Infested Shrine | Prop Design

Prop design based on my "Possessed Traveler" piece. I wanted to expand on the ideas I had in mind while working on that one, so I thought it would be fun to do some exploration on the source of the corruption/infestation - kind of a companion project that would fit into the same universe.

I imagined the "Traveler" to be on a pilgrimage, therefore it made sense to use Shinto/folk religion elements as a starting point and go from there. I did some loose sketches in the beginning just to play with some ideas, then proceeded with color roughs where I´d go towards defining a clearer direction. Once I had a general idea of where I wanted the piece to end up, I moved on to Zbrush to do a quick concept sculpt so I´d have a solid base to work with when doing the final stages.