Laughing Buddha and his Dragon

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This is Budai (or Hotei in Japanese), the Laughing Buddha, also known as the Happy -or Fat Buddha. Supposedly the next Buddha after Gautama Buddha (the one who gained his enlightenment after 49 days under a Bodhi (‘Enlightenment’) tree, after which he became ‘Buddha’ (‘Enlightened One’)).

Budai is incorporated in the Shinto, Taoist and Buddhist culture and is a god of happiness and plenty.

Software used: Agisoft Photoscan, Blender, Substance Painter.

Mesh/Texture specs: 40K triangles. The model in the preview has a 4K Metal/Roughness PBR textureset (Basecolor, Metal, Roughness, AO and Normal). A 2K full textureset is included as well.

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The preview below is made in Blender Cycles: