Under Strange Suns

Was working on these creatures with this year's Atomhawk contest theme in mind.. wasn't sure if I would be able to get it to a "finished" stage.. but here it is. 

A lone centaur scout arrives on a strange world.

Started with a couple of VR sculpts in Masterpiece VR that started to make sense coming together with a similar color palette as I started painting them in Blender. 

This is the Centaur character:

Centaur ver2 by Chaitanya Krishnan on Sketchfab

And this is one of the flying creatures

Flyer - NPR by Chaitanya Krishnan on Sketchfab

These are the final images I submitted:

And finally here is  step by step breakdown of my process:

GunMech

Tried a different coloring method this time… Working with a predominant dark base.. added high contrast colored elements.

GunMech by Chaitanya Krishnan on Sketchfab

VR Sculpt after a long break…

 Finally got my VR rig up and running after a really long time.

One of the first things I created is this flying creature..

Flyer by Chaitanya Krishnan on Sketchfab

Loaded that VR Sculpt into Blender and did some non photoreal style painting..

Heres the final model:

Flyer - NPR by Chaitanya Krishnan on Sketchfab