The Lion, larger version available here:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/bz4vs0w0u8p6wzv/Lion.zip/file
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After Aries, I’m continuing my series of Stands (Jojo bizarre"s adventure, Crusaders) inspired by the European zodiac signs with Leo.
The idea remains the same: to imagine each sign not simply as a personification, but as an autonomous entity, a Stand with its own presence, energy, and visual logic.
For this Leo, I wanted to move away from the classic heroic or solar feline. The character became a kind of cat-warrior, at once elegant, martial, and slightly unsettling. It is shown in the momentum of a spectacular kick, facing a head suspended in mid-air.
This head represents a major capitalist boss, caricatured as a massive, sardonic face wearing a top hat and smoking a large cigar. This is the figure the Stand is fighting: a deliberately theatrical, satirical, and symbolic image.
The character’s model is inspired by a friend’s cat, which gives the project a more personal starting point. The cat’s body comes from MakeHuman. The rest was created with Nomad on iPad, SketchUp, ZBrush, and Filter Forge for the textures and patterns.
The final render, set in a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk environment, comes from AI work based on a photo and 3D renders of the project.
As often, AI is not the sole starting point here, but rather a staging step: it allows me to place the sculpture back into a broader narrative context, like a poster or a scene taken from an imaginary universe.
Astrological Stand — Leo.
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and an IA picture of the first stand, Aries made with a photo of me and a 3d render . No sketchup in this one
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