20 Cute And Imaginative 3D Characters For Inspiration

July 14, 2009 | Thoughts & Words By Sneh Roy | 4 Comments

Character Design like any other design process is best begun with sketching your ideas on paper. Constructing the character’s skeleton and then fleshing it out will open up your options as to how you want the character to be portrayed. One of the basic rules of imaginative, quirky, 3d character design is "Don’t follow norms!". Mostly all creatures have 2 eyes, so try not to stick to routine. How about 1 eye? or no eyes at all? Let your imagination run really wild during the illustration process and your final little cartoon models will not only be unique, they will be much more fun to look at.

There are some great softwares out there for 3d rendering. Some choices amongst many that you would have are Autodesk 3DS Max, Autodesk Maya, Blender and Swift 3D. If you know of any great 3D softwares, please leave a blurb in the comment. Enjoy browsing through these 20 fantastically cute, some weird but all totally awesome and imaginative 3D characters that I came across while browsing the internet today.

Alien Dog & Robot from Allan Buch’s Portfolio

Sackboy from Little Big Planet is my personal favorite.

Mr. Radish By Enkana [DeviantArt]

Swead Money By Richard Rosenman

The Art Of Nathan Jurevicius

Self Illumination By Kutsche [DeviantArt]

Poor Voodoo Doll By Jorshma [DeviantArt]

Technical Imperfection By DivineError [DeviantArt]

Metalero By Ojofrito

AO Maru By Leo Blanchette

Mr Belly Button By GSpotSimulant [DeviantArt]

What The Dragon Wears By Michael Fuchs

Miauu By Plus Tech [DeviantArt]

Bear By Norio Fujikawa

Art Of Joel Berndt Sundberg

Baron In Cloak By okcpu [DeviantArt]

Death Bunny By GS Dracko

Can’t See The Light By mp5gosu [DeviantArt]

I.O.U. By CKemu [DeviantArt]

Spray By Brito [DeviantArt]

Thoughts & Words By Sneh Roy

Sneh Roy is a web designer/content developer by day and the creative force behind LBOI by night. She is also the co-founder of Stars We Love and Cook Republic. With coffee running through her veins, she enthusiastically battles each day, one design at a time! Connect with her on Twitter.

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4 Responses to “20 Cute And Imaginative 3D Characters For Inspiration”

lunar faith 14. Jul, 2009 at 5:59 PM #

o my god .. this is really a great fave collection..Well my favourites too ! Thanks Sneh
Aubrey 18. Jul, 2009 at 7:57 AM #

My favorite is Miauu and Self Illumination. I can’t believe how realistic graphics like this have become. it really makes movies like WallE and Up! stand out!

Also, the “iou one pie” note on the plate was hilarious!
WilhelmR 23. Jul, 2009 at 12:51 PM #

Miauu, death bunny and the creepy elf are great. Graphic and concept-wise

And the first one is not 3d at all
wien 20. Sep, 2009 at 9:09 AM #

i like the “Sackboy from Little Big Planet” to