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Rocky - Project Hail Mary

After watching the movie Project Hail Mary I did some personal digging on the descriptions of Eridians (Rocky's species) mentioned in the book written by Andy Weir. To my surprise the description actually differs a little compared to the movie version which gave me some fun material to work with.
Important features for him were: His pentagonal, symmetrical shape, hard (rock-like) carapace, hinge-like joints and a mouth on the bottom side of his body. A fun idea I had was to have cavities around his body which act like ears that catch pressure differences in the air, helping with Rocky's echolocation.
Overall, had a lot of fun figuring out how this eridian looks!

Sculpted in Zbrush
UV unwrapped in Autodesk Maya
Texturized in Substance 3D Painter
Rendered and rigged in Blender
Edited in Photoshop

Rocky Hand Beautiful!

Rocky Hand Beautiful!

Default Pose

Default Pose

Behind The Scenes

Behind The Scenes