"The Beast" - Fear of the dark

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FINAL ENTRY:


Name of the artwork: fear of the dark

Backstory words count: 72
The beast poly count: ~80 000 ( the beast and part of the beast( hands,paper))
Pedestal poly count: ~4 000

Software:
The beast: Zbrush 4R7
Pedestal: Cinema 4D R17
Texturing: Substance painter 2
Rendering: Thea for C4D ( thea presto )

Rendering farm: Newton render farm

Credits:
Hands, and skull inside the beast - cinema 4d content browser
Floor texture - Substance share

* please read and look at the graphic below to find more about my pedestal solution

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Hello Folks!
I want to present something slightly different from the usual beast.
What i saw in this challenge is either pretty "demonic" or really evil.
I prefer magic and mystic of perception so i will not tend to put my beast into the context of the war, weapons, or destruction. On the contrary - it is everyday life's magic.

Since i have finished concept in my mind of what i want to depict,
I am really at the boundaries of the rules, but i really want to make strong context and send the message to viewer with this work, and if something is missing, the point is missed too.

In a nutshell: The beast is a phantom creature created in the mind of a 7 years old kid.
The beast is his helper, spiritual teacher
The kid paints and plays a guitar, and like most of the kids of that age, he is really imaginative.

Longing and loss of that magic is the main theme of this work.

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This is "the beast" 

This is a first sketch i really like.
It is painted on a computer, with 2B pencil in Corel painter.
So i will texture and sculpt a model based on this drawing.

His eyes will make stronger impact than current draw, when textured.

Overall impression? fell free to comment, i would really like to shear you comments!

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Can someone assist in posting an image ? When i choose a file, i dont get it posted on a post.

EDIT: i acceded!

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First update.
Just a rough block, so i have a base shape now.
Working on a pedestal, which will give a context to the beast

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Sculpting a face, still in the process though :

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I did a countless rendering tries on the scene and i finally got a view and atmosphere i like...
Following with an images in a few hours

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And the beast looks like this, just a few touches, like merging edges and parts, wings and small touches on a leg muscles:

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And the final base mesh:

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I must BOLD that this beast will be put in a very uncommon environment.
Only few days before deadline, i came up with a solution for the scene, so i don't break rules of one character, yey.

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And here is a top view: ( looks quite interesting from a top )

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Now it is time to show the environment and after that...backstory.
I really learned a lot by entering this contest. For me, this is not a contest, but a challenge...

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Here is the proof of a Less than 100K polygons term:
Total poly count: 76,988 ( on this, parts which belongs to the beast will be added...about 3k polys )

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Trying to reach good edge flow :

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Before i post a pedestal,
i will upload a geometry presentation related to proportions of a pedestal in relation to the beast.
Huh, i thought that i am screwed at the moment...

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Hope this image make sense...The context is less than 2x larger then the beast....

And this is child's room...
You said it could be anything ! it is just weird pedestal, like, not planar but spacey

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(and wide angle)

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A glimpse into the story: An imagination... so strong, so real... Is the dark empty... or full ?

Johnny_Wuu

So cute and weird beast ~
 
And guy, I'wanna ask you is the new rules updated?  Oh,I'm not concerned recently.

where, where I can get that information?

Johnny_Wuu

http://polycount.com/discussion/167958/deadline-extension-april-17th#latest
I see that!  

Thanks guy!

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Final entry