D0esh

@doesh.bsky.social

Creature/Character 3D Artist. https://www.artstation.com/doesh https://www.deviantart.com/d0esh https://www.furaffinity.net/user/d0esh https://vk.com/creaturville

A solitary flight through the endless sky
Одинокий полет среди бескрайнего неба

By the end of this month, it’ll be a full year since I created the Black Dragon. I’ve reached a point where the number of new renders has practically dropped to zero.

I’m not one to milk the same model over and over. While having that option is a perk of 3D — you could churn out content for years — to me, it feels tedious and hollow. So, one day, the Black Dragon will ride off into the sunset for good. That said, there’s a chance he might reappear alongside other DnD dragons. Who knows?

“Look closely, mortal.
This tiny die in my claw is the only thread keeping you from turning to ash.

If it rolls 1–10, you will burn where you stand, and no one will remember your name.
But if it rolls 11–20… I will grant you ten heartbeats of mercy.

Run, if you dare.
It makes no difference — the fire will find you.”

“Смотри внимательнее, смертный.
Этот крохотный куб в моей лапе — единственная нить, что удерживает тебя от пепла.

Если выпадет 1–10 — ты сгоришь там, где стоишь, и никто не вспомнит твоё имя.
Если же выпадет 11–20… я позволю тебе прожить ещё десять ударов сердца

Беги, если осмелишься.

Мне всё равно — огонь тебя догонит."

In short, I showed the dragon's face, and I'm not going to play noble: put a couple of likes for me and we're even. But seriously, it's very difficult to make body renderings when there are such huge wings, and also when the model is not small. The model is already in UE, and I'm already tired of looking for locations, making compositions, and feeling sick.
I have drawn conclusions for myself, and therefore there will be further HDRI renderers, just depth renderers and UE renderers separately. This is more convenient for me, and given the statistics of VK, DA, FA, I found out that just a rendering of a model with .... smoky on a black background is also very interesting to the public. So I'm going to test, study statistics, and draw conclusions.

Tyrant and destroyer,
Greed and power,
A flame that devours kings and cities.
Pride of ancient blood,
Lord of ashes and mountains,
He does not ask — he takes.
The sky is his throne,
The earth is his tribute,
The world bows under the weight of his claws.
His word is ashes,
His wrath is the dawn of fire.
Thus rises the Red Dragon,
Whose greed knows no death.
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Well, the model is ready, it took 350+ hours. I am very happy that I finished the project and didn't burn out, it was hard, especially with the face rig 😟
I am very happy with how my second dragon turned out, especially the textures, and I hope you, my dear viewers, will like it too. This is my last project in 2025. All that's left is to finish the other renders, send the model to UE, and come up with stories and narratives for it.

Тиран и разрушитель,
Алчность и сила,
Пламя, что пожирает королей и города.
Гордость древней крови,
Повелитель пепла и гор,
Он не требует — он берёт.
Небо — его трон,
Земля — его дань,
Мир склоняется под тяжестью его лап.
Слово его — пепел,
Гнев его — рассвет огня.
Так восходит Красный Дракон,
Чья жадность не знает смерти.
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Что ж, модель готова, на всё ушло 350+ часов. Я очень рад, что завершил проект и не выгорел, было тяжко, особенно с ригом морды 😟
Я очень рад, каким вышел мой второй дракон, особенно текстуры, надеюсь, и вам, мои дорогие зрители, он тоже понравится. Это мой последний проект в 2025 году. Осталось доделать другие рендеры, отправить модель в анрил и можно придумать истории и повествование с ним.

I showed a rendering when I can stand like a gorilla, but this is not my main pose, most of the time I walk on two legs. When I need to chase a victim, I run on my feet, but if the victim is faster than me, then I move to four legs to accelerate. Due to the high stamina, the victim will die tired, so accept your fate in my sharp claws.
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Я показывал рендер, когда я могу стоять как горилла, но это не моя основная поза, большую часть времени я передвигаюсь на двух ногах. Когда мне нужно преследовать жертву, то я бегу на ногах, но если жертва быстрей меня, тогда я перехожу на четыре лапы, чтобы ускориться. Благодаря высокой выносливости жертва умрет уставшей, поэтому примите свою судьбу в моих острых когтях.

As I wrote in the previous post, I decided to attach references to my renders, because I know from personal experience that few people read the description and even fewer follow the link. Now you can compare the off. concept and toys with my sculpt. I tried to get into shape, get into silhouette, but studying all these references, I was again convinced that WotC themselves do not follow their concepts, so I began to average and also add my vision, for example, my red dragon became more spiky, and I also added fat and weight to it, making folds on its body. I hope you like my result.

$On the edge of the Dead Hills, beneath the weight of a starless night, he rose—the Black Dragon, whose name had been deliberately erased, in the hope that oblivion would bring peace. His wings eclipsed the moon, his breath exhaled ancient magic steeped in the suffering of countless generations. Yet he was not the true horror of this night. The real nightmare was those who had once been beloved: warriors, kings, commoners, mothers and children—all those whom the kingdom had so honorably laid to rest. The earth that was meant to be their final refuge. But the kingdom had forgotten the cardinal rule: death despises confinement. And the dead do not forgive those who wield them as weapons. For centuries the kingdom had conducted grand funerals: stone crypts, engraved tombstones, elaborate rites. With every new grave, the soil absorbed more bitterness, until the veil between worlds grew perilously thin. The Black Dragon did not attack—he merely reminded. He whispered an incantation, and the ground trembled. From beneath cracked slabs and rotted crosses the forgotten rose. In their eyes there was no life, only purpose. Their souls were fractured, but their bodies still recalled pain, betrayal, hunger, fear. And they marched—slowly, but inexorably—toward the lights of the great castle, where their descendants slept in safety. The dragon’s silhouette on the cliff was the shadow of an age-old guilt, manifested in retribution. His roar heralded the dawn of a new war—not for power, nor for gold, but for memory, for vengeance, for the silence that had endured far too long.$

Muzzle, saliva, breath :3

Морда, слюна, дыхание :3

Finally, I can show you a render of my character's body. I came up with a hybrid way of moving, so he can walk like a human or a gorilla, using the knuckles on his hands.
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Ну наконец-то можно показать рендер тела моего персонажа. Я задумывал гибридный способ передвижения, он может ходить как антро, так и как горилла, используя костяшки на своих руках.

Well, it was challenging, it was my first time using specular and displacement maps, and I learned a different way to work with details in ZBrush. I started it on May 5th and finished it around July 20th, it took me about 300-400 hours, which is about how long it took me to make the black dragon. I still try to make models quickly, but I am constantly finding new and different ways to achieve my goals, and it is not always easy to get into new material right away.

Software: ZBrush | Maya | Arnold | RizomUV |Marmoset | SP | Photoshop | UE5|PureRef

Просто дракон, и просто портрет

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Just a dragon, and just a portrait

There are two types of rendering: real-time and offline.

Real-time rendering typically uses game engines like Unreal Engine or Unity. Offline rendering, on the other hand, is done with tools like Arnold, RenderMan, or Cycles. The fundamental difference lies in the lighting calculations—realism in real-time is limited because it uses simplified formulas, though most viewers might not notice.

In my case, I use Arnold in Maya. A single 4K render with subsurface scattering (SSS), custom lighting, and sufficient sampling takes about 30 minutes. The result is much more realistic. Of course, if I improved sculpting, textures, and lighting further, I could achieve an even more impressive outcome. For now, I'm doing the best I can with the skills I have.

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Существует два типа рендеринга: онлайн (real‑time) и офлайн.

Онлайн‑рендеринг обычно выполняется в игровых движках, таких как Unreal Engine или Unity. Офлайн‑рендеринг, напротив, осуществляется с помощью таких инструментов, как Arnold, RenderMan или Cycles. Фундаментальная разница заключается в методах расчёта освещения — реализма в real‑time ограничен, потому что используются упрощённые формулы, хотя большинству зрителей это может быть не заметно.

Я использую Arnold в Maya. Один 4K‑рендер с настройкой подповерхностного рассеивания (SSS), продуманным освещением и достаточным количеством сэмплов занимает около 30 минут, но результат выглядит намного реалистичнее. Конечно, если бы я ещё улучшил скульпт, текстуры и освещение, я бы добился ещё более впечатляющего результата. На данный момент я делаю всё, что могу, с тем уровнем навыков, который у меня есть.

The fog swirls over the viscous swamp, obscuring the outlines of the trees and plunging everything into a murky gray haze. The air is thick, heavy and humid, each breath seems to pass through a rag soaked in dampness and rot. Branches snap underfoot, and dirt squelches under your boots, foreshadowing trouble with every step. You walk carefully, pressing two crossbows to your body - the taut bowstrings tremble with tension, as if anticipating a meeting. The forest is too quiet. No cawing of crows, no rustling of animals. Only your breath and the splash of swamp water. And suddenly... a crack. Not the usual crunch of branches - no. This is a sound that makes the blood run cold in your veins. As if the forest itself held its breath. You stop. A shadow. Enormous. Moving between the trees. Slowly, heavily, like a mountain awakening from a centuries-long sleep. Before you is He. The Black Dragon. Not a legend, not a fantasy over a mug of ale. Real. Wings like scraps of the night sky drag shadows behind them, claws rip up the earth, and eyes - bottomless and ancient - look straight at you. He does not roar. He does not scream. He just walks. Calmly. Confidently. He is the master of this place, and you are an intruder. Not a hero. Not a hunter. Just a man in the wrong place at the wrong time. You raise your crossbows. Your hands tremble, but not from fear - from realization. This is not a fight. This is a test. And it is just beginning... Roll the dice for initiative.
To be continued...

An interesting point, when I created the black dragon, it initially had a tongue, although in the illustration it is not there, instead of it there is a strange tube sticking out, from which acid comes out. I knew then that breath can come out of the throat, as it was in the film "Heart of the Dragon", and also on the sides, as was implemented in the wyverns in "House of Dragons". DnD dragons breathe under the tongue, in all the dragon references by Alexander Ostrowski it is visible, but only the black dragon does not have a tongue. Once I came across a video with a python in VK, I noticed that it also has some kind of tube, having decided to study the anatomy, I realized that the basis for all DnD dragons is the feature of the structure of the mouth of snakes.

After analysis, I came to the conclusion that the black dragon does not have a tongue. Why? Because it was burned by acid. The baby black dragons have a black face, and as they grow older they use acid breath more often, which burns their face, the tongue began to dry out and simply died off, and the caustic vapors of the acid burned the black pigment on the face and horns, turning them white, and the mucous membrane of the nose was also burned.

As a result, the tongue was removed and remained in the Zbrush project.

It doesn't matter who you are in these worlds — a fearless warrior, a cunning rogue, a wise mage, an ancient dragon, or a celestial being — every step you take, every challenge you face, and every hope you carry depends on a single roll of the dice. The numbers that land shape the course of your adventure: they may open the gates to glory or close them forever, leaving behind only the echoes of what might have been.

I continue to roll out renders of the new design of the black dragon from "DND". I am extremely shocked that my 3D model has become interesting to someone, honestly, I did not expect this. Thank you.

I don't even remember when I first learned the word "dragon" and its appearance, it seems that I adore them all my unfinished life. I know for sure it could be the first or second grade. I remember watching them on VKontakte in different groups, I was always inspired, my first 2 videos were of a person drawing them in Photoshop, the video was an hour long. I once dreamed of making a dragon too, but unfortunately I was in a very aggressive society, when in elementary school my classmates found out my awe for dragons, I was subject to bullying until the 11th grade, but despite this I still burned with desire, but starting from the 4th grade problems began to happen within the family, even then it was difficult to draw, both school and home everything caused fear, thoughts from the dream of creating a dragon faded into the background, only sometimes I dreamed at night. By this time my love for the dragon moved to FA, I was stuck on these creatures only there. And then somewhere around 11-12 years old, watching content on a new tablet, I saw a mobile version of FA, I wanted to understand how to make this version on a computer, but I didn't know English and for some reason I chose General Mature Adult in the settings, I thought that the more the better, and the next day, I saw that my artists had more content, then I learned what guro, thief, crushing, rape are. That content became the last straw and I extinguished my desire to create a dragon, bullying at school because of dragons, problems with my father, shock content 18+, I buried my dream forever. I will hide what happened to me next, and I will say that when I started studying 3D in 2024, a buried dream awakened inside me, and so, having spent 14 months in 3D, on January 9, 2025, I took my will into a fist and finally risked creating a dragon, through pain and nervous tics, I scrupulously fought off the ref as best I could.

Despite the close territorial borders, one must be able to negotiate and compromise
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Несмотря на близкие границы территорий, нужно уметь договариваться и идти на компромиссы

Render-UnrealEngine 5.5

$In large places, there is always a large and diverse selection of goods, and there are enough people that you can't get through. But as evening falls, the streets empty, and you can safely wander through the back streets, although it is dangerous. ________________________________ В крупных местах всегда большой и разнообразный выбор товаров, да и народа хватает, что не пройти. Но как наступит вечер, улицы пустеют, и можно спокойно побродить по закоулкам, хотя это и опасно. Zbrush\Maya\RizomUV\Marmoset\Substance Painter\UnrealEngine Render-UnrealEngine 5.4 Body - 13 UDIM Texture - 8k$

Rain is a rare occurrence in these places, it is needed not only by plants, but also by Marshfang, especially when you are a creature of swampy places, then water is your element. And always, when drops start falling from the sky, then for Marshfang it is a holiday, each drop is like a kiss from the sky itself.
Do you like walking in the rain?
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Дождь — редкое явление в этих местах, он нужен не только растениям, но и Маршфангу, особенно когда ты существо болотистых мест, то вода — это твоя стихия. И всегда, когда капли начинают идти с неба, то для Маршфанга это праздник, каждая капля подобна поцелую самого неба.

Вы любите прогулки под дождем?

It is difficult to sneak up on him, even if he does not see you. Why use hearing or smell, if any living organism exudes energy that he feels. Each of his steps enriches everything around him with a high concentration of magic, which makes even plants and flowers glow from the excess of magic. Touching him is equivalent to a magical burn.

Although there are records of expeditioners that he is able to splash out an energy pulse and burn everything around, this will nullify his magic and his crystal ridge will go out, then you can touch him, but will he allow you to touch him?

You have been discovered, what will your instinct for self-preservation say? Run? Attack? Or...

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К нему сложно подкрасться, даже если он тебя не видит. Зачем использовать слух или нюх, если любой живой организм источает энергию, которую он чувствует. Каждая его поступь обогащает всё вокруг высокой концентрацией магии, что даже растения и цветы заставляют светиться от избытка магии. Прикоснуться к нему — это равносильно магическому ожогу.

Хотя есть записи экспедиторов, что он способен выплеснуть импульс энергии и сжечь всё вокруг, это обнулит его магию и его кристаллический гребень потухнет, тогда можно его потрогать, но позволит ли он тебе прикоснуться к нему?

Вас обнаружили, что скажет ваш инстинкт самосохранения? Бежать? Напасть? Или...

Sorry it’s taking me so long to finish this. Originally, I wanted to complete it by February 18, the release date of the new 'D&D' book. I started working on it back on January 9. But I didn’t make it in time, and I feel ashamed that I can’t deliver my content to my viewers on schedule. This is my fifth project, but it’s the first one where I’m fully sticking to the reference. It’s a tough one for me personally. Feel free to feed me to the dragon for being so slow!
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Простите, что так долго его делаю. Изначально я хотел сделать его до 18 февраля, в день релиза новой книги «ДнД». Я начал работу еще 9 января. Но я не успел, мне стыдно, что я не могу вовремя давать свой контент моим зрителям. Это мой пятый проект, но первый проект с полным попаданием в референс. Он сложный лично для меня. можете скормить меня дракону за мою медлительность

a well-fed four-legged drake walks along a large tree trunk

A four-legged drake lies on its back on the grass

The Dragonborn is about to strike with his foot.

Borzovik is a daytime predator, and at night he rests in a cave among mushrooms and plants, which also emit magical energy. His cave is very damp, and the air is very saturated with magic due to the many magical crystals that fall from his crest and accumulate in his lair. Although he may look beautiful, his cross-shaped pupil and the glow of his iris terrify those who dare to look into his eyes. There is a legend among people that his eyes see the emanation of magic, so if you are a sorcerer, wizard, necromancer, etc., then the path to these lands is contraindicated for you, because as soon as you step on his territory, you will be followed, you do not see him ... But he ... sees you, he knows where you are, he will find you.

Would you like to meet his eyes?
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Борзовик — дневной хищник, а по ночам отдыхает в пещере среди грибов и растений, которые также источают магическую энергию. В его пещере весьма сыро, а воздух очень сильно пропитан магией из-за множества магических кристаллов, которые спадают с его гребня и копятся в его логове. Хотя он может выглядеть красиво, но его зрачок в виде креста и свечение радужки наводят ужас на тех, кто осмелился посмотреть в его глаза. Среди людей бытует легенда, что его глаза видят эманацию магии, так что, если вы колдун, волшебник, некромант и т. д., то вам путь на эти земли противопоказан, ведь как только вы наступите на его территорию, за вами начнется слежка, вы его не видите... А он вас... видит, он знает, где ты, он найдет тебя.

Хотел бы встретиться с ним глазами?

$In unknown distant lands, where man has rarely set foot, there lives a strange beast whose crest exudes the pure essence of magic, forming a shell of magical crystals, the value of which is colossal, since such mineral flakes require almost no processing to extract magical energy. Would you risk collecting the magical mineral sediment from its crest? ________________________________ В неизведанных далеких землях, куда редко ступала нога человека, обитает удивительный зверь, чей гребень источает чистую эссенцию магии, образуя скорлупу магических кристаллов, чья стоимость колоссальная, тк такие хлопья минералов почти не требуют обработки для извлечения магической энергии. Рискнул бы собрать с его гребня магический минеральный осадок? ________________________________ Zbrush\Maya\RizomUV\Marmoset\Substance Painter\UnrealEngine Render-UnrealEngine 5.4 Body - 7 UDIM Texture - 8k$

dragonborn reading a book in a tavern over dinner

Quadruped creature happily holding a snowball in the winter forest

The dragonborn sits on a watchtower in the bastion

render animation turntable quadruped creature

The dragonborn, sitting at the table, begins to feast

a quadruped creation of standing guard over territories in a swamp area

$The Dragonborn is sitting on a bench. The Middle Ages. Zbrush\Maya\RizomUV\Marmoset\Substance Painter\UnrealEngine Render-UnrealEngine 5.4 Body - 13 UDIM Texture - 8k$