Hester and her Hen House

My sister recently went on a trip to India and took tons of pictures. At the Mysore Zoo she snapped a photo of a an animal.

 

Come to find out it is called the Cassowary and is a flightless bird from Australia.

The ugly thing made great inspiration for an old brothel owner to add to Dectective Ram's universe.

I started with a sphere and then hit the Dynamesh button and started working.

 

I then added the gaudy old lady makeup based on the bird's colorings, gave her some vintage madame apparel, and Hester is ready for work!

 

The Pietà: Michelangelo's Virgin Mary

The Pietà, a marble sculpture sculpted by  Michelango in 1499, is probably one of the most recognized sculptures in world. I have had trouble finding a complete set of photos depicting all angles of The Pietà so I just focused on the Virgin Mary.

I started the model in Softimage.

Here is my low poly model compared with the reference image on the right.

 

 

Here is my high poly model is on the left, matched with the reference.

Speed Sculpts and Detective Touches

Speed Sculpting

Here are some hour speed sculpts.