Developments

Hides, enjoys the sun, and flies long distances. Hides in times of despair, Shelter in rain. Collects information. Colourful feminine bird. Long legs to balance to be able to scan landscapes. Likes high places but goes to the ground to forage for seeds or eat plants. Long claws to get grip on branches.

Has a long neck to reach food high up.

Parrot- short curved beak to break hard seeds.

Scaled, but fairly smooth, skin around the toes and lower legs

-Such skin leaves no crevices where parasites or germs could collect.

Long, skinny legs are useful for standing in water without getting body feathers wet, and also for balancing a long skinny neck when a bird is in flight

Long sharp claws for perching in trees.

water plants and seeds. Long legs help them stand in water

creature developments

zbrush excercise

Animal studies

Develop drawings

For my creature I was influenced by a number of different animals. I incorporated aspects of butterflies, bats, flamingos, angelfish, monkeys and eagles. The wings are structured like a bat’s wings with the membranes of butterflies and later on will also incorporate the colours of butterflies. The body is influenced by flamingos because they act feminine and human-like. The myth I chose depicts the phoenix as a feminine bird, human-like and also quite colourful.

The head of my creature is a bird because the phoenix is known for its beautiful song and birds are known for their singing. I used an eagle as influence on the head of the creature because they are known for the capacity for vision which in this case is similar to the phoenix. I incorporated monkey ears as the phoenix hears human music similar to humans. Instead of making the body full of feathers I decided that the bird could has symbols engraved on it. This is because the myth talks about meaning being part of the phoenix’s body.

I’m also thinking of incorporating camouflage through the creature being able to change colour. This is because the phoenix is thought to disappear sometimes.

I decided to make my creature an air element. This is because the in the myth that I chose, the phoenix is a peaceful creature that tends to stay up in trees.  The creature enjoys seeds and nectar from flowers. Sometimes it can be found on the ground foraging for seeds.

animal studies

silhouettes

-looked at flying animals

-Singing animals- such as birds

-human like posture- monkeys

-fish