Mike Wazowski | Project Type: Model | Type: Character

Info

I created this model based on a friend's drawing of Mike Wazowski from Pixar's Monsters Inc.
>>> V1.0 was made in May 2023 in around 2 hours, after the friend sent the sketch pictured below into our uni group chat and I wondered how easy it would be to remake in Blender.
>>> V1.1 After gaining more experience with Blender I recently (March 2024) improved apon the model. To remove the Harsh edges I used the subsurface division modifier as well as shade auto-smooth.

What I learned

>>> Working with subsurface division modifier while attempting to maintain sharpness

Specs:

>>> Software: Blender
>>> Final Render: Cycles
>>> Tris: 345k

Potential improvements:

>>> Rigging the model to allow for the mouth to open and close
>>> Optimise tri count