Art Design - Student Gallery

2026|3D Modeling & Character Design|Lizard model project

Title
Lizard
Size
1920x1080
Medium
Mudbox
lizard 3/4
lizard from above
lizard from the side
lizard reference
lizard concept rough sketch

Artist Statement

I designed this lizard with an aquatic theme in mind, with the original reference image I made including sails and webbed feet. However, while I was making this, I decided to go for a more semi-aquatic/evolved look, but I still kept the gills. My design was semi-inspired by the spinosaurus, but only for the sail-like formation on its back. I used a blue-green colour pallete with the idea that it would be a form of camoflage for the lizard's environment, and gave it a club-like end of its tail as a form of defense. I made the colours go in a gradient from dark-light corresponding with the centre of its body to the ends.