Terrifyingly Detailed Creature Disguised As A Treasure Chest

Vitalii Hryhoriv created this pretty over-realistic mimic chest during a ZBrush intensive course at Mykhailyk Art School, where he participated as a mentor. He shared that the model uses no textures or UV mapping, with all color achieved through vertex painting in ZBrush.

The goal of the project was to demonstrate the core sculpting principles, workflows, and methods covered in the course. Below are a few more renders of Vitalii's mimic:

And these are student projects by Viktoriia Pobiedash and Elizabeth Panchuk:

Vitalii Hryhoriv has a portfolio of different creatures, including Juggerpod, Irka, and Insectalis, with more on his ArtStation page:

If you're not familiar with Dmytro Mykhailyk, founder of Mykhailyk Art School, we spoke with him a few years ago and recently featured his Substance 3D Painter tool for creating details directly on the normal map. Creature Artists might not benefit much from it, but it's great for weapons and other props:

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