I just realized that I never uploaded any of my finished renders of My Little Quetzal! My Little Quetzal is a friendly, vegetarian version of the fearsome Incan feathered serpent; during the summer of 2008, I took My Little Quetzal from concept to finished model. He is the protagonist of a fictional video game.
To refresh your memory, here's his concept, and a final render of him next to his checker-map:
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(Right-click and choose 'view image' to see the whole thing!)Aaaand now, here's the final renders. You'll notice that he's a little more refined than his squishy, fly-swatter-spots concept; this was partially a personal preference and partially due to critique and feedback I received during the course.
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(Right-click and choose 'view image' to see the whole thing!)And these are his texture maps:
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