The Revered Dreamer

My own character: a mystic who seems to live half in his dreams. The goal was for the shape of his head to tell you who he is before any detail does.

I designed and sculpted the bust in ZBrush, pushing the big eyes, long pointed ears and hooked nose, and checked it from the front, the side and the back.

The nose: long and hooked, stylised, but without taking over the whole face.

• The skull, eye sockets and cheekbones decide how a face reads, even on a creature.
• Big, simple forms tell you who someone is before any detail does.
• You can push the nose, ears and eyes a long way, as long as the face still holds together.
• A head that looks right from the front can fall apart from the side, so it has to work from every angle.