Greetings,

My name is Peter Alexander, also known as Mythcons to the RL community. I've competed in these contests in previous years, they are great fun. I've never actually won! It's the journey and effort that counts, in my opinion. You compete to win a prize, but most importantly compete against yourself. Character Creator gives people the ability to express their character designs very effectively, more so than any software I've ever used. So, I’m a lifelong fan of the platform. With that said, while I'm not competing this year, I'd like to post a couple Demo WIP threads to aid in the contest. I am going to try to model the character on the left from the CC3+ base mesh. A couple years ago I made a similar attempt, which can be seen on the right (or bottom). This past attempt removes a lot of the uncertainty that the CC3+ base mesh can be successfully stretched out to this extent.

This concept has been assisted with some AI. I would recommend that if you plan to use AI, don’t let it do all the work of your concept. Try to have a foundation for your work before you have AI assist you. As with anything, it’s a tool, not a one-shot solution. Be involved in the direction of your design concepts. In my case, I had the old render used as the basis for an upgraded concept.

I will have some updates as I progress with the project. I did some work on this character in the lead-up to this post, so I’m a bit further ahead than just the concept.

Enjoy the process of your characters! These events don't come around that often, take advantage of it.