Bukavac (Mythology Contest)

Modeling Challenge 2016 "Mythology"
Creature: Bukavac
Region: Slavic mythology/ Srem

Bukavac was sometimes imagined as a six-legged monster with gnarled horns. It lives in lakes and pools, coming out of the water during the night to make a loud noise (hence the name: buka - noise), jump onto people and animals, and strangle them. (Wikipedia)

*Update* This won 1st prize in the student section

This was a model I did for a mythology modeling contest held my my schools modeling department. The object was to take any creature, character, prop, or environment from any real mythos (not from games or movies) and model them. This is my representation of the Bukavac, a slavic lake demon. I didn't really have much to go on other than a very vague description of the creature and a few inconsistent depictions by other artist.

Model made with a combination of maya and zbrush. Textures made in zbrush using polypaint. Rendered in zbrush. Compiled in Photoshop for the final Image.