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All projects completed solely by Christian Truss.

Animated Cauldron - 11.24 (Current project,  wip)

Artist Notes: ​

​​A witch’s cauldron gone rogue, brought to life by the boiled souls of men and beasts. Its trapped victims shamble helplessly, bound to the whims of a dim amphibian at the helm.

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Animted Cauldron - initial sketches

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Animted Cauldron - Rig test animation 01

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Pan Hag Project - 10.24

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Hag - Initial concepts 

Hag - Developing ideas 

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For the spooky season I took part in a monster design workshop in which I decided to revisit the Hag from old folklore.

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The earliest known use of the word "hag" is in the 14th century Northumbrian poem Cursor Mundi. A shortening of the word  hægtesse which means witch. 

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The hag has developed throughout the years in popular media to be a forest dwelling horrific creature, preying on the on the primal fears of whoever dares enter their domain.​​​

01. Pan faun hag

02. Binder of wills

Crops

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3D Turn table

Amphibian Leafhopper Project - 08.24

Leafhopper: Initial concepts 1-8

Plant Imitation 

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Initial Sculpts: Draft 1 markup

Artist Notes: ​

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After some notepad planning/sketching, I decided this project should focus on blending the insectoid nature of leafhoppers with the form of something more amphibian.

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The waxy tree frog or giant monkey frog played a big part in the inspiration for the above concepts. I moved into 3D to progress the three preferred options, then jumped back into photoshop to markup/paint over for a more successful third draft.

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I'm really enjoying the process of bringing things to life with simple rigs and animation. Going to be applying the things I've learned here on a more long term project.

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08.24

Three Leafhoppers: Draft 1

Thorn Leafhopper: Draft 2 sculpt/texture

Thorn Leafhopper: Draft 2 sculpt in walk animation

Thorn Leafhopper: Final sculpt

Seed Leafhopper: Final sculpt

Three Leafhoppers: Draft 2

Three Leafhoppers: Final

Leaf Leafhopper: Final sculpt

Abhorrent Priest of the Sunfire - 07.24

Final concept image

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Initial development/iteration

Sun mask sculpt variations

Draft 1: Sculpt

Draft 1: Turn table 

Draft 1: Cursed mouth

Draft 2: Robes/jewellery ideation

Artist Notes: 

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Here I'm adding more symbolic tattered dress to indicate the priests former life.

 

Need to revisit reference imagery to improve cursed mouth element.

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Draft 2: 3D robes/ornaments

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Draft 3: Final sculpt

Final concept: Abhorrent Priest of the Sunfire

Turtle Kaiju Project - Bramblerot - 06.24

Bramblerot attacking: Final concept

Turtle Kaiju: Bayou common snapper/island mass turtle

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Turtle Kaiju: Gesture/iteration

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Bramblerot: Walking turntable

Bramblerot: Boss encounter

Bramblerot: Boss encounter 2D plan 

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Inspired by Darren Bartley's undergrowth project,

Illustrating the character in a soulsbourne boss encounter.

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A 2D plan was made using a 3D base for the composition. 

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I populated the scene using a combination of premade and personal assets. To finish, a final layer of paint and post effects were used. 

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Bramblerot: Headshot/face mechanics 

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Tigerlilly Project - 05.24  

Tigerlilly: Final concept

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Tigerlilly:  Leaping 3D turntable

Tigerlilly: Headshots. Frill extended + frill retracted

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Tigerlilly - Process

Tigerlilly: Initial concept 

Tigerlilly: Iteration/development

Tigerlilly: Creature concept sheet

Artist Notes: 

Feedback received online and from friends. "The wings need more thought. Perhaps they're unnecessary? Revisit glider anatomy for arboreal locomotion instead. Simplify."

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Tigerlilly: Pose angles

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Tigerlilly: Final

Tigerlilly: Turntable stills

Redwood Grazer Project - 05.24

Redwood Grazer: Final headshot 

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Redwood Grazer: Final image

Redwood Grazer: Initial concept/development

Artist Notes: 

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The change in direction from the initial concept on the left, was to allow for more expressive movement and to emphasise a sense of power that was previously lacking. 

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Illustrated in the turntable below as a young bull, possibly entering the territory of a more seasoned competitor. 

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Redwood Grazer: Iteration 

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Redwood Grazer: 3D layer breakdown

Redwood Grazer: Turntable

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30 min comp using final build 

Arctic Pteraguin Project - 04.24

Pteraguin: Headshot final

Artist Notes: 

An extract from a developing project titled: Twenty-First Century Pterosaurs - A speculative look at the potential niches pterosaurs would inhabit today.​​​​

Pteraguin Splash: Territorial Pteraguin

Pteraguin: Image plan

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Pteraguin: Initial concept/iteration

Artist Notes: 

Incorporated into my wider creature project - Echoes of earth. 

I revisited the middle initial concept and developed a more considered finish.  

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Pteraguin: Second draft

Bounty Bot  - 03.24

Bounty Bot: Final image

Bounty Bot: Composition design/image plan

Bounty Bot: Initial concept/development

Bounty Bot: Turntable

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