Arctic Creature

I have been looking at creatures which live in cold climates. They generally have a grey/brown and white colour scheme for camoflague, thick fur or skin and often have tusks or horns.

Here I have looked at animals from warm climates such as camels, rhinos and lions and thought about what they might look like in another climate. The first concept is based on a camel, its hump has white patches to camoflague it in its habitat so from a distance it looks like a mountain and it would store nutrients from the barren landscape there so it can survive a long time without food. I think it could of done with looking heavier with thicker fur.
The second concept is based on a rhino with some elements from reindeer and horses. Compared to the other two I'm not as happy with this one. Like with the camel I was thinking these could maybe be domesticated to a similar extent horses are.
The third is based on a lion and sabertooth tiger. I extended the mane to cover the lions entire body leaving the face and legs covered in shorter hair, I added some spots and stripes to mimic the pattern young lions have.

I am currently thinking of making the mountain camel and it would be useful to have a detailed human character modelled I could include a person either standing next to it holding some kind of reins or sitting on it. For now I will use the low poly model for learning Mudbox and after I will

Solo Work

I'm going to be doing character concepts which I will then make into a low poly model and make hand painted textures for it.

At the moment I am thinking of basing each concept on either a species or a particular environment however I could combine the two.

Environments:
Underwater
Snow
Desert
Rainforest
Swamp
Alien planet - gaseous or arid?

Species:
Insects
Crustacean
Fish
Mollusc
Birds
Reptiles
Amphibians
Mammals -Ungulates, rodents, cetaceans (whales, dolphins etc), carnviores, apes


I would like to get to this kind of level