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Nature's Wonders Sneak Peek Thread

Ken Gilliland

Extraordinary
HW3D Exclusive Artist
Nice Render Jan!

Here's the final on those Alligator lizards... now on to two pretty challenging textures, the agama and the tokay gecko

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Alisa

RETIRED HW3D QAV Director (QAV Queen Bee)
Staff member
QAV-BEE
Jan, lovely! And Ken, those guys are cool looking~ LOOOOOOOOONG lizards!
 

Ken Gilliland

Extraordinary
HW3D Exclusive Artist
While I'm not really sure how this lizard got it's name (Black-necked Agama) when it clearly has a blue neck it every image I've seen (perhaps the blue looks dark when the light isn't on it), the male of this species is simply stunning. On to the female of the species next,... who is a drab gray with little yellow coloring.

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Miss B

Drawing Life 1 Pixel at a Time
CV-BEE
I'll say, and I bet such a colorful skin helps it "hide out" when predators are around.
 

Lyne

Distinguished
HW Honey Bear
Love it, Ken.... will buy any and all of your little critters you make!!! I sooooo love all kinds! :)
 

Miss B

Drawing Life 1 Pixel at a Time
CV-BEE
Wow, just like a peacock. The male has all the colorful tail feathers, and the female has none.
 

Ken Gilliland

Extraordinary
HW3D Exclusive Artist
can't wait for the blue tongue to be released along with the frill neck...

There will be a frill neck Ken won't there?

Creating Frill-necks would require a specialized model and the frill would present a huge rigging/jcm challenge. Saying that, it might happen down the road, as may others lizards species, but I have no plans yet. It will depend on my interest in continuing the series and how well the series is doing in the marketplace. I'm committed to Volume II (which I'm 3/4 the way through) and Volume III which I haven't started yet (which has your blue-tongue in it).

Beyond Volume III, I want to create a small desert environment (similar to my Kiwi Burrow) for my lizard sets and then I'm ready to go back to birds for a while. I really need to get cracking on the series-wide update.
 

Chris

HW3D President
Staff member
Co-Founder
Sure digging your lizards here MacGyver Ken!!!

We're looking these over now in our skype meeting.

Sweet stuff. You're so good!
 
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