The next character to introduce and the one that is currently closest to being completed is Rex!
His design was one of the most straight forward but also the most exaggerated to put into 3D. I love his bucket head design, simple shape language and attitude.
There have been a lot of sketches and concepts by Ricky Nierva but this one is the closest one to final and the 3D version:
Here's a WIP render that shows a direct comparison quite nicely. Great shading work by Simon Thommes!
Rex was among the first characters to have his 3D design final and approved so he was the first to get the expression testing treatment.
I love how Rik Schutte interpreted and took the expressions even further in these animation tests.
Andy Goralczyk is also using the animation tests of Rex for lighting experiments and tests
As always, the files and full creation history is available on the Blender Cloud.
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