Iteration is not the enemy. Uninformed iteration is. Most downstream rework in modeling  and rigging  happens when early drawings stay expressive but vague. A creature looks incredible in a paintover, then collapses under a skeleton, clips through its own silhouette, or needs redesign once deformation tests begin. At Mimic Creatures, we treat creature concept art  as a production instrument, not just a mood piece. The goal is to lock the creature’s read, anatomy logic, and mo