This is for a 4 week school project where I had to create a 3d character that would appeal to a New Zealand audience and to do with the treaty of Waitangi. So I decided to create my version of Tangaroa (is the great atua of the sea, lakes, rivers, and creatures that live within them, especially fish, in Māori mythology).
I used zbrush to sculpt the character, maya to retopolosize and uv unwrap, substance painter to texture and bought it back to maya to place the textures, light, render and create the background assets. Lastly i put everything into after effects render a video.
Everything was made by myself except for the sand and mountain texture.