Creatures + Characters

Shared Purpose, Shared World, Shared Form

Overview:

In this assignment, you will design and sculpt a paired character and non-human creature who share a core purpose, live in a shared environment, and are posed together in contact to show their bond.

Your pair should feel like they belong together in both visual design and narrative mission—whether they’re digging, flying, healing, exploring, or smuggling rare mushrooms from deep forest ruins. The character and the creature must have a carried-over visual element, a unified palette, and appear physically interacting in a fully realized miniature environment.

Deliverables:

ALL OF THE BELOW MUST BE IN YOUR ONLINE PORTFOLIO WHICH WILL HAVE TWO PIECES

1. Sketchfab upload of the full scene

This includes the following :

• [ ] ZBrush sculpt of character and creature
• [ ] UV unwrapped versions of both models
• [ ] Textured and painted final models (Substance Painter or equivalent)
• [ ] Posed scene with physical interaction (riding, leaning, hugging, carrying, etc.)
• [ ] Mini-environment that grounds the pair in a believable place

2. Explanation of Features

• [ ] Written explanation of the character and their creature, submitted as part of your portfolio (uploaded as a PDF or doc inside your submission folder)
• [ ] Annotations in the Sketchfab on model

Required Design Elements in Your Model:

• One humanoid character (should be stylized, costumed and personified to match )
  • Consider how the person embodies some of the sidekick’s traits
• One non-human creature/sidekick (animal, magical spirit, little robot, giant elemental, rideable mount, etc.)
  • Consider the size of the creature, the reliance from person to creature, how they both achieve the shared function, etc
• Shared Core Verb – a single action that defines what they do together (dig, guard, rescue, sing, build, fly, explore, etc.)
• Carried-over feature – a shape, texture, or design element shared across both characters (e.g. bark skin and bark armor, spiral horns and swirly hair/headwear, glowing patches of bioluminescence and small worn lights, fish-scale patterns and scale mail/aquatic tattoos)