Ident 3 - Components - Big Fish

Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard box... as the dance goes... but I digress. With the little fish all set; it was time to create his larger cousin (Who was originally planned to have the Discovery Channel logo on its side). It was created in pretty much the same way as the smaller fish.

Start with the image and a cuboid.

Shape the vertices around the image, blast it with turbo-smooth and add several splines to create the fins.

Add some texture... you know the drill by now.

The fins are actually reused from the previous fish. All I did this time was alter their colour in photoshop. Why go out and make new fins when you can recycle? It's eco friendly after all.

And there it is! The bigger fish! This one worked better with a more prominent skin; to emphasise its scales.

With that complete... all the components for the DiscoverBot idents were complete. All that was left was to piece them together and begin animation! Now the fun really starts!