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Sea Monkeys® Zen Aquarium character models

I designed, modelled, textured and animated the Sea Monkey models for the officially licensed mobile game Sea Monkeys® Zen Aquarium. We wanted to give them a more modern aesthetic while still staying true to their original design. The bodies were modelled in Blender and then I created 2D faces for them with interchangeable slots for different expressive eyes and mouths, which were overlayed in Unity.

Splash component featuring three species - original, mime and tiger

Splash component featuring three species - original, mime and tiger

Tiger Monkey

Tiger Monkey

Original Monkey

Original Monkey

Mime Monkey

Mime Monkey

Concept art for fire species

Concept art for fire species

Concept art - this ended up being the final design, except I changed the number of antennae, fingers and toes at the client's request.

Concept art - this ended up being the final design, except I changed the number of antennae, fingers and toes at the client's request.

Early concept art - this is when we thought 2D might work better than 3D.

Early concept art - this is when we thought 2D might work better than 3D.

Very early concept

Very early concept

Concept art for Princess Monkey

Concept art for Princess Monkey