This started as one of those sculpting sessions with absolutely no plan. I opened ZBrush, switched to Sculptris Pro, and let the forms grow naturally without worrying too much about where they were going.

I love working this way every now and then. It feels much closer to sketching with clay, where instinct takes over and ideas have room to surprise you. More often than not, those sessions end up revealing something I wasn’t consciously looking for.

Once the sculpture was finished, I realized it might actually make a fun incense holder, so I 3D printed it in three pieces on my tiny FlashForge Finder just to see if it would work.

A special thanks to my friend Marco Tomaselli for creating the beautiful Substance Painter materials that helped bring the final render together.

And yes… be kind to every kind.