Scalloped Oxen

Zbrush + Photoshop

Two Scalloped Oxen (better name pending) face off over a territorial dispute. A paintover of some zbrush sculpts I've been working on.

The Scalloped Oxen are large reptilian omnivores distantly related to tortoises. They thrive in a variety of warm climates, surviving in lean times via fatty stores beneath their flexible external carapaces. They travel in herds with a social structure similar to that of wild horse bands, the lead males of these herds attempt to add females to their ranks through showy displays and by battering rivals with their armored necks.