Here is my latest personal work, inspired by the Jātaka tale known as “Shashin-Getto (捨身月兎)” in Japan, of the self-sacrificing rabbit.
It is a story of compassion and devotion… a gentle being who, with nothing else to give a starving hermit, chooses to offer himself. The tale also serves as the myth explaining the markings we see on the moon (spoiler: the rabbit lives!).
This piece explores the moment after the decision has already been made, a space where serenity and resignation coexist, with fear still held within muscle and bone.
The sculpture is rendered in moonlit porcelain in Maya to show devotion not as a grand spectacle, but as a quiet act of acceptance.
Here is the turnaround.
Sculpted in ZBrush, rendered in Maya.
Thank you for taking the time to view this work.
