Tiger Dragon
After the finale of this season of Game of Thrones, I felt a personal responsibility to help fill the dragon deficiency in everyone's lives. For my second major Zbrush sculpt, I decided to sculpt a tiger dragon hybrid. So far this sculpt has been an absolute blast to work on and I've already learned a ton about digital sculpting.
Might eventually add fur to the “soft” parts of the model but this is closer to the final concept.
Early version of the sculpt. I had just begun playing with Polypaint in Zbrush and getting a handle on Polygroups.
I isolated this part of the mesh as a Polygroup and painted in more detail for the mouth.
Painted in the tiger stripe markings on the head. Next step for the sculpt is finishing the stripes, then eyes, and the tongue!
Inspiration for the sculpt came from this piece by Kerem Beyit: https://www.artstation.com/p/W0JnQ
Fun with polygroups! Practicing some UV'ing with polygroups using the UV Master plug-in in Zbrush.
Polypainted and UV'ed! The concept for the creature has evolved from the reference. The creature is a Sunstalker Tiger-Dragon that is camouflaged to hunt at dawn and dusk.