The Guardian
Here is a view without the hair.
After a making the basic shapes with sculpting, I made a low-poly version of the model to be able to work with texture painting and some basic rigging. I did some sculpted details with a multi-resolution modifier
Even though I could everything through sculpting and one painted texture, I love working with some procedural techniques and ¨layers¨ for my textures.
I wanted to work some more on humanoid-like characters so I created this concept.
I like Peter Jackson's King Kong mood and environment so I went for a rocky valley with some old statues and skeletons on the floor.
Even though the original idea was to make it only as an animal, I later decided to give him a tribe vibe and made some body painting and gave him a weapon. Therefore I named this concept ¨The Guardian¨