Memesu’s concept, Artstation Link

Memesu’s work inspired me a lot in many aspects.The incorporation of the chameleons main body shapes that transitions into a colorful laboratory is a really interesting approach of a building design. The colours work especially well together and convey the whimsical feeling to the environment. It also offered a big variety in different materials, which I always like to practise and get out of my comfort zone. I decided that I want to get as close as possible to the design of the concept but at the same time, I wanted to give the various materials more detail and basically recreate the scene in my handpainted style.

Chameleon House by Curlscurly on Sketchfab

Modeling

I use Blender 3D for the modeling part. First, I start with a rough blockout, where I get the main shapes of the scene into place. In this case, it was the house with big elements like the head, tail, main body, legs and the mountain. After the first blockout, I start to polish every object and try to get the proportions right in relation to all the different objects within the scene. This part takes the longest, since I really focus on keeping the polycount low as possible but at the same time I don’t want the shapes to look too blocky or not rounded. Within the whole process the head, body and tail went through various changes, which were necessary if you compare the first and final Blockout. The smallest details, like the grass, foliage or LED Lights were added in the very end of the whole modeling process to avoid losing focus on the main objective!