For the initial week I was tasked with simply experimenting with different brushes in maya. I wanted to create some kind of alien face with exposed bone structure, similar to the ‘Kett’ design from ‘Mass Effect Andromeda’ (BIOWARE, 2017).

I started with a sphere and used the move brush to create the extended chin piece. Then used the clay build up brush to create the bone structure framing the face. I removed the alpha in order to not make the brush stroke overly rough and used a smoothed layer beneath a rough outer layer to give the look of thick bone structure.

I then used the chisel creature brush to create the ears and horns. Before using the clay brush, inverted to implement the ear into the character. If i were to develop this further I would need to add some kind of mouth area to the design, perhaps similar in design to the ‘Elcor’ design from the ‘Mass Effect’ franchise (BIOWARE, 2007)

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Fig.1. ‘Mass Effect: Andromeda, the Creation of the Kett’ (Picture credits: GameInformer.com) [Online Article] Kicevski,A. 2016. Available online: https://www.futuregamereleases.com/2016/11/mass-effect-andromeda-the-creation-of-the-kett/ [Accessed 30/09/2021]

Fig.2 ‘Elcor I Mass Effect Andromeda Wiki’ {Online Website] (N.A. 2017}. Available online: https://masseffectandromeda.wiki.fextralife.com/Elcor. Accessed [30/09/2021]