Wendigo - The Malevolent Spirit

It was suppose to be "quick 20min go in and out adventure". Creature sculpted for speed sculpting battle but somehow I couldn't resist to push it forward so I sent it Mari and started painting.
This was my first project done entirely in The Foundry Katana.

At some point I decided to make a short animation but due to lack of rendering resources I rendered only 4 seconds of the "turntable" version. Cloth, fur, fire, volumes, ember and spiderweb is simulated and the Wendigo rigged and animated by hand.

My work is loosely based on great concept art from Lisa Steinberg.