Bulky Bob
Final design, you don´t need a big hammer when u can smash some heads with your bare hands.
The fit of a simple worker look was better, as Bob was trying to live peacfully and no call for attention. Could be Carhartt sponsor.
Prop design, the idea was a multi-function hammer that Bob uses as a daily work tool, but being an experienced soldier, he crafted a custom design to use as a weapon just in case. The post-trauma.
Exploration silhouettes and thumbnails. I was looking for a bulky form, not scary but yet threatening.
Concept for a SciFy IP. Back in time Bob fought for the freedom of his volcanic planet as a soldier, but things didn't end well for him and his people. He has retired to a remote desert planet, whose high temperatures make him feel more at home, and works as a blacksmith, taking advantage of his great strength and his tough skin that withstands the heat.
The most ambitious of the inexperienced projects I did. I wanted to mix well the stone skin due to the origins of the character's lore, with human features in the expression, the eyes, the lips. So that it would not be simply “a being of stone”. The most important thing was to get the expression on his face that told the story of his past and the grief he goes through on a daily basis.
Once I created the expression and the bust in 3D I worked on the concept of the whole body in 2D to see how it fit. I didn't want to use a typical Bulky proportion so I based it on a more square shape so it wouldn't be the typical muscular character and would have a bit more personality.
