Ganesha - God Of Wisdom

Artist : Hemant Dangare

Software used: Maya,Zbrush, Photoshop

Before I started to model, I went through lots of reference images of Ganesha idols. After having studied them, I did some basic doodling and finally came up with what I have modeled. The entire model was primarily done in Maya. My life would have been easier had I been using ZBrush for all the intricate detailing of the accessories, but I wanted to enjoy the challenge of working with Maya.
I took a cube and started to roughly block out the shape of the body

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