Splinterlands Arts Contest: Scary Cornealus

Good day everyone, here is my entry for Splinterlands arts contest.

Cornealus caught my attention as I always encounter it in battle.
It has a very high health and a heal ability.
I would say, it is one of the tough opponents out there.

I don't own this card yet so I decided on creating it. 🙂

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My Art Process

I started with the eyeball. I used a sphere, selected the vertices where I assume the area of the cornea and then scaled and push it a little bit out.

I could have ended here and do some texturing already. However, to add more style to what I am making. I decided to add eyelids to it, this will add more character to cornealus.

Using a cube with a subdivision modifier, I moved on to sculpt the shape of the eyelids.

When I am satisfied, I moved on next on adding the main tail. I used a cube that I shaped.

For the tentacles, I used a series of vertices with a skin modifier. I used a mirror modifier to make my work easier. 🙂
After I placed them into position, I used the skin modifiers autorigging feature. This makes the work a lot easier and faster without having to manually rig the tentacles.
For the main tail, I manually rigged it.

After trying a lot of different pose, I chose the one you can see in my screenshot.

I initially intended to animate it and call it done. However, it looks so plain. Therefore I decided to add more elements to my scene and make a "cinematic" render instead. 🙂

I added rocks and a tree. I used Blenders' addon for this.
For the tree, I intentionally did not add leaves to add more the impression of hopelessness - by the way, it is what I am trying to achieve here.

I positioned the rocks in a way that if viewed in the camera, it gives the illusion of being cornered and nowhere to escape. 😁

For the ground, I used a plane.

I introduced fog on my scene as an additional element to deliver a message of being lost with no help around. I added a moon and made the environment dark.

I positioned the camera at a lower angle to give the impression that the viewer is inferior as compared to the monster.
I added necessary lights to highlight the elements on my scene.

After I am satisfied with the lighting, I proceeded to the texturing or shading.
For the eyeball, I followed a CG Cookie tutorial that can be found here.
I modified it to fit my purpose. 🙂

Ohh, by the way, I rotated the eyeball to stare down at the camera or viewer.

I colored the skin of the eyes with a simple dark blue color.

For the rocks, I decided with a dark reddish color.

For the barren tree, I used a darker brown color.

I also added a simple detail and color to the ground. I know that it will not be visible on my final render but I just can't help myself. 😁

To prepare for my final render, I adjusted the lightings as the colors that I've added have made the whole scene darker.

And finally, here is my render.

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Closing Remarks

Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
I greatly appreciate it.

I would love to hear your thought in the comments below.

I also welcome suggestions to further improve my art. Please don't be shy and drop them in the comments below. 🙂

Again, thank you and more power!

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Attribution:
All card images used in this post, unless stated otherwise, belongs to Splinterlands.
3D art is created and rendered with Blender.