Cave Dream | 3D Modeling Timelapse

One of my assignments for an art class was to work on something that I enjoyed for 15 minutes a day. It's based on a dream I had awhile ago, and this is the result.

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Time-stamps:
0:00 - Rough sketch and reference setup
1:25 - Jumping into Blender and modeling cave
3:18 - Adding ivy
4:40 - Adding water
6:50 - Adding character
8:40 - Adding tentacles
9:35 - Materials
11:33 - Compositing
14:34 - Final Render

Music Credits:
ClauM:
https://soundcloud.com/clau_m
https://www.instagram.com/clau_m28/
https://www.facebook.com/Clau.M28
https://claum.bandcamp.com/releases

Nect!:
https://soundcloud.com/nectjimenez

Rift:
https://soundcloud.com/riftdnb

Original Dream (for the few interested):
Me and my friend we're in some brick courtyard type place when the ground started slowly collapsing under our feet. It was really dark, so I could barely see where the ground was falling away, and so I just started crawling backwards, managing to stay on the edge of the collapse for quite awhile before finally the ground fell away underneath me and I fell into a cave filled with water. The water wasn't nearly as cold as I thought it would be. In the dark I could see a hand in the water. It was covered in a floral pattern almost like a skeleton tattoo, and the pattern was glowing bright blue. It was weird, I started to feel calm and relaxed, even almost blissful. I grabbed the hand, and started pulling myself up it's arm. The skin felt dead, leathery, and cold (almost like a dried pepper), but I couldn't stop pulling myself along until I reached a shoulder and hundreds of jet black hands suddenly engulfed me and I woke up.

Видео Cave Dream | 3D Modeling Timelapse канала Zach Hixson