Bachelor Project - Nature Figures

The purpose of my bachelor project was to redesign chess figures in a highly detailed and alternative way. The idea was to model each character in two different variations, themed scifi, mech on the one side and fantasy, nature on the other. The intention was to improve my skills in both directions, since the two topics require very different kinds of sculpting (organic and hard surface). The project was all about character/creature design, including the whole progress from concept art to rendering the final model.

These are the nature/fantasy themed figures. I was inspired by druids from games like World of Warcraft or fantasy books like Lord of the Rings. I am fascinated by the beauty of nature and wanted to create delicate forest creatures that have a mysterious and majestic aura. I wanted to give chess a new feeling while still keeping the key aspects of every character alive and recognizable.