Stream invertebrate ZBrush doodle

This started as a doodle I created for a demonstration I did for my Creature Sculpting Class at Gnomon. Kind of continued to play with it and did a render in Octane for Maya after a quick bit of texturing in Substance. The basic concept is that it demonstrates sexual dimorphism in a fictional creature. The female is the larger part with the legs, the male is the small blue critter with the freaky fangs. once they couple the female attaches to a twig underwater and uses her hairs for filter feeding while she deposits eggs in the big sack at the top. That's the idea anyways.

This is the male part of this critter

This is the male part of this critter

This is the female with her egg sac

This is the female with her egg sac

female clings on to a twig in a stream, hair is used as a filter feeding mechanism

female clings on to a twig in a stream, hair is used as a filter feeding mechanism

Female in pink, male in blue

Female in pink, male in blue

Female in pink, male in blue

Female in pink, male in blue