Fellbeast, TLotR: Gollum

Another creature I had the pleasure of contributing to during the production of TLotR: Gollum. I worked on multiple stages of the creature from initial concept, through blockout and highpoly to textured asset. Along the way the design went through a couple of iterations. Rider and straps are placeholders and were created by other artists. The renders/images represent the work I did, the creature was later worked on by others. Many thanks to the team for their direction/feedback and support, in particular Mathias Fischer (Art Lead) and Diana Varro (Characters/Creatures), as well as Tilman and Damiri in regards to the writing/lore aspect.

Fellbeast rendered in Toolbag. Rider, saddle and straps are placeholder meshes.

These renders/images represents the work I did on the creature. It was further worked on by others.

Many thanks to Diana Varro who gave me valuable feedback on anatomy during the process, as well to Mathias Fischer for his art direction.

Side view

Loud head

Turntable rendered with Toolbag

An early concept with a more snake/basilisk like look. This design was discarded, as it didn't align with the description.

More early concepts. I used techniques like analogue and digital sketches, blockouts/sculpts and overpaints to iterate and narrow down the design.

Concept