anything can still change at this point design wise. this is what i have so far:







Currently the back legs resembly dog anatomy but I'm not sure about it, dinosaur type of legs might fit better?
I'm not sure about a lot of things so any type of feedback is welcome!

krystalcampioni

Looks really great so far The anatomy of the wings looks pretty convincing, but I'm not sure about the back legs. As you mentioned, I think dinosaur legs could be a better fit.

llRobinll

Thanks man, thoughts?

llRobinll

progress:

MattyWS

I've been wondering about doing something similar in regards to modelling individual muscles to form the actual body then merging them together to get a convincing form without having to faff around with trying to sculpt the forms.

llRobinll

Yes it's a great technique if you ask me but you have to keep in mind that it takes way more time than just sculpting.
First you need a blockout of the skeleton and you then need to know the inserion and origin of each muscle. Just give it a try!

amirabd2130

looking forward to this

YarridHenrard

Looking great Maarten Verhoeven has this 3d on Gnomon about sculpting a dragon, Don't know if he goes over it but maybe it can help you out with the muscles and such love the style you choose for the head!

llRobinll

Thanks guys!

@YarridHenrard Maarten Verhoeven is awesome I was already aware of his tutorial but thanks!

Update

I did some quick overpaints in PS for the head, I could use some feedback.

redux

I like 5 the best

maglev

Hey just saw your thread - wanted to put my 2 cents Gotta say love the early on rendering " did you UV it already or was that just stamps in ps? A Note- could use some more chest meat, maybe enlarge the shoulder blade area perhaps to jut out a bit above the actual trunk of the body. That said based on what you said about trying to find the definition on the forms. Great use of neck fat and skin on the body especially on the trunk of the neck. Apologies if this sounds critical- I don't normally post but I figured id say something, Lastly of course, Keep it up! M

llRobinll

@Maglev: the first image I posted (if that's what you mean by "early on rendering"?) was created for a different project. It was just a quick sculpt with some polypaint, rendered with Keyshot and then quite some texture work in Ps. For this project I'm still blocking out. I'll definatelly add some more chest fat I've figured out the anatomy.

And you don't sound critical at all, I greatly appreciate it!

update: blocked out some spikes and horns in 3D.