ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE
ARTIST
Mohamed Chahin
SOFTWARE
Blender, Cycles
This insanely adorable little alien monster pilot was created by Mohamed Chahin in Blender, before rendering in Cycles.
Discussing his creation process for this character, 3D artist Mohamed explains, “For the monster I made his facial expressions using shape keys, and experimented a bit with subsurface scattering to make his skin and tongue. For the smoke I made a particle emitter that emits metaballs, a colour ramp for their scale – so that over time the particles start small, get bigger, and after that get smaller. I used a particle system for the trees, and an Array Modifier. I used an array that follows a circular curve for the airplane blades, and placed some point lights behind them.”
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