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Hermit Crab Lookdev Render

All aspects done by me except rig and animation of the hermit crab done by François Fontaine
The goal of the project was to make a short animated sequence that would be a stepping stone before we made our longer student film “Nid D’embrouilles”
Modelling : Zbrush and 3dsMax – Texturing : Substance Painter
Rendering : Maya Arnold – FX : Houdini – Post production : Nuke

The whole idea was to start on a closeup of a cute hermit crab eating some algae, before zooming out and seeing the grim reality.

Close Up Turn of the Hermit Crab

Includes Subdivision, Displacement and Subsurface Scattering.

Image Galery

Algae Meshs in Substance Painter
Cadaver Head Zbrush Sculpt
Cadaver Head in Substance Painter, The SSS in the final render really makes the difference
Hermit Crab Sculpt in Zbrush
Hermit Crab In Substance Painter
Custom Mask to Drive the Subsurface Scattering Amount In Arnold, I Tried to Separate “Meaty” Parts and Parts That Were the Tougher Exoskeleton
Shell Zbrush Sculpt
Shell In Substance Painter #1
Shell In Substance Painter #2
Close Up
Various Props Populating the Scene
Props UVs
Cadaver Head UVs
Hermit Crab UVs
Algae Meshs in Substance Painter
Cadaver Head Zbrush Sculpt
Cadaver Head in Substance Painter, The SSS in the final render really makes the difference
Hermit Crab Sculpt in Zbrush
Hermit Crab In Substance Painter
Custom Mask to Drive the Subsurface Scattering Amount In Arnold, I Tried to Separate “Meaty” Parts and Parts That Were the Tougher Exoskeleton
Shell Zbrush Sculpt
Shell In Substance Painter #1
Shell In Substance Painter #2
Close Up
Various Props Populating the Scene
Props UVs
Cadaver Head UVs
Hermit Crab UVs
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