DILLON
CORSAIR
CORSAIR
Weight: 250 lbs
Diet: Carnivore
Top Speed: 20 mph
The anthravids of planet Zilan, with their powerful limbs, scurry through brush and up trees with astounding agility. They scout for prey from forest canopies, dangling from branches before dropping onto their victim. The venomous stinger mounted on their head can penetrate the skin of the largest aliens, delivering a chemical agent that numbs and breaks-down their tissue. The victim thus remains oblivious to the hungry anthravid latched onto them until it is too late.
(Completed in Bobby Rebholz’s “Creature Design for Film and Games” class on CGMA)
The client brief asked for a creature that was strong, agile, alien-looking, could attack and defend if necessary, and was not much larger than a human.
Across two rounds of thumbnail explorations, I explored a wide range of directions influenced by ungulates, reptiles, arachnids, and even fungi. My family, serving as the clients, picked the design to develop further.
Through the body and head iterations, I considered various extremities and functions that the creature could have. As my idea of the creature’s purpose became clear, I consolidated functional elements I liked into what became the final design.