3D Sculpt: Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister)

Purpose

Create a scientifically accurate 3D model of a dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) using freeform digital sculpting.

Audience

Client

General public (lay)

Intended format

Tools used

Use in promotional material or in animations (ex. fisheries management)

Procreate, Zbrush, Cinema4D

Dr. Nicholas Woolridge, University of Toronto

Concept drafts

Sketches were based off crabs I caught the previous summer in my trap.

Zbrush sculpt

Segments were sculpted separately and then mirrored.

Polypaint

Using previous illustrations I’ve done as well as photographs I’ve taken, I digitally “painted” the crab carapace and limbs.

Rendering

I was heavily inspired by Van Gogh’s Two Crabs (left) when deciding the layout of my render. I also visualized the crab in an underwater environment, in an eelgrass bed.

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