Concept art for my maya animation "Metamorphosis". The illustration is a test in color, mood and lighting. It was composited from photographs, the clay model, and photoshop. I decided that the model was the central point of my animation, so I gave the wizard more developing time than any other elements.

The wizard was initially created from self-hardening clay. His garment is raw linen applied with jade glue, the inside from conte colored rice paper, applied in the same way. His face, beard, hands and feet are all Sculpey, painted with acrylics and conte powder. The egg is Sculpey with glass fragments for texture, painted with acrylics. The egg sack is silk from a scarf I once loved but wore out. The butterfly is painted metal. The grass... is weird. It's some sort of turf material used in railroad models or something.