Zeen Chin from Malaysia is one of my favorite artists, and has been for years. So when I got the opportunity to pick a pre-existing concept to sculpt in my character sculpting class, I jumped at the chance to bring one of his characters to life. Previously, I have sculpted an original character of mine, but I realized that using a pre-existing concept would leave more room to play with the sculpt instead of spending time also making a strong character design. I picked one of his SKEEN Girl concepts, as I enjoyed the relatively simple style and personality I saw within the artwork. I also thought it left room to experiment with tools I had not yet discovered within Zbrush.
This still life was created for my environment modeling class; which unlike what I thought as I registered, is not an organic modeling class. I had believed I’d be learning to create natural environments, but it ended up being a hard-surface modeling class. Even if it’s not what I thought, it’s been great practice for me.