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The final Zodiac constellation sign of this project is “Scorpio”. Since I was working on Zbrush for individual parts and had merged all the parts together in Autodesk Maya, modeling the initial design was quite tedious. During my modeling process, I referenced creatures from the movie, “The Mummy 2,” and integrated the body shape of the scorpion creatures into my Scorpio structure. During the modeling process, I also planned to make the arms, legs, and tail detachable in order to ease the moving and transportation process of the large structure itself. Since this was my very last sculpture in this series, I decided to create the largest Pepakura sculpture I have ever done. 2D drawing design:   The final size of the sculpture is measured at 5 feet tall, 9 feet wide, and 9 feet in length. I had designed the socket structure between the arms, legs, upper body, tail, and the main body. So everything can be attached together once its build up. Building process: Size example: ...

I began my work on the Zodiac constellation of Pisces after Virgo and Libra. According to one version of Greek mythology, “this constellation represents a fish which Aphrodite and her son Eros transformed in order to escape the monstrous Typhoon. The two fishes are often depicted tied together with a cord to make sure they do not lose one another.” During the design process, I modeled Pisces after a coelacanth, an ancient fish, and re-topologized the high-poly model as a low-poly wall relief. I also made a connection between the two fishes and painted each fish two different colors to represent the bond between the fishes. I integrated a waffle structure underneath the wall relief for support, as well as to lessen the warping caused by gravity. Concept art: Builds on details: Framing: Epoxy: Coloring: Finishing:

                 On this concept, I had structured two zodiac constellation "Virgo" and "Libra" together as one project since they are related to each other in the Mythology. In Greek mythology, “Virgo is sometimes identified as the virgin goddess Dike, Iustitia or Astraea, and is usually represented as holding the scales of justice in her hand. She is also the daughter of Zeus and Themis and the sister of Pudicitia, or Modesty. Although she went to the heavens due to the evils released from Pandora’s box, she still hopes to return to earth. The scales next to her hand are a representation of “Libra”. She watches over the sky with her scales and hopes that the balance of the world is once again equal so that she can return to earth.”  Using this mythology as inspiration, I created a wall relief to represent Libra, and also created an angel with wings to represent Virgo. During the creation process of Virgo, the structure itself...