Monkey concept art

We continue with our overview of model sheets as my students head into the last few days on their final projects. Part one can be found here. Expression Model Sheets are sometimes specially created as such, but often are compiled from scene samples, both in rough form and from final line/ clean up drawings. Note how some of these sheets include full body poses. Body language can add enormously to an expression. Just check out the body language of these characters and notice how well the…

Concept design for The Monkey King 2 Artist：Xiaodi Jin

Types of Monkeys, Monkey Species

Leontopithecus chrysomelas is an New World monkey native to Brazil. (aka the golden-headed tamarin)

Red handed tamarin (Saguinus midas)

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Monkey, in general, any of nearly 200 species of tailed primate, with the exception of lemurs, tarsiers, and lorises. The presence of a tail (even if only a tiny nub), along with their narrow-chested bodies and other features of the skeleton, distinguishes monkeys from apes. Most monkeys have a

I had the pleasure to collaborate again with the amazing Dorothy Ballarini, who did the concept and modelling for the Big Ape. I was responsible for the texture, looked, grooming and lighting. Scene was setup in Solaris with grooming done in Houdini and rendered with Redshift Model by Dorothy: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/q9WmgL

This is the silvery lutung! (Trachypithecus cristatus) Also called silvered leaf monkeys and silvered langurs. Endemic to Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. Like most langurs, infants are orange at birth; hair begins to turn silver, like adults, at 3-5 months. Orange infant theories: 1. Easier for parents to track wandering babies; 2. They are less visible to color-blind predators. Threatened by fires and severe habitat loss for palm oil production. They are Near Threatened. Read their story!

snow monkey

Disney's remake of The Jungle Book features an ape of fantastic proportions. This King Louie is more rooted in reality than you might think

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