Refining Concepts

Creature Iterations 




In order to get to a design that I am happy with, I will just keep changing, adjusting and improving the concept sculpts until I get a form that feels right and fits in with the style that I am aiming towards.

It can be daunting at times as there is just too much freedom and creative rein, so I have tried to not alter the main form drastically as otherwise I will just keep starting from scratch. Instead I have tried to keep aspects of designs I've liked from previous design iterations and just combined them to future concepts, as well as gathering lots of inspiration of forms from extensive reference. 

I don't want my final design to just replicate an existing character so I am trying to not just take features from other's work, and instead let them lead me to more interesting shapes that will make my character look better.




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