The idea I had for my creature was some kind of moth humanoid creature, and soon I decided I wanted to design a moth princess that would potentially rule over a civilisation of creatures. I started by looking at different images of various species of moths, to get ideas for the design.
After getting an idea of how I wanted the creature's anatomy to look, I began to design it's outfit. I wanted to dress it in a way inspired by asian royalty, so I began to look up different clothes and artwork from countries such as China, Korea and Japan.
I found that a lot of the materials in these images were very flowy and silky. I thought this would suit my creature well, so I made sure that the clothing in my final design would reflect this.
Here are both my front and side views of my creature, and the 3/4 view final design. My creature, as stated, is a moth princess that rules over her kingdom only during the night. Her main roles are to defend her kingdom against night time predators, and generally ensure that the civilisation remains stable during the hours of her reign. Her clothes are all handmade by herself, as she is a silk moth so she is able to produce the material. This is a tradition amongst the moth royalty, as it symbolises the fact that the princess should always work hard for her kingdom, and to always remain humble despite her position.
I'm really fond of this piece. The overall design is great, color choice is fantastic, and the moth anatomy well done! I do feel, as good as this piece is, like this piece isn't at its full potential. Im assuming that you chose a back facing pose to emphasis the wings, which you very well succeeded on, but as we go lower onto the charcter we see a small portion of her dress. From what I see its looking very good! Nice colors and textures, but there isn't much there. So, maybe if you were to get a pose to show a significant amount of both dress and wings, this piece would really really shine! I do appreciate the final render as it is fully because of the wings! Just want to see more dress! Good work again as always Hollie!
ReplyDeletethank you very much!! it is true that I started running out of time by the time I got to the final piece, and I was actually thinking about going back to her design and doing something in my spare time just to do her justice :} but yeah if I do that I'll definitely try to get more of the dress in, really the back view was just to show off the wings because they couldnt be seen in the front and side view. Thank you!!
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