This is the Bear form of the Bear Guardian in Spirit of the North 2.
This was the first groom where I really perfected a new fur pipeline for the animals. (as per studio request)
I concepted, sculpted, modeled, UV, and Groomed this project
I wasn't able to do a lot of muscles in the base form, as it acts as the second coat inner coating, so I wanted to emphasize the form in the groom instead to drive the look home.

A large part of developing Spirit of the North 2 a new way to do hair grooms for Unreal engine. I ended up utilizing Alembic files for animal fur, though the exact details of how I made the groom are still a secret. ( Until launch when I have permission to brag about it.) The special effects were not handled by me.