--- title: Stunning 3D Recreation of Zazu from The Lion King description: 3D artist Juan Carlos CR has created a WIP render of Zazu from Disney's The Lion King using Blender. The artist shared a time-lapse showing his modeling... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/stunning-3d-recreation-of-zazu-from-the-lion-king-kepshjbbr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Stunning 3D Recreation of Zazu from The Lion King | daily.dev og:description: 3D artist Juan Carlos CR has created a WIP render of Zazu from Disney's The Lion King using Blender. The artist shared a time-lapse showing his modeling... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/stunning-3d-recreation-of-zazu-from-the-lion-king-kepshjbbr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kEpSHJbbR.png og:image:alt: Stunning 3D Recreation of Zazu from The Lion King og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stunning 3D Recreation of Zazu from The Lion King **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary 3D artist Juan Carlos CR has created a WIP render of Zazu from Disney's The Lion King using Blender. The artist shared a time-lapse showing his modeling process, starting from a low-poly blockout and using sculpting mode on a heavily subdivided cube for precise mesh control. He models shapes as separate disconnected objects, which adds complexity to the rigging phase. The artist has previously recreated other Disney characters including Scar, Clayton from Tarzan, and Prince John from Robin Hood. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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