Tomte
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A mythological creature from scandinavia, my avatar depicts a tomte. They're similar to english gnomes but taller and more dangerous. In pre christian times in northern Europe people used to believe in an ancestor spirit, that protected and helped care for the farm and it's animals. The Tomte was worshipped as a minor god by the hard working farmers but they were known to have a bad temper and if provoked would act similar to the scandinavian trolls, maim and kill livestock or humans. Jenny Nyström is famous for creating beautiful pictures of these creatures, they serve as my inspiration. I'll try post a screenshot every day and any kind of criticism is appreciated. ☺
Day1:
Blocked out the proportions, I decided to make him 5 heads tall, the propotions of a toddler. No anatomy work done yet.
Day1:
Blocked out the proportions, I decided to make him 5 heads tall, the propotions of a toddler. No anatomy work done yet.
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Some rough anatomy, still far from done.
Hej ja han behöver ett skägg. ☺ As for the length of the legs, I went with the proportions of a toddler which is 5 heads tall, looks somewhat accurate if you look at most illustrations but there are exceptions and they're sometimes smaller. Haven't really started on the face yet, will have to find some good reference for it. Started to remove the strokes and updated the anatomy a bit, from the clavicles down to the ankles, any criticism on that area is much appreciated, haven't done the arms or the feet yet.
Did the feet, neck and back. Think I'll have to go over the shoulder blades again they seem a bit too straight, the arms and head are yet to be done. Criticism appreciated.
https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/23/1fdm903lhubl.gif
I decided to go for a greyish blue striped pants and black leather. A lot of neat pictures of them in slightly bluish clothes.
https://d2mpxrrcad19ou.cloudfront.net/item_images/196883/4428796_fullsize.jpg
http://www.jennynystrom.se/images/tomte_gra.jpg
https://d2mpxrrcad19ou.cloudfront.net/item_images/201784/4431304_fullsize.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5drOJ4Dibg0/TLVINXwL8BI/AAAAAAAAEDk/18jJWitK8zo/s400/image1_e39525acf4a08f58c079ef93aa28bfc1.jpg
Also modified the pose of the hands a bit and added hair cards, will have to groom that beard outside of zbrush later. Any more criticism otherwise I'll start retopologizing it.
It might be just me, but when I see the blue shirt it makes me think if garden gnomes first, not tomtar. and Im even for Sweden.