Krampus, the Christmas Devil
"Santa brings a special glee, a sparkle to the eye
But brats take haste, the Krampus comes, to darken up the sky."
It's not quite Halloween yet, or Christmas for that matter—but here is a week-long project I just finished! I was struck with the urge to sculpt something horror-themed, and came across an illustration of Krampus, the Alpine Christmas demon, by concept artist and illustrator Maxim Verehin. I felt this was a really good exercise for me to further develop my sculpting and really focus on proportions and asymmetry, and if the reactions of my classmates have been anything to go by, I think I managed to make him look pretty spooky!
This jolly fellow was sculpted in ZBrush and rendered in Cycles.
ZBrush viewport with polypaint enabled.
Original illustration by concept artist Maxim Verehin.