Katzuo was an experiment in combining fundamental & simple character forms contrasted with highly detailed texture work. This fusion of opposite style aspects creates a unique image that instantly captures the gestural form of the character yet continues to attract the eye to different areas of the image in which new details are constantly making themselves visible.

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This contrast follows through to subject matter as well featuring a relatively cute character wielding a fierce weapon against a morbid backdrop.

Once more, the contrast is also maintained within the color palette combining soft, pink and healthy skin tones against dark reds and weathered textures.

Katzuo was modeled with 3dsmax 8.0, rendered with VRay 1.5 RC2 and composited with Photoshop. All detailing work, color correction and texture addition was also done within Photoshop.