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dragovianknightSo when I got a bit of extra money (thank you, erotica readers of Amazon and your willingness to spend money on weird tentacle smut) I commissioned a picture (rendered in Blender) of my brewmaster monk, relaxing in a bath.
The original reference I gave the artist was Geralt of Rivia, but Pandaren are not proportioned like that, so some adjustments needed to be made to the pose due to the stubbiness of panda legs. Also, the image was cursed, start to finish, with weird weight mapping issues, absolute chaos with the fur particle systems, and my monk just generally proving he's a troublemaker in all things.
However, in the end it was all worth it, and I have a gorgeous 3D render of my monk in all his scarred-up glory, relaxing in a bath while looking like the happiest damn panda you've ever seen.
Being a brewmaster, my monk has seen some shit, and I'm delighted with how well the scars are visible through the fur:
I'm especially delighted with how his partially missing ear turned out, as that's one of his most iconic scars (and of course, utterly impossible to portray in game):
Belly fur:
Sandals in the mist:
Also, see that lovely paw pointing at the camera? Belvane, the artist, had to sculpt and texture the pads on it, because in WoW Pandaren don't get bare feet, their sandals are part of their texture. Then she took the original sandal texture and put his sandals on a keg in the background.
She also did some amazing detail work on the artifact staff from Legion, seen leaning against the wall in the background, but alas, the room is steamy and in this render you can't really appreciate it, so someday I'm just going to have to commission an image of my monk in combat, beating something over the head with his keg on a stick.
The original reference I gave the artist was Geralt of Rivia, but Pandaren are not proportioned like that, so some adjustments needed to be made to the pose due to the stubbiness of panda legs. Also, the image was cursed, start to finish, with weird weight mapping issues, absolute chaos with the fur particle systems, and my monk just generally proving he's a troublemaker in all things.
However, in the end it was all worth it, and I have a gorgeous 3D render of my monk in all his scarred-up glory, relaxing in a bath while looking like the happiest damn panda you've ever seen.
Being a brewmaster, my monk has seen some shit, and I'm delighted with how well the scars are visible through the fur:
I'm especially delighted with how his partially missing ear turned out, as that's one of his most iconic scars (and of course, utterly impossible to portray in game):
Belly fur:
Sandals in the mist:
Also, see that lovely paw pointing at the camera? Belvane, the artist, had to sculpt and texture the pads on it, because in WoW Pandaren don't get bare feet, their sandals are part of their texture. Then she took the original sandal texture and put his sandals on a keg in the background.
She also did some amazing detail work on the artifact staff from Legion, seen leaning against the wall in the background, but alas, the room is steamy and in this render you can't really appreciate it, so someday I'm just going to have to commission an image of my monk in combat, beating something over the head with his keg on a stick.
