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THE GNOME

BY DAMIEN CANDERLÉ

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CONCEPT

For this illustration, I didn’t start from a concept or an original idea. In fact, this character came to life by chance, rather than from a well-planned project. It was first shaped when I was beta-testing ZBrush 3. In order to test the new possibilities of the software, I started sculpting from a sphere and, after adding more and more details, I ended up with the gnome’s face (Fig.0102). My goal was only to test ZBrush but, seeing how the model turned out, I decided not to stop with just a head… I just ...

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