Wildlife is all around us, and sometimes the best images we can get of them are the ones we actually create ourselves. Some of the animals in this roundup are recreated so well, you might not even know they were CG! Check out these awesome images, plus some animal based tutorials at the bottom of the article!
Iker Cortázar – Banker

Ruben Darío Karamañites Arango – Race to Win

Pedro Conti – Hippo!

Pedro Conti – Clothworld Macaw

Digit3D – Giraffe Boxer

Alexander Lashko – I wanna fly!

Dave Davidson – Hi Tec Nature Series

Andrea Bertaccini – Great White

juampidominguez – Ant

Prince of Death – Michal Lisowski

Michal Lisowski – Pet Dog

Marcelo Muniz Jr – Pig – Nirlep – Non Stick Pans

Marcos Nicacio – FROG

FlashAWD – Froga Zulu – Tribal Warrior

Mohamed Raoof – Deep Inside

Rui Xu – Whales in Storm

Jian Xu – Tiger

DarthWayne – TV Ad Blue Whale

Jose Alves da Silva – Mouse Love

Neil Blevins – Varanus Panoptes

Harsh Borah – Horse Digital Sculpture

Ahmed AL Barazengi – The Hornet

Ahmed AL Barazengi – The Friends 2

Massimo Righi – Running

Metina – Mission: Possible

3Dnuwan – Party Time

Luis Lopes – Reef Black Tip Sharks ‘Carcharhinus melanopterus’

Luis Lopes – Shark ‘Carcharhinus melanopterus’

Luis Lopes – Mountain Goat ‘Ovis Candensis’

Gearz – Pug

Shadace – Metamorphisis

Massimo Righi – Leo

Jose Alves da Silva – The Boxing Kangaroo

Cris de Lara – Waiting for Her

Cris de Lara – Turtle

Don’t Feed Fingers to the Animals!

wingman103 – Sidewinder Crotalus Cerastes

Massimo Righi – Nuts

Markus B. – Hunters

Markus B. – Trapdoor Spider

Markus B. – Locust

Couchfly – Petting Zoo!

rawhiiit – Red Eye Tree Frog (WIP)

Animal Based Tutorials
Scorpion Production Workflow

Modeling a Dinosaur in Mudbox

Making of ‘Compsognathus’

Making of Tiger Zoo

Making of Male Green Frog

Making-of Brastemp Hippopotamus

Modeling a Fly in Blender

Making of ’15 Minutes of Glory’

Modeling a Praying Mantis

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