Reggie the Rhino Mafioso - Student Project

I take great pleasure in presenting my Final Capstone Project for the Vertex School - Game Art course. After many obstacles and delays, I can finally present this little guy as a fitting culmination to my time at Vertex School.

Of course, this would never have been possible without the guidance (and extraordinary patience) of my instructor David Kong and the help of Ryan Kingslien - as well as the rest of the Vertex School staff/students for all their feedback and advice along the way.

The character itself has been lovingly dubbed "Reggie the Rhino" and takes most of its inspiration from the race of anthropomorphic Rhino present in the Magic the Gathering universe. Some notable works used as early inspiration and reference are:

[Perrie the Pulverizer] https://www.artstation.com/artwork/vJy2RA
by Joshua Raphael https://www.artstation.com/jsraphael

[Security Rhox] https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8wLlkn
by Lie Setiawan https://www.artstation.com/liesetiawan

More specifically though, the following works were used as reference (and very much inspiration) throughout the project:

[Just a rhino in a suit] https://www.artstation.com/artwork/n1OJo
by Bruno Melo https://www.artstation.com/bmelo

[Peaky Rhino] https://www.artstation.com/artwork/mDwm1y
by Damien Guimoneau https://www.artstation.com/damz