Robo Birdie of Love

Here's an illustration I just finished up for a digital illustration contest, and a little step by steppage on how I created it.

First some sketching action. I was going for that classic “friendly, deadly, and dazed” look that is all the rage with the kids nowdays.
Next I built him in 3d. Here’s the wireframe mesh. I’ve been thinking about naming our next dog Wireframe Mesh.

And here’s our little robot birdie rendered out with some shading. Much like my personality, he’s only made of white plastic at this point.


I wanted him to be flying through space, mainly for no reason at all. So I created a quick space backround for him. I also used it as a reflection map.


And then I lit and rendered him, and bam, there you go. If you like, feel free to vote for him. If you don’t like, I’ll still love you anyway.