A sculpt I made with reference from aquatic slugs. I was out ice fishing on a mountain and saw the fish had leeches on them. Then I got the idea to make a humanoid with a semi symbiotic relationship to leeches. The idea is that the creatures wear the leeches as a socioeconimic status symbol. The leeches tear away at the body of their host creating unique yet beautiful patterns on their body. The closer to death the more beautiful.
To make the creature look like it belongs in the water I made use of subsurface scattering (sss).
Looking at most fish and sea creatures, they are very colourful when brought out the water. But with the sss and the interaction with the diffusion of the water they blend into the environment when in the water.
I took inspiration from underwater slugs for the shapelanguage.
Combining these ideas we end up with a creatures that looks like it belongs in the water.
