Title: Stone Elemental
Name: Dimitrije Leonidov
Country: Serbia
Submitted: 9th January 2014
I tried to create something different from what you usually think when thinking Stone Elemental, not a hulking brute but a guardian of nature, protector that is mainly gentle and reclusive creature.
I used ZBrush for the modeling and texturing of the stone elemental character, also the background is done in ZBrush.
After modeling and texturing is done in ZBrush, i used the ZSphere rig to pose the character.
After that the character is decimated and sent to Maya.
I used physical Sun and Sky for the lighting the scene with some fill light to get the final look.
Also i used the most excellent tool called Ivy Generator for vines.
Of course some tweaking was required in Photoshop like depth of field.